General Archives

Our archive of regional and global activities and research projects conducted by the Centre. The archives date back to 2004, detailing key contributors of each project.   

2018

Global Network Side Meetings

Panel Discussion WHO Headquarters

Secretariat for the GN WHO CC

Health Workforce Strategic Plan for Kiribati

2016

SDGs in the Asia Pacific Region

International Confederation of Midwives Meeting
WHO CC involvement: Professor Caroline Homer, Professor Pat Brodie

2015

Sigma Theta Tau 43rd Biennial Convention

Quality of Care through the Respect, Safety and Empowerment of Midwifery Personnel: Systematic Review of Interventions to Overcome Barriers to the Provision of Quality of Care by Midwifery Personnel 
WHO CC involvement: Professor Caroline Homer

4th Arab States Midwifery Conference
WHO CC involvement: Professor Caroline Homer

Development of a Regional Roadmap on Strengthening Midwifery to Improve Maternal and Newborn Health
WHO CC involvement: Professor Caroline Homer, Florence West

International Confederation of Midwives (ICM) Inaugural Stakeholder's Engagement Meeting
WHO CC involvement: Professor Caroline Homer, Professor Pat Brodie

Asia Pacific Midwifery Workforce Workshop
WHO CC involvement: Professor Caroline Homer, Florence West

PNG Schools of Nursing and Community Health Worker Principals meeting
WHO CC involvement: Michele Rumsey, Jodi Thiessen

Consultancy with the School of Nursing, Fiji National University
WHO CC involvement: Professor Di Brown

WHO CC involvement: Dr Angela Wilson
 
WHO CC involvement: Michele Rumsey, Jodi Thiessen
 
 
WHO CC involvement: Professor Jam Buchan

2014

Longitudinal Study of Midwifery Graduates in PNG
WHO CC involvement: Alison Moores, Professor Caroline Homer, Amanda Neill

WHO CC involvement: Michele Rumsey, Amanda Neill
 
WHO CC involvement: Prof. James Buchan
 
First Regional Forum of WHO Collaborating Centres
WHO CC involvement: Michele Rumsey
 
WHO CC involvement: Michele Rumsey, Amanda Neill, James Buchan
 

2013

WHO CC involvement:  Partnership with SPCN​MOA
 
WHO CC involvement: Michele Rumsey, Professor John Daly
 
Health Professional Education in the WHO Western Pacific Region
WHO CC involvement: Professor John Daly, Michele Rumsey
 
 
Pacific plan review
WHO CC involvement: Collaboration with SPCNMOA
 
'Development futures: Alternative pathways to end poverty' conference
WHO CC involvement: Michele Rumsey, Amanda Neill, Adj Prof Pat Brodie, Jodi Thiessen
 
The International Council of Nurses 25th Quadrennial Congress in Melbourne
WHO CC involvement: Professor John Daly, Michele Rumsey, Professor Caroline Homer
 
Revitalization of primary health care in Samoa
WHO CC involvement: Professor Caroline Homer, Associate Professor Joanne Gray, Rachel Smith 
 
Short course in Maternal, Neonatal and Child Health
WHO CC involvement: Prof Caroline Homer
 
 
Launch of Hong Kong Polytechnic University WHO Collaborating Centre
October 23, Hong Kong
WHO CC involvement: Invited to prestigious launch
 
 
WHO CC involvement:: Country Consultation
 
Retaining Health Workers in Remote Areas - Lao PDR and Cambodia
WHO CC involvement: Professor James Buchan
 
WHO CC involvement: Michele Rumsey
 
WHO CC involvement: Prof Caroline Homer, Prof Pat Brodie
 

WHO CC involvement: Prof Caroline Homer, Prof Pat Brodie, Dr Angela Dawson

2012

WHO CC involvement: Prof Caroline Homer, Michele Rumsey, Jodi Thiessen
 

WHO CC involvement: Michele Rumsey

Papua New Guinea Community Health Worker Schools Audit - AusAID
WHO CC involvement: Associate Professor Lin Lock
 
World Bank Praxis Discussion Series
WHO CC involvement:: Michele Rumsey
 
WHO WPRO Nursing Databanks
WHO CC involvement:: Michele Rumsey, Jodi Thiessen, Ranira Moodley
 
Is Global Health in Crisis? UNSW
WHO CC involvement:: Michele Rumsey
 
Lowy Institute visiting PNG parliamentarian Dame Carol Kidu
WHO CC involvement:: Michele Rumsey, Patricia Brodie, Monica Sanderson, Jodi Thiessen
 
