WHO Collaborating Centre for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Development; University of Technology Sydney Contact: Michele Rumsey, Director, phone: +61 2 9514 7441 email: whocc@uts.edu.au web: www.health.uts.edu.au/whocc or http://www.globalnetworkwhocc.com/ twitter: @whoccmichele

Global Network of World Health Organization Collaborating Centres

for Nursing and Midwifery

Nursing and Midwifery WHO Collaborating Centres

Areas of Expertise (Number of Centres)

Nursing (22)

Nursing and Midwifery (21)

Capacity Building (21)

Human Resources for Health/Workforce (19)

Faculty Development (16)

Evidence-based practice (14)

Vulnerable populations (11)

Maternal and Child Health (9)

Primary Health Care (9)

Regulation (9)

Public Health (5)

Policy Development (4)

Mental health (4)

Health Promotion (4)

Leadership (4)

Emergency and disasters (3)

HIV (3)

Non-communicable diseases (3)

Universal Health Coverage (3)

Ageing (2)

Strategic Direction for Nursing and Midwifery (2)

Continuing Professional Development (2)

Multidisciplinary (2)

Prevention (2)

Patient Safety (1)

Chronic Conditions (1)

Occupational Health (1)

Malaria (1)

The Global Network of WHO Collaborating Centres (GN WHO CCs) for Nursing and Midwifery is a network comprising of WHO Collaborating Centres from the si

regions of WHO, who focus on nursing and midwifery. It e ists to strengthen and promote nursing and midwifery leadership, education, practice and research

towards the realization of the social goal of “Health for All” through primary health care. There are 42 Collaborating Centres for Nursing and Midwifery around the

world, and as of July 29, 2014, the WHO CC at the University of Technology, Sydney has been named the official Secretariat until 2018. The GN WHO CC aims to focus

its work around the following in 2014-2018:

Universal Health Coverage

Sustainable Development Goals

Assessing and defining the necessary contributions from a modern, fit-for-purpose nursing and midwifery workforce

The following actions were discussed at the General Meeting held in Glasgow 2016 for Global Network WHO CC 2016-2018:

Mapping, “big data”, systematic review, social media analysis.

Collaboration in-country/across country in-line with WHO strategies eg. Workforce2030.

Baseline data for WHO SDNM 2016-2020 in-line with WHO CCs work.

Space for sharing and storing WHO CC data - eg. Virginia Henderson e-repository & GANM.

Photos from L-R, top-bottom:

1. WHO representatives 2. WHO CCs from AFRO region 3. WHO CCs from AMRO region 4. WHO CCs from Euro region 5. WHO CCs

from SEARO region 6. WHO CCs from WPRO region.

WHO Collaborating Centres of the Global Network*

AFRO

University of Natal, South Africa—WHO CC for Educating Nurses and Midwives in Community

Problem-solving

University of South Africa, South Africa—WHO CC for Postgraduate Distance Education and Research

in Nursing and Midwifery Development

University of Botswana, Botswana—WHO CC for Nursing and Midwifery Development

University of Malawi, Kamuzu College of Nursing, Malawi—WHO CC for Interprofessional Education

and Collaborative Practice

AMRO

University of Pennsylvania, USA —WHO CC for Nursing and Midwifery Leadership

McMaster University, Canada—WHO CC in Primary Care Nursing and Health Human Resources

University of Michigan, USA—WHO CC for Research and Clinical

Training in Health Promotion Nursing University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA—WHO CC for International Nursing

Columbia University, USA—WHO CC for Advanced Practice Nursing

Case Western Reserve University, USA—WHO CC for Research and Clinical Training in Home Care

Nursing

University of Puerto Rico—WHO CC for Development of Midwifery Services and Education

University of Sao Paulo, Brazil—WHO CC for Nursing Research Development

University of the West Indies, Jamaica—WHO CC for Nursing and Midwifery Development in the

Caribbean

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Chile—WHO CC for Health Services and Nursing Develop-

ment for Noncommunicable Disease Care

University of Chile—WHO CC for Development of Midwifery

New York University College of Nursing, USA—WHO CC in Gerontological Nursing Education

Johns Hopkins School of Nursing, USA—WHO CC for Nursing Information, Knowledge Management

and Sharing

University of Illinois at Chicago, USA—WHO CC for International Nursing Development in Primary

