Stephanie Ferguson

We have designed the Harvard Certificate in Global Public Health for Nurse Leaders to give nurses and midwives the strategies and tools needed to strengthen health systems, manage population health, and reform regulations. Students will be prepared to determine and apply solutions and lead change.

– Stephanie Ferguson, PhD, RN, FAAN, Director, Harvard Global Nursing Leadership Program

Nurses and midwives are crucial for effective and trusted contact tracing, resilience in health care and effective promotion of health lifestyles, the three interlocking requirements for health security that have been underlined during the COVID-19 pandemic. This certificate program will develop their knowledge and skills in all three areas. Leading to stronger prevention, detection and response to global health threats posed by infectious diseases.

– David L. Heymann, MD, CBE, Professor, Infectious Disease Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

Nurses are a force for global health, which is why it is critically important to empower them with education and training to lead and lift the health of populations. We must equip them with the knowledge and skills to be effective leaders who can inspire and motivate people toward a common goal.

– Sheila Tlou, PhD, RN, FAAN, Chancellor of the Botswana Open University, Co-Chair, Global HIV Prevention Coalition and Nursing Now, Former Minister of Health Botswana

The Burdett Trust is delighted to support the Harvard Global Nursing Leadership Program. The Harvard Certificate in Global Public Health for Nurse Leaders is just what we need now to invest in nursing leadership, education, and jobs.

– Shirley Baines Chief Executive, The Burdett Trust for Nursing

2022-2023 Cohort Graduation June 2023

The Harvard Global Public Health for Nurse Leaders Certificate Program (HGPHNL) Inaugural Class of 2022-2023 would like to tell future students: The HGPHNL Certificate Program is dynamic and intense but also life changing. The certificate program will advance your nursing and midwifery career in health policy and management, and teach you how to strategically strengthen health systems, manage population health, and reform policies and regulations.

– From left to right graduates and Minister of Health, Seychelles: Francisca Okafor, Nigeria, Dr. Mary Nandili, Kenya, Minister of Health, Seychelles, Peggy Vidot, and Tereza Belay, Ethiopia

Certificate in Global Public Health for Nurse Leaders

The Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health is pleased to introduce an innovative global public health leadership program for national chief nurses, midwives, regulators, professional nursing and midwifery association executives, and academic deans and faculty across Africa who are seeking advanced education and training in global public health and leadership skills.

Nurse-led strategies with a curriculum for leadership

The Harvard Global Public Health for Nurse Leaders Certificate program builds on Harvard’s unparalleled expertise in education and experience in leadership programming with curricula and educational materials that align with World Health Organization’s (WHO) goals in its 2020 State of the World’s Nursing report and the WHO Global Strategic Directions for Nursing and Midwifery 2021-2025 (adopted via Resolution WHA74.15) .

Strengthening global nursing and midwifery is critical as demand grows for solutions to acute problems such as health worker shortages, workplace equity, and future pandemics. Through the Global Public Health for Nurse Leaders Certificate Program, nurse and midwife leaders will gain the skills and know-how to strengthen their country’s health systems, improve and manage population health, and generate key regulatory reforms.

We invite you to join us for this unique educational experience.

For details on attending an information session contact us through globalnursing@hsph.harvard.edu.

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