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CGI continues to emphasize a focus on the • CGI Director led team of 16 JHSON faculty in the
importance of health policy and advocacy, both development of a paper recently published in a
domestically and internationally. The CGI team: Special Issue of the Journal of Nurse Scholarship on
Health Policy Implications: Lessons Learned From
• Consults on PAHO’s Adolescent Health Project, in Covid-19, COVID-19 entitled: Implications for
order to support improvement of the role of Nursing and Health Care in the United States
nurses in promoting the health of socioeconomically
vulnerable adolescent girls in Central and South • Provides expertise and mentorship for new JHSON
America. JHU delivered training session to Nurses in Health Policy Honors program
PAHO region: The Role of the Nurse: Gender
Identity and Sexual Orientation, and meets
regularly with PAHO to address issues identified as
gaps in nurse education in these countries

• Partners with WHO to identify opportunities and
barriers for implementation of the WHO Global
Strategic Directions for Nursing and Midwifery 2021-
25 (SDNM) in the Americas region. The CGI provides
ongoing technical support to LMICs in the Americas
in their implementation of the SDNMs

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