WHO Strategic Direction Service Delivery: Midwives and nurses work to the full extent of their (regulation,) education and training in safe and supportive service delivery environments.

Our centre is a global leader in the WHO systematic review for regulation. We work closely with government to evaluate, develop and strengthen regional regulatory and accreditation systems to ensure they reflect the unique needs of individual country settings.

Having strong partnerships with local governments is deeply engrained in this work-area, as we believe that strong governance equals a strong workforce. Having robust, practical, locally relevant policy will enable governments to easily regulate the sector, providing a higher quality, consistent model of care for the population. Particularly, the policy priorities are to:

  1. Review and strengthen professional regulatory systems and support capacity building of regulators, where needed.
  2. Adapt workplaces to enable midwives and nurses to maximally contribute to service delivery in interdisciplinary health care teams.

The WHO CC UTS acknowledges use of key language from the WHO's Strategic Directions for Nurses and Midwives 2021- 2025 Document.

Strengthening Health Workforce in the Pacific (Nursing and Midwifery)(SHWP) Program
Date: 2024-2028

Regional Quality Improvement Program
Date: June, 2023

Pacific Head of Nursing and Midwifery Meeting 2021
Date: 25th November, 2021

Scoping study: Improving the quality of nursing and midwifery education and regulation in Pacific Island countries and areas
Date: August, 2020 - December, 2020
WHO CC Involvement: Professor Di Brown, Michele Rumsey, Tasnuva Tisha

Integration Health Projects in Papua New Guinea
Date: 2011 - ongoing PNG Practitioners Registration System Launch
Date: 2020 Consultancy with Vanuatu Ministry of HealthDate: 2018 Ongoing WHO CC involvement:  Professor Di Brown, Professor Linette Lock Scaling-up nursing through global nursing/midwifery faculty development
Date: Ongoing
WHO CC involvement: Michele Rumsey, Professor John Daly, Jodi Thiessen Regulatory Taskforce 
Date: 2014
WHO CC involvement: Michele Rumsey, Amanda Neill Regulation Support to PNG 
Date: Ongoing
WHO CC involvement: Michele Rumsey Australian Awards Fellowships: Faculty Training ProgramDate: 2012 PNG Schools of Nursing and Community Health Worker Principals meetingDate: 2015
WHO CC involvement: Michele Rumsey, Jodi Thiessen Consultancy with the School of Nursing, Fiji National UniversityWHO CC involvement: Professor Di Brown