Strategic Leadership for Nurses and Midwives: A Policy Pathway to Stronger Health Systems

Name: Strategic Leadership for Nurses and Midwives: A Policy Pathway to Stronger Health Systems
Start: 2026-05-18T08:45:00+02:00
End: 2026-05-18T11:30:00+02:00
Location: International Museum of the Red Cross and Red Crescent, Geneva

Nurses and midwives make up the majority of the global healthcare workforce and play essential roles in maternal, newborn, and emergency care. This WHA79 side event will examine why their frontline experience should be central to health policy development, and how leadership pathways for clinicians, educators, and managers can strengthen equitable health outcomes.

The session will feature:

Impact stories from global nursing and midwifery leaders
Examples of inclusive governance from national policy infrastructure to facility-level models
A call to action for stakeholders to invest in and scale these leadership models

Co-sponsors and co-hosts include:

G4 Alliance
Butterfly Global Health
International Council of Nurses
Global Surgery Foundation
Health Volunteers Overseas
International Federation of Nurse Anesthetists
International Confederation of Midwives
Laerdal Global Health
MARCH Health Care Initiative
Ohana One International Surgical Aid & Education
Operation Smile