ICN's World Health Assembly report underscores impact of nursing leadership in shaping global health policy

Published on November 24, 2025

The International Council of Nurses (ICN) has released its official report on this year’s World Health Assembly (WHA), highlighting a major moment of nursing impact in 2025 and demonstrating how nurses are essential to every pillar of global health at a time when the world faces major health, economic, and humanitarian challenges.

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