WHO Collaborating Centers for Nursing & Midwifery

04/15/2026

Soon!! We are so looking forward to this symposium! Register at link in Bio

The Johns Hopkins Center for Global Surgery invites you to the Johns Hopkins Global Surgery Symposium on Saturday, May 2, 2026.

Join leaders, trainees, and partners in global health to explore innovations in global surgery, share research, and connect with mentors and colleagues who are passionate about strengthening surgical systems worldwide.

🗓 May 2, 2026
⏰ 8:30 AM – 3:00 PM ET
📍 In person: Baltimore
register here:
https://jh.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_b10erJEPX6MsNWC

04/08/2026

🌍 We’re Hiring: Global Health Intern Opportunity!

Passionate about global health, nursing, and making a meaningful impact worldwide? The Johns Hopkins School of Nursing Center for Global Initiatives is looking for a motivated and driven intern to join our team!

Since its founding, the Center has worked to strengthen the global nursing workforce, advance health equity, and support innovative education, research, and policy initiatives around the world.

📍 Be part of a team that is shaping the future of global nursing and health equity.

04/05/2026

🌸 Join us for an important conversation on respectful maternity care

💻 Open to healthcare professionals, students, and advocates
🗓 Don’t miss this opportunity to learn and reflect

🔗 Register now to be part of the discussion

03/25/2026

🚨 Save the Date!

The Johns Hopkins Global Surgery Symposium is happening May 2!!

Join the Johns Hopkins University community and global partners for a conversation on advancing surgical care and improving health equity worldwide.

More details coming soon!

03/15/2026

Next week!

🌟 Spanish Webinar Series 🌟

Join us for “Familias Activas y Sanas: La Evolución de un Programa Intensivo del Tratamiento de Obesidad Infantil.”

👩‍⚕️ Featuring Sarah Polk, pediatrician and Medical Director of Yard 56 Pediatrics in Baltimore. Dr. Polk will discuss the evolution of child intensive weight management programs and advancing health equity for Latine children and families.

📅 March 23
⏰ 12 PM (ET)
📍 Virtual

🔎 Q&A will include English translation.

Hosted by Johns Hopkins School of Medicine’s Center for Salud/Health and Opportunity for Latines (Centro SOL).

02/23/2026

🌍 Advancing Global Nursing & Midwifery Through Collaboration and Innovation

At the WHO Collaborating Center at the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing, we continue to leverage information and communication technologies to strengthen nursing and midwifery education worldwide.

Over the past year, we:
🔹 Published 13 blog posts and 6 short recordings in English and Spanish
🔹 Hosted 4 virtual sessions aligned with the Sustainable Development Goals
🔹 Shared 260 research summaries globally
🔹 Added 260 open-access articles to our online research library
🔹 Published a manuscript in the Pan American Journal of Public Health
🔹 Partnered with PAHO to support adolescent health policy development
🔹 Delivered a webinar on gender identity and sexual orientation for nurses in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru
🔹 Collaborated with ministries of health and global centers to strengthen strategic nursing and midwifery guidance

Through the Global Alliance for Nursing and Midwifery Community of Practice, we remain committed to equitable access to evidence-based knowledge for nurses and midwives everywhere.

Together, we are advancing education, policy, and practice to improve global health.

12/22/2025

Antimicrobial stewardship saves lives. 🦠💊
Nurses are uniquely positioned to lead stewardship initiatives — ensuring the right drug, dose, and duration while educating patients and teams. Supporting nurse-led programs strengthens care today and protects antibiotics for tomorrow.

12/14/2025

Sunday news: New blog!!!
🚨 Antimicrobial resistance is rising fast — but nurses are the key to turning the tide.

From India to the global stage, nurses are leading efforts in infection control, community education, and smarter antibiotic use. So why are their roles still underrecognized in many AMR policies?

🌍 This week on the blog, explore how empowering nurses strengthens primary care, improves stewardship, and protects global health.

👉 Read the full post to learn why nursing leadership is essential in the fight against AMR.
https://ganm.nursing.jhu.edu/nurses-at-the-frontline-strengthening-antimicrobial-stewardship-in-primary-healthcare/

12/10/2025

New Blog alert! By our own Haley Williams!

Pregnant women are still routinely excluded from clinical trials—even during outbreaks like COVID-19, Ebola, and Zika—despite being at far higher risk of severe illness and death. This “protection by exclusion” leaves mothers and babies without the evidence-based care they urgently need.

A new policy brief led by Haley Kartchner Williams (Johns Hopkins University) with Jhpiego outlines clear steps to change this, including:
• Stronger ethical frameworks
• Better pregnancy-specific data
• Pregnancy-informed study designs
• Global research guidelines
• Funding for safe interventions
• Involving pregnant women directly
• Clear public communication

Future outbreaks are inevitable. Equity and science demand that pregnant women be included—not excluded—from research that could save lives.

Read it here: https://ganm.nursing.jhu.edu/no-more-protection-by-exclusion-a-global-call-to-include-pregnant-women-in-outbreak-research/

12/03/2025

"Workers at the forefront: Protecting the global health workforce in an era of financial contraction"
Tomorrow! Don't forget to register!!

12/02/2025

What a great Webinar! Thank you!!

🚀 Join our Empowering Students & Early Career Nurses webinar and discover how your voice can shape global health priorities 🌍
✨ What’s in it for you?
•Real opportunities to get involved internationally
•Insights on how perspectives drive change
•Connections with peers & leaders worldwide
📅 Date: 21 Nov 2025
🕒 Time: 3pm
🔗 Register now: https://bit.ly/3XEUcPF
Let’s put students and early career at the heart of global health!

WHO Collaborating Centers for Nursing & Midwifery

12/02/2025

🌍✨ Excited to join Virtual Global Health Week — Dec 2–4, 2025!
A global series of free, interactive online workshops bringing together thought leaders from around the world to tackle pressing health challenges in children, climate, equity, infections, systems, and more.
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Whether you’re a student, clinician, researcher, or simply passionate about global health — this is your chance to learn, connect, and contribute to meaningful change. ✨
📅 When: December 2–4, 2025
🔗 Register here: https://www.cugh.org/our-work/events/cughs-virtual-global-health-week-2025-december-2-4/

🗣️ Spread the word & share with your networks — because global health is everyone’s business.

Join us for a series of interactive online workshops on a variety of contemporary global health challenges. The sessions are free and open to both CUGH members and the public. This is a unique opportunity to engage with global thought leaders and explore innovative solutions to the most pressing glo...