Archives of WHO

Nursing

Sources available in the Archives

Improving access to nursing for everyone has been a constant concern of WHO since its creation. The relevant documents are conserved in different archive fonds, a fact which reflects its importance:

  • Centralized files
    The "centralized files" contain numerous documents on nursing: reports on congresses, situation reports from the regions, studies and seminars, etc. For further information, consult the contents of the inventories of the sub-fonds.
  • "Project Files" Archives
    This fonds contains numerous documents from the WHO Regional Offices, essentially dealing with nursing training at the national level.
  • Photographic Archives, Sub-fonds Photographs
    This sub-fonds contains photographs on nursing in the different WHO Regions: Europe, Asia, the Americas, the Eastern Mediterranean and the Western Pacific. For further information, consult the list of photographs by subject.

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