Quality Improvement for Nursing and Midwifery in the Pacific: Regional Accreditation, Education, Leadership and Regional Development Project

The UTS World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Development (WHOCC UTS) Regional Quality Improvement Programme has been developed in partnership with 22 Pacific Islands (PIC) through the South Pacific Chief Nursing and Midwifery Officer Alliance.

The roadmap for quality improvement study was funded by the World Health Organization, and high-level regional support was provided through recommendations of leveraging the COVID-19 pandemic to build sustainable systems for universal health coverage, 14th Pacific Health Ministers Meeting March 2022.

This programme aims to assist regulation and educational institutions across PIC to improve nursing and midwifery accreditation. Contributing to SDGs 3) good health and wellbeing, 4) quality education, 17) partnerships.

The World Health Organization and the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Accreditation Council will fund the projects next steps.

Acknowledgement of Country

UTS acknowledges the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation, the Boorooberongal people of the Dharug Nation, the Bidiagal people and the Gamaygal people, upon whose ancestral lands our university stands. We would also like to pay respect to the Elders both past and present, acknowledging them as the traditional custodians of knowledge for these lands.