Projects and presentations
WHO CC is carrying out numerous regional and global projects. We are also involved in and invited to numerous national and international consultations. A selection of these projects are outlined below.
2009
SPCNMOA Educational Task Force
Date: 2009
AusAID Leadership Awards
Location: University of Technology Sydney, Australia
Date: May - July 2009
2008
Formulation of an emergency-disaster nursing curricular conceptual framework 2008-2009
Location: University of Technology Sydney, Australia
Date: 2008 - 2009
The Strategic Directions for Strengthening Nursing and Midwifery Services (SDNM)
Location: Teleconference working group
Date: 2008 - 2009
WHO Human Resources for Health Minimum Data Set (HRH MDS) Project Phase II
Location: University of Technology Sydney, Australia, Country visits Samoa and Vanuatu
Date: 2007 - 2008
Ministry of Health Samoa Study Tours
Location: University of Technology Sydney, Australia
Date: 15 - 27 November
Participation in Global Network Meeting Ribeirao Preto Brazil 2008
Location: University of Technology Sydney, Australia
Date: November
WHO Shandong Meeting October 2008 - Innovative Emergency and Disaster Nursing Education and Training - United for Action
Location: Shandong University, Jinan, China
Date: October
Credentialing of Mental Health Nurse Specialist Practice 2008
Location: National University of Samoa
Date: September
Asian Pacific Research Conference and WHO Western Pacific Regional Office Meetings
Location: University of Philippines and WHO WP Regional Office Manila
Date: September
University of New South Wales AusAID HRH Knowledge Hub
Location: University of New South Wales Sydney, Australia
Date: August 2008
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
Date: June
WHO Regional credentialling program for maternity teachers in Samoa
Location: National University of Samoa
Date: May
WHO Collaborating Centre for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Development Launch
Location: University of Technology Sydney, Australia
Date: 7 April
South Pacific Chief Nursing and Midwifery Officer Alliance (SPNMOA) Meeting
Location: University of Technology Sydney, Australia
Date: 6 - 9 April
The Impact of the 2004/05 New Zealand Nurses Employment Agreement
Location: New Zealand
Date: April
Inaugural Global Alliance Nursing Education and Scholarship (GANES)
Location: Toronto
Date: 2008
WHO Papua New Guinea nurses work value study
Location: Papua New Guinea in collaboration with Australian Nursing Federation and Papua New Guinea Nursing Association
Date: 2007 - 2008
AusAID - JTA International Samoa health project - human resources for health policy, action plan and database user specification development
Location: Ministry of Health Samoa
Date: 2006 - 2007
2007
Participation in WHO Geneva 2007 consultation on the contribution of nursing and midwifery in emergencies and production of educational material
Location: WHO headquarters Geneva
Date: November
Participation in the establishment of a WHO WPR Asian Pacific Emergency and Disaster Nursing Network
Location: Bangkok, Thailand
Date: 25 - 27 October
Participation in biennial scientific meeting of the Pacific Society for Reproductive Health
Location: Apia, Samoa
Date: 11 - 14 September
Participation in Royal College of Nursing Australia annual conference 2007
Location: Sydney, Australia
Date: 11 - 14 July
Participated in Commonwealth Secretariat workshop to develop strategies and systems to manage human resources for health
Location: Sydney
Date: July
Participation in Nurses at the forefront: Dealing with the unexpected ICN international conference
Location: Yokohama, Japan
Date: 27 May - 1 June
Photos available online (opens an external site)
WHO WPR nursing and midwifery minimum data set of human resources for health indicators project Phase I
Location: University of Technology Sydney, Australia, Western Pacific and South East Asian country consultations
Date: 2006 - 2007
2006
Participated in WHO WPR nursing and midwifery leadership summit 2006: Building leadership capacity and disease prevention in the Western Pacific
Location: UTS: Nursing, Midwifery and Health, Australia
Date: 28-30 November
Photos available online (opens an external site)
Participated in Western Pacific South East Asian Regions Regulatory Authorities (WPR/SEAR) meeting
Location: New Zealand
Date: November
Participated in WHO WPR consultation on human resource development in making pregnancy safer
Location: Shanghai, China
Date: 26 - 28 September
Participated in South Pacific Chief Nursing and Midwifery Officers Alliance (SPCNMOA) meeting
Location: Apia, Samoa
Date: 4 - 7 September
Photos available online (opens an external site)
Participated in WHO Global Network of Collaborating Centres for Nursing and Midwifery Development meeting: resourcing global health
Location: Glasgow, Scotland
Date: June
Photos available online (opens an external site)
Pre 2006
Participated in SPCNOA meeting
Location: Rarotonga Cook Islands
Date: 15-19 November 2006
Participated in WHO WPR summit: Lessons from SARS
Location: Sydney, Australia
Date: 24 - 26 April 2006
Banda Aceh improving clinical teaching and learning in pre-service programs
Location: Banda Aceh Indonesia
Date: 2005
Development of postgraduate diploma in emergency, high dependency and acute care nursing at the National University of Samoa
Location: National University of Samoa
Date: 2004