Forum: The future of the Pacific matters to us. Be part of the conversation.
WHO CC involvement:: Michele Rumsey, Monica Sanderson, Stephanie Fletcher, Amanda Neal
 
Asian Development Bank Seminar 2012
WHO CC involvement: Michele Rumsey
 
WHO CC involvement: Professor Jon Adams
 
WHO CC involvement: Caroline Homer
 
Meeting with Myanmar's Minister of Health
WHO CC involvement: Prof Caroline Homer
 

2011

Maternal and Child Health Initiative Papua New Guinea
WHO CC involvement: Prof Caroline Homer, Prof Pat Brodie, Michele Rumsey, Felicity Copeland, Monica Sanderson
 
Quality Improvement in Nursing and Midwifery 
WHO CC involvement: Michele Rumsey, Assoc. Professor Lin Lock, Jodi Thiessen
 
Understanding the Pacific's adaptive capacity to emergencies in the context of climate change
WHO CC involvement: Professor John Daly, Professor Jim Buchan, Michele Rumsey, Stephanie Fletcher, Jodi Thiessen, Monica Sanderson and UTS Institute of Sustainable Futures
 
WHO Laos: Health worker incentives
WHO CC involvement: Professor Jim Buchan
 
WHO Cambodia: Health worker incentives
WHO CC involvement: Professor Jim Buchan
 
Health Workforce Research and Advice
WHO CC involvement: Professor Jim Buchan
 
AusAID ALA Fellowship Awards
WHO CC involvement: Michele Rumsey, Professor John Daly, Professor James Buchan, Professor Caroline Homer, Assoc. Professor Lin Lock in partnership with SPCNMOA 
 
WHO CC involvement:Professor John Daly, Michele Rumsey, Jodi Thiessen
 
Scaling-Up Nursing through Global Nursing/Midwifery Faculty Development
WHO CC involvement: Professor John Daly, Professor Trish Davidson, Professor Debra Jackson, Assistant Professor Lin Lock, Michele Rumsey, Jan Sayers (UWS), Rebecca Disler, Jodi Thiessen
 
Maternal and Child Health Initiative Papua New Guinea
WHO CC involvement: Prof Caroline Homer, Prof Pat Brodie, Michele Rumsey, Felicity Copeland, Monica Sanderson
 
 
 
MoHProf consultation in Brussels
WHO CC involvement: Michele Rumsey
 
Midwifery an International Journal, Vol 27, issue 3, June 2011 (PDF, 283kB)
 
World Bank Praxis Discussion Series
WHO CC involvement: Michele Rumsey and Jodi Thiessen
 
WHO CC involvement: Professor James Buchan
 
WHO CC involvement: James Buchan, John Connell, Michele Rumsey
 
Launch of Hong Kong Polytechnic University WHO Collaborating Centre
WHO CC involvement: Invited to prestigious launch
 
WHO CC involvement: Presenting paper

 

2010

Asian Development Bank (ADB) roundtable on maternal and child health
WHO CC involvement: Michele Rumsey, Associate Professor Jennifer Fenwick
 
World Bank SWAP Review of Obstetric and Midwifery Care in Samoa
WHO CC involvement: Professor Caroline Homer and A/Professor Andrew Bisits
 
 
UNSW Faculty of Medicine/ AusAID Human Resources for Health (HRH) Knowledge Hub
WHO CC involvement: Professor John Daly, Professor James Buchan and Michele Rumsey
 
 
Malaysian Ministry of Health Nurse Educators Study Tour
WHO CC involvement: Michele Rumsey, Professor John Daly, Diane Pelletier and Professor Denise Dignam
 
Publication in Global Network of WHO CC links Magazine
WHO CC involvement: Michele Rumsey 
 
WHO CC involvement: Michele Rumsey, Lesley Seaton and Professor Christine Duffield
 
 
WHO CC involvement: Michele Rumsey, Professor John Daly, and Professor Christine Duffield
 
 
WHO CC involvement: Michele Rumsey, Professor John Daly, Professor Christine Duffield and Professor Jill White
 
WHO CC involvement: Michele Rumsey
 

 

2009

European Commission Mobility of Health Professionals (MoHProf)
WHO CC involvement: Professor John Daly, Professor James Buchan, Michele Rumsey and Jodi Thiessen
 