Health Care

ACOFAEN, Colombia—WHO CC for the Development of Innovative Methodologies in the Teaching-

Learning in PHC

University of Miami, USA—School of Nursing and Health Studies—WHO CC for Nursing Human Re-

sources Development and Patient Safety University of Alberta, Canada—WHO CC for Nursing and Mental Health

University of California, San Francisco—WHO CC for Research and Clinical Training in Nursing

Escuela Nacional de Enfermeria y Obstetricia Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico—

WHO CC for the Development of Professional Nursing

EMRO

Jordan University of Science and Technology, Jordan—WHO CC for Nursing Development

Center for Nursing Care Research, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Iran—WHO CC for Education

and Research in Nursing and Nursing and Midwifery

College of Health Sciences, Ministry of Health, Bahrain—WHO CC for Nursing Development

EURO

Glasgow Caledonian University, Scotland—Department of Nursing and Community Health, Scotland—

WHO CC for Nursing and Midwifery Education, Research and Practice

Nursing Research Foundation, Finland—WHO CC for Nursing

Health Centre Dr Adolfa Drolca Maribor, Slovenia—WHO CC for Primary Health Care Nursing (seeking re-

designation)

Nursing School of Coimbra, Portugal—WHO CC for Nursing Practice and Research

Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Lithuania—WHO CC for Nursing Education and Practice

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium — WHOCC for Human Resources for Health Research and Policy

Public Health England, England—WHO CC for Public Health Nursing & Midwifery

SEARO

Ramathibodi School of Nursing—Mahidol University, Thailand—WHO CC for Nursing and Midwifery

Development

Faculty of Nursing—Mahidol University, Thailand—WHO CC—WHO CC for Nursing and Midwifery

Development

Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), India– WHO CC for Nursing and

Midwifery Development

Chiang Mai University, Faculty of Nursing, Thailand—WHO CC for Nursing and Midwifery Development

Christian Medical College and Hospital, India—WHO CC for Nursing and Midwifery Development

University of Nursing, Yangon, Myanmar—WHO CC for Nursing and Midwifery Development

WPRO

St. Luke’s College of Nursing, Japan—WHO CC for Nursing Development in Primary Health Care

University of Hyogo, Japan—WHO CC for Nursing in Disasters and Health Emergency Management

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (HKPU)- School of Nursing, Faculty of Health and Social

Sciences, Hong Kong, China—WHO CC for Community Health Services

University of the Philippines, Manila, Philippines—WHO CC for Leadership in Nursing Development

Peking Union Medical College—School of Nursing, China—WHO CC for Nursing Policy-Making and

Quality Management

Yonsei University, Republic of Korea—WHO CC for Research and Training for Nursing Development in Pri-

mary Health Care

University of Technology Sydney, Australia—WHO CC for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Development

(Secretariat 2014-2018)

James Cook University, Australia—WHO CC for Nursing and Midwifery Education and Research

Capacity Building

Peking Union Medical College—WHO CC for Nursing Policy Making and Quality Management

The Catholic University of Korea College of Nursing, Research Institute for Hospice and Palliative Care—

WHO CC for Palliative Care

Partners

International Council of Nurses (ICN)

International Confederation of Midwives (ICM)

Sigma Theta Tau International (STTI)

Professor John Daly

Secretary General, WHO CC

Global Network

Head of WHO CC and Dean of

Faculty of Health UTS

Professor Caroline Homer

Assistant Secretary General, WHO CC

Global Network

Director of the Centre for Midwifery,

Child and Family Health—

Faculty of Health UTS

Ms Michele Rumsey

Assistant Secretary General, WHO

CC Global Network

Director of Collaborating Centre

Operations and Development

Ms Amanda Neill

E ecutive Coordinator, WHO CC

Global Network

Project Manager

WHO CC UTS Global Network WHO Collaborating Centre for Nursing and Midwifery

Ms Jodi Thiessen

E ecutive Coordinator, WHO CC

Global Network

Project Manager

WHO CC UTS

Professor Fiona Brooks

Assistant Secretary General, WHO CC

Global Network

Associate Dean (Research),

Faculty of Health UTS