Date: 2013
WHO CC involvement: Professor John Daly, Michele Rumsey, Professor Caroline Homer
The International Council of Nurses 25th Quadrennial Congress (opens an external site) was held in Melbourne from the 18th-23rd of May. Close to 4,000 Nursing leaders from more than 100 countries gathered to discuss Nursing’s key role in improving equity and access to health care. While at the ICN, WHO CC UTS hosted the World Health Organization Global Network Meeting of WHO Collaborating Centres. The meeting brought together Nursing and Midwifery leaders from some of the 44 Collaborating Centres around the world and was a great opportunity for networking and meeting colleagues from other regions across the globe.