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ACTIVITIES
LEADERSHIP AND GOVERNANCE
Two fellows from Tuvalu attended the Pacific Leadership Program in 2025, and are being mentored by their Acting Chief Nursing and Midwifery Officer (CNMO), Ms. Sr Felolini Anitelea Lifuka. Through the program, their leadership skills were developed as they established the SHWP country taskforce and identified key issues in Tuvalu that needed to be addressed.
In August, the PLP fellows organised a SHWP in-country workshop with 14 hospital manafgers and senior staff from the Ministry of Health's Princess Margaret Hospital, with visits fromthe Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) representatives and professional associations, as well as the Deputy Secretary of Health and Acting Health.Workshop details are documented below in the brief.
Future works include supporting ongoing in-country works by Fellows and the taskforce, and the continued support of the establishment of the Health Professional Board.
REGULATION
A regulation webinar series was held between November 2024-February 2025, during which Vanuatu's regulatory status was established through the "traffic lights" approach after exploring regulatory frameworks. Following this, senior nurses and midwives also attended four additional webinars on Reigstration, Standards for Practice including codes of ethics and conduct, Accreditation, and Risk Management for public safety. Through the webinars, participants compiled baseline data, analysed data from the State of the World's Nursing Reports and Regional Quality Improvement Program (RQIP) reports, which were expanded upon during the SHWP in-country workshop.
The SHWP taskforce is responsible for prioritising and planning ongoing and future work to establish regional standards. Future works will include developing standards for competency, registration, and appraisal.
EDUCATION
Work is planned for Continuing Professional Development.
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