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The Collaboration for Host Perspectives on Global Health Competencies is a group of community and academically-based researchers from 9 countries collaborating to investigate the opinions of host faculty, staff, and community members in countries across the socioeconomic spectrum who host visiting students and trainees from other countries at their healthcare and public health facilities (including hospitals, NGOs, community development organizations, clinics, and mobile outreach). The goal is to understand host perspectives of competencies, learning objectives, and other aspects of what is important for students and trainees from other countries to learn. To date, many competency efforts originate in the "Global North" or High Income Countries which often send students and trainees abroad for electives, rotations, internships, service-learning and fieldwork.  This study aims to augment these competency sets with the viewpoint of local host communities.  This s...

ICN Press Release Frances Hughes appointed the new Chief Executive Officer of the International Council of Nurses (ICN) Dr. Judith Shamian the President of the International Council of Nurses (ICN) is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Frances Hughes, ONZM, DNurs, FANZCMHN FNZCMHN, RN, as ICN’s new Chief Executive Officer. Dr. Hughes will take up the post as of February 2016. A native of New Zealand, Dr. Hughes has held the post of Chief Nurse and Midwifery Officer of Queensland, Australia since 2012. Prior to this, she was Chief Advisor (Nursing) to New Zealand’s’ Ministry of Health and, as consultant at the World Health Organization (WHO) and other NGOs, has worked in Australia, South Pacific, UK, Canada and Asia. She also held the position of Commandant-Colonel of the Royal New Zealand Army Nursing Corps and was the first Professor   of Nursing at the University of Auckland. Dr. Hughes, who has a strong background as a health clinician, ma...