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Organization Contact Information | |
| Name: | International Council of Nurses (ICN) |
| Street 1: | 3 Place Jean Marteau |
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| City: | Geneva |
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| Post Code: | 1201 |
| Country: | Switzerland |
| Phone: | +41 22 908 01 00 |
| Organization Email: | icn@icn.ch |
| Web Site: | http://www.icn.ch |
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General Information | |
| Board Constituency: | Developed Country NGO |
| Is your organization legally registered in your country: | Yes |
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| Organization Type - Primary: | Non-Governmental Organization |
| Organization Type - Secondary: | Other Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) |
| Organization Description: | |
| The International Council of Nurses (ICN) is a federation of over 130 national nurses associations representing the millions of nurses worldwide. Operated by nurses and leading nursing internationally, ICN works to ensure quality nursing care for all and sound health policies globally. The ICN TB Project aims to improve TB management and control by building nursing skills and capacity to deliver good quality people-centred care. | |
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Specializations / Areas of Work | |
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Advocacy Delivery of health services and care Research and Development Technical Assistance |
Other Organization Information | |
| Total number of staff in your organization: | 11 - 25 |
| Number of full-time staff who are directly involved with TB: | 1 - 5 |
| Number of part-time staff who are directly involved with TB: | 0 |
| Number of volunteers who are directly involved with TB: | 0 |
| How did you hear about the Stop TB Partnership: | Involvement in TB control provision |
| If you were informed or referred by another partner of the Stop TB Partnership please tell us who: | |
| Why do you wish join the Stop TB Partnership: | Network with other partners |
| Are you a member of a Stop TB national partnership: | No |
| Are you in contact with your national TB programme: | No |
| Please tell us how your organization is contributing to your country's national TB control plan: | |
| We are not involved in Switzerland's TB control plan | |
Geographical Reach | |
| Which country is your headquarters located in: | Switzerland |
| Which countries do you do operate in: (This includes countries you are conducting activities in) |
China Colombia Egypt Eswatini Ethiopia India Indonesia Kenya Lesotho Malawi Mozambique Philippines Russian Federation Senegal South Africa Togo Uganda Zambia |
Contribution | |
| Please tell us how your organization will contribute to the Global Plan to Stop TB by briefly describing its involvement in any of the areas of work listed below: | |
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Drug-Resistant TB: Our training aims to ensure that drug sensitive TB is managed well in order to prevent DR-TB as well as giving guidance on good practice for identifying and managing DR-TB. TB-HIV: TB and HIV are considered together within our project Laboratory Strengthening: Communication between laboratories and nurses is promoted in order to enhance case detection and reduce delays in diagnosis Research: Further research on the impact of our training will be carried out from now until 2016. Additional support will be given to individual nurses who wish to carry out research to enhance practice and improve health care worker and patient safety, in their respective countries. |
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Declaration | |
| Declaration of interests: No conflicts of interest were delacred. | |
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| Last updated: | January 30, 2015 |