WHO Pacific Human Resources for Health Alliance (PHRHA)
WHO CC involvement: Michele Rumsey
 
Malaysian Ministry of Health Study Tour
WHO CC involvement: Study Tour
 
AusAID ALA Fellowships
WHO CC involvement: Organiser in partnership with SPCNMOA
 
World Health Day 'Save lives. Make hospitals safe in emergencies'
WHO CC involvement: Slideshow in main UTS building
 
WHO CC involvement: Michele Rumsey, Professor John Daly, Professor Denise Dignam, Marie Heartfield, Gerard Goodwin-Moore, Professor Christine Duffield, Professor James Buchan, Professor Caroline Homer in partnership with SPCNMOA
 
WHO Global Leadership Collaborative (GLC)
WHO CC involvement: Michele Rumsey, Professor John Daly, Professor Christine Duffield and Professor Jill White
Download the Roles and Responsibilities of Government Chief Nursing and Midwifery Officer (PDF, 2.6MB).
 
 
WHO CC involvement: Participant and presenter James Buchan
 
Informal meeting on the Implementation of the Pacific Human Resources for Health Alliance (PHRHA) 
WHO CC involvement: Michele Rumsey invited to the meeting as an observer
 
UNSW AusAID Knowledge Hub - Advisory Board
WHO CC involvement: Invited member of Advisory Board
 
International Council of Nurses (ICN)
WHO CC involvement: Presenting paper on WHO project Human Resource for Health (HRH) Minimum Data Set (MDS)
 
 
PNG Disaster & Emergency Nursing and Community Health Workers Program
WHO CC involvement: Lisa Conlon developed and implemented pilot program with the assistance of Lesley Seaton
 

2008

South Pacific Chief Nursing & Midwifery Officer Alliance SPCNMOA
WHOCC role: Secretariat to SPCNMOA steering committee and Educational Task Force (ETF)
 
Formulation of an emergency-disaster nursing curricular conceptual framework 2008-2009
Location: University of Technology Sydney, Australia
 
The Strategic Directions for Strengthening Nursing and Midwifery Services (SDNM)
Location: Teleconference working group
 
WHO Human Resources for Health Minimum Data Set (HRH MDS) Project Phase II
Location: University of Technology Sydney, Australia, Country visits Samoa and Vanuatu
 
Ministry of Health Samoa Study Tours
Location: University of Technology Sydney, Australia
 
Participation in Global Network Meeting Ribeirao Preto Brazil 2008
Location: University of Technology Sydney, Australia
 
WHO Shandong Meeting October 2008 - Innovative Emergency and Disaster Nursing Education and Training - United for Action 
Location: Shandong University, Jinan, China
 
Credentialing of Mental Health Nurse Specialist Practice 2008
Location: National University of Samoa
 
Asian Pacific Research Conference and WHO Western Pacific Regional Office Meetings
Location: University of Philippines and WHO WP Regional Office Manila
 
University of New South Wales AusAID HRH Knowledge Hub
Location: University of New South Wales Sydney, Australia
 
Project: Improving the Quality of Disaster and Emergency Nursing Care, China Ministry of Health, Nursing Division, Department of Medical Administration 2008
Location: Ministry of Health, Chengdu, China
 
WHO Regional credentialling program for maternity teachers in Samoa
Location: National University of Samoa
 
WHO Collaborating Centre for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Development Launch
Location: University of Technology Sydney, Australia
 
South Pacific Chief Nursing and Midwifery Officer Alliance (SPNMOA) Meeting
Location: University of Technology Sydney, Australia
 
The Impact of the 2004/05 New Zealand Nurses Employment Agreement
Location: New Zealand
 
Inaugural Global Alliance Nursing Education and Scholarship (GANES)
Location: Toronto
 
WHO Papua New Guinea nurses work value study
Location: Papua New Guinea in collaboration with Australian Nursing Federation and Papua New Guinea Nursing Association
 
WHO CC involvement: Prof Caroline Homer, Prof John Daly

 

2007

 
 
 
 
 

 

2006

 
 
 
 
 
Participated in SPCNOA meeting
Location: Rarotonga Cook Islands
 
 
 
Location: University of Technology Sydney, Australia, Western Pacific and South East Asian country consultations

2005

Global Alliance for Nursing and Midwifery (GANM)
April 2-4, Baltimore, Maryland USA
WHO CC involvement: Attended via teleconference
 

 

2004

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.