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NOTE: New theme name for 2010 South African Conference: Research Solutions for Global Challenges!

Call for nominations for a scientific review panel - participants will be responsible for reviewing abstracts with chair of the Scientific Committee, Linda Johnston.

The focus of the panel will be global with a research background.

All candidates are to send their nominations by July 18th to Jan Zasada or Carole Kenner.

The Miriam Kanana Mubichi Memorial Foundation (MKMMF) makes donation to COINN

The COINN board of directors would like to extend their gratitude and thanks to the Miriam Kanana Mubichi Foundation (MKMMF) for their generous donation.

COINN Scholarship Committee Formed for 2010 Neonatal Nursing Conference, Durban South Africa

1. Debbie O'Donoghue
2. Shahirose Premji
3. Tina Pollard

COINN members met in New Delhi, India for the 6th International Neonatal Nursing Conference.
sept 30, 2007

Dr. Carole Kenner was present at the 6th International Neonatal Nursing Conference to help launch the Indian Association of Neonatal Nurses.

Shela Hirani and Shoba Nepali were the recipients of two scholarships provided by COINN to attend the conference. The funds were generously donated by The Academy of Neonatal Nurses (ANN).

Marina Boykova also attended the conference through a scholarship provided by COINN.

Look at our photo album pages to view more pictures from the conference.

The Essential Nursing Competencies and Curricula Guidelines for Genetics and Genomics

The COINN Board of Directors have endorsed The Essential Nursing Competencies and Curricula Guidelines for Genetics and Genomics.

These can now be accessed online at: http://www.genome.gov/17517037.

New Neonatal Nursing Journal that is entirely in Spanish.

We are very pleased to announce that COINN has linked with a newly formed online neonatal nursing journal that is entirely in Spanish, from nurses in Argentina.

For more information please visit: http://www.fundasamin.org.ar/

Technical Expert Group meeting on Post Partum Haemorrhage report

The Department of Making Pregnancy Safer of World Health Organization (WHO) is happy to inform you that Technical Expert Group meeting on Post Partum Haemorrhage report is now posted on the website: http://whqlibdoc.who.int/hq/2007/WHO_MPS_07.06_eng.pdf.

For access to other documents please visit our website: http://www.who.int/making_pregnancy_safer/en/index.html and click on publications.

For more information about the department, please visit the department of making pregnancy safer website: http://www.who.int/making_pregnancy_safer/en/

Research Collaborators Wanted

We are interested in collaborating with researchers interested in collecting and analyzing data related to the push-pull factors associated with immigration and transnational migration of health care workers.

This comparative project is designed to explore, evaluate, and contrast the economic, social, political, and professional factors associated with the immigration of health care workers from developing countries to the US, Europe, and Canada. This project is in the development stage and has some seed research support to jump-start it.

Anyone interested in collaborating on this project should send their contact information to: Janice Zasada, Office Manager at: J.Zasada@coinnurses.org or via fax to: 815-344-9731.

Working to save children's lives

COINN'S president, Dr. Carole Kenner recently attended a Child Survival Symposium held in New York City to help raise awareness about this critical problem.

Norway, UNICEF, The Lancet and leaders from Jordan, Afghanistan and other countries teamed up to convene the event, which focused on reducing child mortality by two-thirds by 2015 — a target also known as the fourth Millennium Development Goal.

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Children's Medical Ventures joins as corporate sponsor

Since 1991, Children's Medical Ventures has been the leading provider of developmentally supportive products. Our mission is to promote developmentally supportive, family-centered care as the standard of care for premature babies, healthy newborns and hospitalized infants by providing products and education programs that help ensure the best developmental outcomes.

New neonatal nursing association

COINN has been working with nurses in South Africa to organize a neonatal nursing association and we are pleased to announce that the Kwazulu-Natal branch of the Neonatal Nurses Association of South Africa (NNSA), has just held its inaugural committee meeting.

Congratulations to its members and to Ruth Davidge for seeing all her hard work come to fruition.

Regional representatives needed

COINN is looking for both neonatal and pediatric regional representation in areas where we currently have none. You can go to our Regional Networks page to see our current contacts.

Please contact Janice Zasada at J.Zasada@coinnurses.org if you or any of your colleagues know of anyone that would be interested in joining the growing world that is COINN.

Award

Congratulations to Dr. Carole Kenner, President of COINN - for being accepted into Leadership Oklahoma City XXV and for being chosen one of the 50 Journal Record Women of the Year.

These are huge honors for Carole.

Honoring One Of Our Own: The Donna L. Wong Professorship of Pediatric Nursing Research.

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