ZUNO e- newsletter/ Monthly Issue#06 January 2016

International Council of Nurses, ICN,

Chief Executive Officer , Dr Frances Hughes, has urged Nurses to ensure that their voice is heard, so as to influence policy needed to advance the nursing and midwifery professions.

Dr Hughes who visited Zambia from the 11

th to 15

th January, 2016 also expressed

the need for nursing representatives at the highest level of national and international policy making.

She noted that as preparations advance towards the World Health Assembly (WHA) to take place in May 2016, strengthened partnerships between National Nursing Associations, Governments and other stakeholders are crucial.

It is during the WHA that the World Health Organisation Global Human Resource for Health Strategy 2016-2030 will be subjected to debate and decision.

Dr Hughes says it is important that Zambia includes nurses in the country delegations so they could join efforts to having a sustainable workforce delivering on health care.

During her visit, Dr Hughes participated in the two days Stakeholder Advisory Group meeting organised by the University of Zambia and IntraHealth International to discuss and refine recommendations for strengthening the role of nurses and frontline teams to provide quality care in rural areas

The ICN chief also met with officials

from the Ministry of Health, the General

Nursing Council of Zambia and the

Zambia Congress of Trade Unions

(ZCTU).

Dr Hughes studying the ZCTU flag presented to her by Deputy Secretary General for Administration and Organisation, Elaston Njovu (far left), as Secretary General Cosmas Mukuka looks on.

Dr Hughes, who among other experiences has expertise in health policy development, was appointed as ICN Chief executive officer in November 2015.

Also in this issue

Student nurses dared to uphold professional ethics

February Provincial Activities

Training opportunity

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ICN urges Nurses to raise their voice on policy matters

Dr Hughes with some beneficiaries of the ICN sponsored Girl

Child Education Fund under ZUNO.

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ZUNO Membership is open to nurses

and midwives registered with the General Nursing Council of Zambia and employed both in the public and private sectors.

Members have the opportunity of advancing their career through ZUNO membership as the Organisation creates an effective platform for networking and training with local and international partners. Other benefits include;

Collective bargaining

Continuous Professional Development (CPD)

Professional & legal

representation and counsel

Lobbying & advocacy

Protection against

discrimination and mistreatment in places of work

Social and financial support

Unity of purpose

Access to information & research activities

PROVINCE ACTIVITY VENUE DATE /FEBRUARY

Lusaka PEC Meeting CHAINAMA HOSPITAL BOARDROOM

06th

Eastern

1.Visiting Chadiza for reorganizing of the office

CHADIZA HOSPITAL

5th

2.Visiting Lundazi for confirmation of the new branch

LUMEZI HOSPITAL

10th

3.Visiting Kapata for confirmation of the new branch KAPATA CLINIC

12th

4.PEC meeting for preparations of nurses day PROVINCIAL OFFICE

19th

Copperbelt PEC meeting KCH BOARDROOM

26th

Muchinga Visiting Chinsali and Nakonde Branches

17th and 18th

Discover benefits of being a ZUNO member

FOR MORE INFORMATION

The General Secretary

Zambia Union of Nurses Organisation

Stand No. 23889, Bennie Mwiinga Housing Scheme

(Formerly PHI)

P.O Box 50375

Lusaka Zambia

Tel: +260- 211-281 869

Fax: +260 -211-281 870

Mobile: +260 – 964 910 842

Email: zuno@zamnet.zm

@Zambiancarers

Website: www.zuno.org.zm

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Student Nurses dared to uphold professional Ethics

ZUNO Out-going President Thom Yung'ana has challenged

student nurses to uphold ethics and help advance nursing standards in Zambia.

And in-coming President Liseli Sitali has further urged the students to be proud of their profession and reiterated the need to uphold integrity.

The two leaders said this when they addressed a group of 2nd

year students from Mukinge School of Nursing based in North Western Province who had visited ZUNO HQ on January 7, 2016 for a familiarisation tour of the nurses union.

Mr Yung'ana noted that, in as much as remuneration is essential for every worker, it should never be a sole purpose for service in nursing, as satisfaction in the profession goes beyond a salary.

Meanwhile Mr Sitali also urged the students to take an interest in current affairs and place themselves for positions of advocacy for the nursing profession. He further encouraged them to embrace continual personal development beyond formal education. ZUNO further donated a mobile Library to Mukinge School of Nursing. The books are expected to help the students to access relevant study material that will keep them abreast with new trends in nursing.

The Students were accompanied by their Principle Tutor Aaron Banda and Mukinge Hospital Senior Nursing Officer Charles Mulenga.

The students are in Lusaka for a six weeks specialty training in Mental Health at Chainama Hills Hospital.

During their tour the students meet with the ZUNO leadership in the recently completed Multi-purpose Conference Hall @ZUNO HQ

Second year Student Nurses from Mukinge School of Nursing

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Training Opportunities

Call for application for fully sponsored online course-International Labour standards (ILS) monitoring and Reporting

Union leaders are invited by the International Training College (ITC) in Turin, Italy to participate in a course to take place from the 14th March to the 6th of May 2016.

This distance training in “Best Practices in International Labour Standards Reporting” brings together trade Unions across continents to enhance interactions in the exchange of information and also afford a chance to engage in labour issues of international nature.

The final deadline for application is 25th February 2016. Anyone applying shall need the endorsement of their union and that of the Zambia Congress of Trade Unions.

You may get detailed information about the specific profile of the programs and application form on the following website: http://www.itcilo.org>calendar/28476?set_language=en

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Call for applications for fully sponsored online course and open master programme

The Global Labour University (GLU) through the ILO is extending its invitation to relevant and interested trade union activities to an online course and Masters Programmes in Germany, India and the USA.

For detailed information and application forms, please visit the following website: http://www.global-labour-university.org

We wish you the best in this endeavor.

QUOTE

“Life’s most persistent and

urgent question is, “What

are you doing for others?”

Martin Luther King, Jr