WHO Collaborating Centers for Nursing & Midwifery

10/29/2025

🌍 Webinar Spotlight | Midwives Saving Newborn Lives
Join us Tuesday, November 4 at 3 PM (ET) for an inspiring webinar:
“Midwives Saving Newborn Lives: Transforming Gastroschisis Care in Uganda.”

Featuring Dr. Tamara Fitzgerald, MD, PhD, FACS, FAAP, Associate Professor of Surgery and Global Health at Duke University. Dr. Fitzgerald’s groundbreaking work focuses on strengthening surgical capacity and empowering midwives to save infants with gastroschisis in low-resource settings.

🔹 Learn how collaborative innovation is transforming survival outcomes for newborns.
🔹 Discover how partnerships in Uganda are reshaping pediatric surgical care.

📅 Date: Tuesday, November 4
🕒 Time: 3 PM ET
💻 Join us on Zoom — RSVP today!
https://jhuson.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_dFJOtjsJScqaC5gfzyKYMQ #/registration

10/28/2025

🩵 Fostering Resilience in Nursing: Thriving in School, Practice, and Beyond

Join educators, clinicians, and wellness advocates for an empowering panel discussion on resilience and mental health in nursing and healthcare. Gain practical tools and insights to support your well-being and help build a lasting culture of care.

🗓 Tuesday, October 29
🕡 6:30–7:30 p.m. (ET)
📍 Virtual | 1 contact hour available for RN professionals

Panelists include:
💬 Dr. Carolyn J. Cumpsty Fowler, Executive Director for Nursing Well-Being, Johns Hopkins Health System
💬 Dr. Kelly Wolgast, Associate Dean for Outreach and Professional Development, Penn State Ross and Carol Nese College of Nursing

Hosted by the Penn State Beta Sigma and Johns Hopkins Nu Beta chapters of Sigma Theta Tau International.

🔗 Register now by scanning the QR code on the flyer!

10/01/2025

🌍 Join us for the UAB 2025 AI & Technology in Global Health Symposium!
📅 Oct 29–30, 2025 | 📍 Birmingham, AL + Virtual

✨ Explore how AI is transforming health systems worldwide
✨ Tackle ethical challenges & equity in tech-driven care
✨ Connect with global experts, innovators & policymakers

🔗 Learn more & register today!
https://secure.touchnet.com/C21564_ustores/web/product_detail.jsp?PRODUCTID=2022

09/29/2025

Spanish translation of Susan Daniel's blog is live on the site! Go check it out!

09/25/2025

Attention JHSON! Global service learning applications for 2026 are OPEN! But only until the 28th! Grab the application link in the bio or on the main page and apply by the deadline!
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09/17/2025

🌍 Today is World Patient Safety Day 2025! This year’s focus is “Safe care for every newborn and every child” 🧸✨
Patient safety starts from the very beginning. Let’s raise awareness, empower families, and work together to ensure every child receives safe, quality care.

09/10/2025

🌍✨ Join us for the 2025 Global Nursing Research Virtual Conference hosted by Johns Hopkins School of Nursing!

📅 November 10–11, 2025
🕗 8:00 AM – 1:00 PM EST
💻 Virtual Event

This year’s theme: “Scaling up Nursing Innovations for Local and Global Impact”

This year’s theme: “Scaling up Nursing Innovations for Local and Global Impact”

✅ Register today : https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=OPSkn-axO0eAP4b4rt8N7JD-xzrW_hVCuKnPItVcYklUQjczQlowSEgxTUdVT08wUEo5MUlVRVpHWS4u&origin=QRCode

✅ Submit your abstract by Sept 15th!

Don’t miss this opportunity to connect with nursing leaders, researchers, and innovators from around the world.

🔗 Visit our website for details!

09/09/2025

🌍 Lunch & Learn: Leading the Future of Nursing 🌍

Join us for a special session with Dr. Ameporn Ratinthorn, Dean of the Faculty of Nursing at Mahidol University in Thailand, as she shares her global vision for nursing leadership, innovation, and impact.

📅 Friday, Sept. 19
🕛 12:00 PM
📍 Carpenter Room B, Johns Hopkins School of Nursing

✨ Why Attend?

Gain international insights on the future of nursing

Explore evidence-based strategies for innovation and leadership

Connect with a global nursing leader

🔗 Advance registration is required by Sept. 14: https://forms.office.com/r/hXnDEF2QZk

09/04/2025

New Blog Alert! Live on the GANM site!
“The Heartbeat of Healthcare at Risk: Addressing Nigeria’s Growing Nursing Shortage” published on September 2, 2025 by Susan Daniels (MA, MSN, RN, CNL)

Healthcare on the brink. Nigeria must fill a gap of over 1 million nurses by 2025 to meet healthcare needs. Yet mass migration, poor conditions, and hiring inefficiencies threaten patient care, drive burnout, and erode ethics. Bold solutions—from exchange programs to better wages—are urgently needed. Read more and help amplify the call for change.


https://ganm.nursing.jhu.edu/the-heartbeat-of-healthcare-at-risk-addressing-nigerias-growing-nursing-shortage/

08/09/2025

New Blog Alert!!

Read here:
https://ganm.nursing.jhu.edu/

🌍🤱 World Breastfeeding Week 2025 is here under the theme “Prioritise Breastfeeding: Create Sustainable Support Systems.”

Breastfeeding isn’t just a personal choice—it’s a shared responsibility that protects health, strengthens communities, and supports our planet. Yet, only 44% of babies under 6 months are exclusively breastfed, far from the 70% target for 2030.

The barriers are real—lack of support, poor workplace policies, misinformation, and aggressive formula marketing. But global success stories show change is possible when policy, healthcare, and community support work together.

This week, let’s move beyond awareness:
✅ Empower families with accurate information
✅ Train & support healthcare workers
✅ Enforce strong protections against formula marketing
✅ Create breastfeeding-friendly workplaces

🤝 Breastfeeding is everyone’s responsibility—let’s protect it, invest in it, and normalise it.

07/30/2025

Disability is not an afterthought—it’s central to health equity.
🌍 1 in 6 people worldwide live with a disability, yet they’re too often left out of health systems and policies.

The latest blog breaks down why global health can’t be equitable without disability inclusion—and what we can do about it.

✊🏽 Inclusive care. Accessible systems. Community-led solutions.

👉 Read more: https://ganm.nursing.jhu.edu/addressing-disability-is-key-to-global-health-equity/

06/25/2025

🌍 Special Lecture at Johns Hopkins School of Nursing! 🩺
From Evidence-Based Research to Policy Advocacy
🗓 Wednesday, July 2 | 🕛 12–1PM | 📍 Carpenter A

Join Po-Jen Kung, RN, PhD(c), MSN, BSN — a Global Advocacy Scholar and nursing PhD candidate from Taiwan — for an inspiring discussion on how nurses can shape health policy through research and advocacy.

✨ Learn how to:
✅ Influence policy through nursing research
✅ Translate evidence into meaningful action
✅ Engage in global health advocacy

Whether you're new to policy work or a seasoned advocate, this is a session you don’t want to miss!

🔗 Hosted as part of the 2024–2025 International Visiting Scholars Program at JHSON.