Advocating to achieve and share the UN SDGs with everyone...

At the 2018 4th International Commonwealth
Nurses & Midwives Federation Conference in London

“First, let me thank you most sincerely for your wonderful closing address  to the 4th Commonwealth Nurses and Midwives Conference. Your presentation was evaluated highly and recorded as one of the presentations most enjoyed.“   
​                                  Jill Iliffe, Chief Executive Officer Commonwealth Nurses & Midwives Federation

​On March 11, 2018, NIGH's International Co-Director — Dr. Deva-Marie Beck — presented the closing keynote at the 4th International Conference of the Commonwealth Nurses & Midwives Federation at the Royal College of Physicians in London, UK. ​

“We are all achievers of the 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals! But we can and must share our stories with the world!”

Attended by more than 200 nursing and midwifery leaders from 53 Commonwealth Nations worldwide, Dr. Beck's keynote highlighted the connections between Florence Nightingale's own leading-edge work and the issues now identified as the United Nations' 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). 
          Further, nurses & midwives are actual achievers of the 17 SDGs, like Nightingale was in her time. But we must be the ones to share our stories of these achievements with the world. 
          Other keynote speakers included Dr. Catherine Hannaway of the ‘Nursing Now’ Global Nursing Campaign, Dr. Franklin Shafer, President & CEO of the Commission on Graduates of Foreign Nursing Schools (CGFNS) and Dr. Lynn McDonald, of the Nightingale Society and Editor of The Collected Works of Florence Nightingale.

On the right, play Dr. Beck's complete keynote PowerPoint Presentation — featuring the question of each person attending — “what is your 2020 Vision for Nightingale's Bicentenary year?“
       The final slides of this presentation — a commitment to the Nightingale Declaration for A Healthy World was read aloud, together, by all attendees to the conference. This highlighted our collective ability to share our solutions to the problems we see — with everyone, everywhere. 

“We declare our willingness to share information and solutions... for all humanity — locally, nationally and globally.”

To obtain a copy of this Powerpoint for your use and to share with others — in preparation for celebrating Florence Nightingale's 2020 Bicentenary Year — please email us. 

​Image Credits: UN SDGs Colour Wheel used with UN SDG Logo Guidelines with attribution to UN.org. TOP: Photographer Wayne Kines, from NIGH's archives. Sources for Images from Dr. Beck's Keynote Presentation listed below each slide, including from across the Commonwealth of Nations and featured from the K4 International Photoshare archives.