As one of the first seven non-governmental organisations to be accepted into official relations with the World Health Organization in 1948, ICN has worked collaboratively on many projects of mutual interest over the years.
As a non-State actor, every year ICN actively participates in the WHO Executive Board meetings and the World Health Assembly to represent the voice of nurses and nursing to advance global health and promote public health.
Collaborative work with WHO on the nursing profession and health includes:
ICN’s 80-strong delegation of nurses at the WHA, led by ICN President Dr Pamela Cipriano, spoke at a wide range of side events and intervened on numerous agenda items at the event, including on emergency preparedness, UHC, infection prevention and control, and women’s and children’s health.
1 June 2023
ICN has a delegation of nurses at the WHA, with six delegates attending in person, and around 80 following the proceedings online. Today they continued making contributions to the debates and discussions of the WHA, including two formal interventions.
25 May 2023
Ministers of Health from El Salvador, France, Jamaica, Malawi, New Zealand, Seychelles, Thailand and the UK were also in attendance, along with representatives from ICN’s national nursing associations and a variety of organisations including BBC, CERN, Global Colon Cancer Association, International Committee of the Red Cross, International Organization for Migration, Médecins Sans Frontières, Mission Haiti, Nursing Now, Abu Dhabi Health Services Company, UNOG, WHO, World Patients Alliance and the World Trade Organization
24 May 2023