The individual voices of nurses—from the grassroots of the world, from villages & cities—expressing concern for the health of ‘We the peoples of the United Nations…” need to be heard distinctly in New York City, Geneva & the capitals of every nation. The mobilization of public opinion—raising awareness of neglect & suffering—is the NIGH mandate from the Nightingale Declaration for a Healthy World.

Shown above the first two meetings of NIGH Directors & advisors in New York at United Nations Headquarters & in Geneva, Switzerland at the World Health Organization (WHO), a United Nations Agency. LOWER LEFT: In 2008 in NYC, from left: Dr. Yinong Chong, NIGH’s Dr. Deva-Marie Beck, Jim Patterson, Alanna Mitchel, NIGH’s Dr. Barbara Dossey, Dr. Karin Morin, then President-Elect, Sigma Theta Tau International, Dr. JoEllen Koerner, NIGH’s Dr. Cynda Rushton, Janet Buck, Dr. Rabia Graney, Kevin Buck & NIGH’s Wayne Kines. UPPER MIDDLE: NIGH Co-Founders meet in Geneva 2007 with then WHO Chief Nursing Scientist, Dr. Jean Yan at WHO Headquarters. From left: Wayne Kines, Dr. Yan & Drs. Dossey & Beck. UPPER LEFT: 2008 photo of WHO Headquarters in Geneva sourced from Wikimedia Commons, photographer: Yann, used under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License. RIGHT: 2005 photo of UN Headquarters in NYC, sourced from Wikimedia Commons, photographer: Steve Cadman, used under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic license. Photos of meetings from NIGH Archives.