South Pacific Chief Nursing Officers Alliance (SPCNOA) Meeting, Rarotonga Cook Islands, 2004

The Cook Island Nurses, Nursing Association and Ministry of Health hosted the first South Pacific Chief Nursing Officers Alliance (SPCONA) on 15-19 November 2004. The meeting was organised following the recommendations of the Summit on Emerging Diseases: Lessons from SARS meeting at UTS, Sydney April 2004 and the WHO Forum of Government Chief Nurses held in Geneva May 2004. Its intent was to contribute to overall strengthening of nursing leadership and policy making capacities and efforts focused on national, regional and global priorities.

Acknowledgement of Country

UTS acknowledges the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation, the Boorooberongal people of the Dharug Nation, the Bidiagal people and the Gamaygal people, upon whose ancestral lands our university stands. We would also like to pay respect to the Elders both past and present, acknowledging them as the traditional custodians of knowledge for these lands.