The Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) has been designated as a World Health Organisation (WHO) Collaborating Centre to guide global nurse and midwife education. The new centre in Dublin will provide technical advice to the WHO on developing systems for continuous professional development and leadership education for the nursing and midwifery workforce.

WHO collaborating centres are establishments such as research institutes, parts of universities, or academies designated by the Director-General to carry out activities in support of the Organisation’s programmes. Currently, there are more than 800 collaborating centres in over 80 member states working with the WHO on areas such as nursing, occupational health, communicable diseases, nutrition, mental health, chronic diseases, and health technologies.
WHO Chief Nursing Officer Dr Amelia Latu Afuhaamango, and WHO Unit Head of Health Workforce and Service Delivery Dr Tomas Zapata, were among those who addressed the Faculty’s official launch of the Collaborating Centre at RCSI’s Dublin city centre campus.
Faculty Dean Prof Mark White described the designation as “another considerable milestone within the Faculty’s 50th anniversary year”. He also said the centre “provides an infrastructure at the Faculty to integrate health, nursing, and midwifery policy with research, and support workforce planning, continuous professional development, strengthening professional regulation, and facilitating professional leadership development in Europe.
“The Faculty looks forward to working with WHO colleagues, and with the other five collaborating centres in other health areas that are currently designated in Ireland at the University of Limerick, the National University of Ireland Galway, Trinity College Dublin, University College Dublin, and the National Suicide Research Foundation.”
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