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ICN celebrates World Health Organization's 75th anniversary
On 7 April 75 years ago, the World Health Organization (WHO) was founded “to promote health, keep the world safe and serve the vulnerable – so everyone, everywhere can attain the highest level of health”1 .
6 April 2023
ICN participation and interventions at WHO 5th Global Forum on Human Resources
ICN has participated in the WHO’s 5th Global Forum on Human Resources for Health this week and made a number of interventions on the challenges facing the global health workforce
6 April 2023
Report reveals extent of damage caused to healthcare professionals during the Covid-19 Pandemic
A comprehensive report from the WHPA and the WHO has revealed the extent of the physical and psychological damage done to healthcare professionals during the Covid-19 pandemic because the health systems they worked in failed to protect them
3 April 2023
Value - Respect – Protect – Invest: ICN launches International Nurses’ Day posters
IND will be celebrated on 12 May 2023 and is part of a yearlong Our Nurses. Our Future. campaign which sets out what nursing needs now and in the future in order to address the global health challenges and improve global health for all
23 March 2023
ICN report says shortage of nurses is a global health emergency
The new report says health systems around the world will only start to recover from the effects of the pandemic and be rebuilt when there is sufficient investment in a well-supported global nursing workforce
20 March 2023
New WHO Chief Nursing Officer shares her priority of addressing the needs of the world’s most vulnerable populations
ICN CEO Howard Catton has spoken exclusively to the new WHO Chief Nursing Officer Dr Amelia Latu Afuhaamango Tuipulotu, about the priorities and challenges ahead
15 March 2023
International Women’s Day: ICN President calls for greater efforts to bring about gender equality in healthcare through digital inclusivity
Marking this year’s International Women’s Day (IWD23), ICN President, Dr Pamela Cipriano, calls for greater efforts to be made to bring about gender equality in relation to the use of digital technology in healthcare.
8 March 2023
ICN Asia Workforce Forum highlights widening gap in global supply and demand of nurses
Nurse leaders gathered at a meeting in Thailand warned of the growing global nurse shortage at a time when the demand for nurses is increasing
7 March 2023
President of the Nursing Association of Ukraine speaks of nurses’ determination and gratitude, one year after the invasion of her country
ICN Chief Executive Officer Howard Catton has had a video call with the President of the Nursing Association of Ukraine, Tetyana Chernyshenko, on the day marking one year since the invasion of Ukraine, Friday, 24 February.
28 February 2023
Kick-off of ICN’s innovative development initiative for National Nurses Associations in Africa
Twenty-four NNAs in Africa have signed up to take part in the ICN’s Organizational Development of National Nurses Associations initiative, which will develop individual NNAs’ abilities to support their country’s nurses based on the initiative’s pillars: organisational assessment, leadership development and ‘twinning’ with more established NNAs
28 February 2023
One year on – ICN renews call for peace in Ukraine as nurses around the world stand in solidarity
On the anniversary of the invasion of Ukraine and the bitter year that has followed, the International Council of Nurses (ICN) has renewed its call for a ceasefire and negotiations for a lasting peace.
23 February 2023