Everything you need to know about us
- Who is Ecsacon
- Our objectives
The East, Central, and Southern Africa College of Nursing and Midwifery (ECSACONM) was established in 1990 as an executing arm of the then Commonwealth Regional Health Community Secretariat for East, Central and Southern Africa (CRHCS-ECSA) in the area of nursing and midwifery. The Arusha-based CRHC-ECSA secretariat, which is now referred to as the ECSA Health Community (ECSA HC), brings together 14 regional states.As an executing arm of the ECSA Health Community, ECSACONM is charged with the responsibility of promoting and strengthening professional excellence in nursing and midwifery in the ECSA region.
As an executing arm of the ECSA Health Community, ECSACONM is charged with the responsibility of promoting and strengthening professional excellence in nursing and midwifery in the ECSA region. The underlying principles that led to the formation of ECSACONM, “A College Without Walls,” include the harmonization of nursing and midwifery standards, improvement of the nursing and midwifery professions, creation of regional uniformity in the Nurses Acts, clear definition of the nurses‟ and midwives‟ roles, and the strengthening of nursing and midwifery research activities.
Our mission, vision and broad goal
Our Vision
To be the leading Centre for Excellence in Nursing and Midwifery education clinical practice, research, and management in Africa and the world over.
Our Mission
To improve quality of health of the communities in the ECSA region through strengthening of the contribution of the frontline health workers (nurses and midwives) towards delivery of quality health care services.
Our goal
To promote and strengthen professional excellence through development of programs that will strengthen Nursing/Midwifery professional conduct education, practice, research, leadership and management.
Ecsacon Has 16 member countries
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- Botswana
- Kenya
- Lesotho
- Malawi
- Mauritius
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Rwanda
- Seychelles
- South Africa
- South Sudan
- Eswatini
- Tanzania
- Uganda
- Zambia and
- Zimbabwe
ECSACON faculties and their Functions
The faculties assess the health and nursing needs in the region, plan interventions and strategies to address the identified needs, facilitate implementation of the planned programmes, monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of the activities, and assist in mobilization of resources to facilitate implementation of those activities. Specific functions of the constituent faculties are summarize below.
Faculty of Education
- Improving quality of education and training.
- Developing and disseminating of relevant Teaching and Learning materials
- Developing of recognised/accredited continuing education and advanced nursing education and programme
- Strengthening and harmonizing of training programmes for teachers
- Regulating and accrediting
Faculty of Clinical Practice
- Developing of standards for nursing practice
- Advocating and promoting safe practice environments
- Institutionalizing Infection Prevention and Control (IPC)
- Strengthening provision of clinical services and designing models of care and strategies for implementing evidence-based practice.
Faculty of Research
- Improving research skills
- Identifying, coordinating, facilitating and conducting research on relevant issues to provide an evidence base for practice.
- Disseminating of research findings and best practices to promote evidence-based practices and policies
- Developing structured research courses that can support all other education programmes
Faculty of Leadership and Management
- Strengthening and developing structured nursing and midwifery leadership and management programmes in the region
- Conducting monitoring and evaluation of set goals and targets for ECSACON within the realities of member states
- Strengthening systems for resource mobilization and management to support education, research and practice
- Developing monitoring and evaluation (M&E) mechanisms for all programmes.
The leading team behind Ecsacon
The leading team behind Ecsacon
GLORY S. MSIBI
The president
Dan Kinyua
CEO
Grace Ibao
CTO
Cliff Aboreto
Education Head
Anita Odell
Nurse Leader
Clair Cruse
Communication
Mark Kris
Finance Oficcer
Brittany Omachar
Manager
County National Representatives (CNRs)
Justus Musimbi
CNR Uganda
Mario Shibuya
CNR Lesotho
Grace Kavuli
CNR Eswatini
Faruh Adams
CNR Uganda
The leading team behind Ecsacon
The leading team behind Ecsacon
The broad objective
To promote and strengthen professional excellence through development of programs that will strengthen Nursing/Midwifery professional conduct education, practice, research, leadership and management to improve service delivery and uplift the quality of health of the communities in the ECSA region.
The specific objectives
- To promote regional collaboration, co-operation and networking with member states and other organizations with similar interests.
- To create a unified forum that speaks authoritatively for the nursing and midwifery profession in the Region on issues affecting nursing and midwifery health.
- To promote and facilitate harmonization of regional nursing/midwifery education and practice.To facilitate opportunities for continuing education.
- To provide leadership to nurses and midwives in the region.
- To strengthen nursing and midwifery education, practice, management and leadership and research in order to contribute effectively to Health for All.
- To respond effectively to changing health needs within the Region.
Functions of ECSACON
- To strengthen systems for delivery of services.
- To establish quality improvement systems and promotion of better practice models.
- To advocate for policy changes and development that would facilitate delivery of quality care.
- To improve and strengthen information management systems, communication, build partnerships/alliances through collaboration and networking with other stakeholders across the member states and internationally who have similar interests.
- To empower the constituents of ECSACON (NNCs/NNAs) through motivation, building their capacities, skills development in leadership and management and resource mobilization for sustainability of the organizations.
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