2025 COMMONWEALTH CIVIL

    SOCIETY POLICY FORUM

Fit for our Commonwealth ... toward a resilient and sufficient health and wellbeing workforce

The 2025 Commonwealth Civil Society Policy Forum was held Friday 28 February.

>> 2025 CCSPF Programme
>> 2025 CCSPF Video

    
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ORAL HEALTH PROJECT

The CNMF has joined with C3 Collaborating for Health and the World Continuing Education Alliance in a project on oral health funded by Colgate. The project aims to provide education for nurses and midwives on oral health as well as exploring changes to patient intake and nursing and midwifery care plans to provide a more comprehensive assessment of oral health.

Oral health is vital to an individual's general health and wellbeing. Healthy teeth and gums are an essential element for maintaining adequate nutrition and supporting digestion. Nurses and midwives can play a critical role in detecting oral health disease and in educating individuals, families and communities about oral health.

As part of the Oral Health Project, the Commonwealth Children's Choir has recorded the most delightful song: 'Brush my Teeth' sung to the tune of Frere Jacques. The song may be freely used for educational purposes.
 

 

FREEZE ON USA OVERSEAS AID

The Commonwealth Health Professions and Partners Alliance (CHPA), of which the CNMF is a founding members, have released a Statement on the USA freeze on overseas aid.

>> Read the statement here

CHPA members are receiving distressing information from across the Commonwealth of people, including children, uncertain of what lies ahead of them right now without essential medication, vaccinations, or other medical treatments; of local workers suddenly unemployed, without a wage to support their families, and with little prospect for replacement employment. For CHPA members, staying silent on this issue is not an option.
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ICN 'NURSES FOR PEACE' CAMPAIGN

The CNMF is supporting the International Council of Nurses (ICN) 'Nurses for Peace' campaign. The campaign highlights the ongoing suffering endured by ordinary people caught in conflicts and wars beyond their control. Think of countries such as Ukraine, Palestine, Syria, and Lebanon and many others across the world. The ICN ‘Nurses for Peace’ campaign, provides humanitarian assistance to nurses working under dire and often perilous circumstances.

Dr Cipriano, ICN President writes that 2024 “has witnessed the spread of conflict and disaster on a global scale, placing nurses at the forefront of multiple crises – on their dorrsteps and in regions afflicted by violence and instability … nurses have stood resolute in the face of wars, conflicts, and humanitarian disasters, bringing care and solace to those in need. Sadly, this role is more urgent than ever today.”

To learn more about the ‘Nurses for Peace’ campaign and download the regular updates, go to:

https://www.icn.ch/how-we-do-it/campaigns/humanitarian-fund-nursesforpeace  

To donate to the campaign to support nurses caring for people in conflict zones and provide them with care for their own physical, mental and emotional wellbeing, go to:

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   26th CNMF BIENNIAL MEETING OF
                    MEMBERS

The 26th CNMF Biennial Meeting of Members was held on 26 September 2024 at the new premises of the Malta Union of Midwives and Nurses in Qormi Malta.

>> Presidents Report Biennial Meeting of Members 2024
>> Executive Secretary Report 2024

Three new Policy Statements have been finalised and are being circulated to members for endorsement.

>> Policy Statement on Health Equity for endorsement
>> Policy Statement on Universal Health Coverage for endorsement
>> Policy Statement on Emergency and Disaster Preparedness and Response for endorsement

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6th COMMONWEALTH NURSES AND
        MIDWIVES CONFERENCE

>> Conference 2024 Program
>> Book of Abstracts Conference 2024
>> Message from Commonwealth Secretary General
>> Message from Anne Gallagher Commonwealth Foundation
>> Message from ICN President Pamela Cipriano

A very successful 6th Commonwealth Nurses and Midwives Conference was held 27-28 September in Malta. The Conference was held in partnership with the Malta Union of Nurses and Midwives. The Malta chapter of the Commonwealth Children's Choir performed at the opening ceremony. Presentations from the conference will be uploaded to the CNMF website as soon as possible.
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