ABOUT US

GLOBAL HEALTH AFFAIRS
University of Pennsylvania
School of Nursing

VISION

     The Global Health Affairs Office is a catalyst for health worldwide by assisting the School to produce globally engaged nurse graduates.  We are committed to preparing nurse leaders in globally partnered nursing education, interdisciplinary research, and health care service.  Our graduates are committed to eminence in advancing culturally appropriate and ethical research, education and practice of nursing internationally in order to promote and protect people’s health.

MISSION

     The School of Nursing fosters strategic partnerships for developing nursing science that effectively addresses local and global challenges to health, including health disparities.

     Our international partnerships with individuals, academic bodies, and organizations are perceived by all partners as beneficial and as enhancing capacity of human resources for health.  Our partnerships  for global health evolve deliberatively.  They are based upon evidence suggesting their relevance and yield for the betterment of nursing science, nurses, nursing practice and / or nursing outcomes.  They are long-term and flexible in focus.