Global Nursing Project

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C3 Collaborating for Health, with the International Council of Nurses (ICN), Pfizer External Medical Affairs, and the International Alliance of Patient Organizations, called on nurses everywhere to move to action, to stem this pandemic of chronic disease.

This coalition provided a unique opportunity to mobilise the global nursing workforce and bring together a multinational group of players contributing different perspectives and expertise in the fight against chronic disease. The coalition worked together to explore a range of nurse-led options and interventions to:

• raise awareness among nurses, communities and policy-makers of the extent of the chronic disease challenge;
• support the development, implementation and evaluation of country plans aimed at mobilising the nursing workforce;
• share and build on existing initiatives to promote health and wellbeing and prevent chronic disease;
• support the dissemination and implementation of effective evidence-based prevention interventions;
• identify how nurses can best contribute to the prevention, care, treatment and management of chronic disease; and
• support nurses in improving their own health and wellbeing and that of their families.

This work built on an earlier meeting, held in South Africa in 2007, jointly organised with DENOSA (the South African nurses’ association) and ICN, to bring nurses together to discuss the prevention of chronic, non-communicable diseases. For more on this initial meeting, click here >>

Washington meeting

Washington DC, 2010

A two-day meeting of leading experts and nurses was convened to harness the power of the global nursing workforce. Participants were drawn from six countries – Malta, Panama, Slovenia, South Africa, United Kingdom and United States – as well as the engagement of nurses in the Philippines and United Arab Emirates.

The meeting took place in Washington DC on 24–25 June 2010, and a full report and presentations are available here >>

ICN conference, Malta 2011

Promoting health at ICN conference

C3 worked closely with ICN to ensure that NCDs were high on the agenda of the ICN Conference in Malta in 2011. Participants were encouraged to take a health risk assessment to highlight the NCD risk factors in their own lives. Christine Hancock chaired a plenary session focused on prevention of NCDs.

Leadership programme for Thai nurses

C3 is a regular contributor to an international leadership programme for senior nurses and civil servants from Thailand, hosted by De Montfort University, Leicester, UK. The C3 workshops include an overview of the nursing contribution globally to health and policy-making, including an outline of the role of key nursing organisations. Particular atttention is paid to the prevention of NCDs.