Title of the centre:
WHO Collaborating Centre for Nursing and Midwifery Leadership
Director / Head:
Dean Afaf I. MELEIS
Dr. Marjorie Muecke
Institution:
School of Nursing
University of Pennsylvania
Address:
418 Curie Boulevard
19104-4217
PA
Town:
Philadelphia
Country:
USA
Region:
AMRO
Phone:
(1-215) 573-3050
Fax:
(1-215) 573 8857
Date of Designation:
02/Feb/1988
Last Redesignation:
14/Jul/2010
Expiry:
14/Jul/2014
Date of Discontinuation:
Terms of Reference:
- Work with WHO to contribute to the development of primary health care based health systems by strengthening nursing and midwifery human resources to address the Millennium Development Goals.
- In collaboration with WHO, systematically promote sustainable interprofessional education and collaborative research
- Assist WHO in fostering development of human resources by working to reduce nurse shortages and to improve work environments for nurses.
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Types of activity:
- Information dissemination
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WHO organization wide expected result:
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10.8 - Health-workforce information and knowledge base strengthened, and country capacities for policy analysis, planning, implementation, information-sharing and research built up. |
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10.9 - Technical support provided to Member States, with a focus on those facing severe health-workforce difficulties in order to improve the production, distribution, skill mix and retention of the health workforce. |
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Responsible Officer:
CASSIANI Silvia
Phone:
Technical Counterpart:
NKOWANE Annette Mwansa
Phone:
+41 22 79 14314
Access to annual progress reports and the current workplan (this is accessible to WHO Staff Members only):
Link to eWork
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