East Central and Southern Africa College of Nursing (ECSACON)
ECSACON 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 as ECSA Health Community (ECSA HC) brings together 16 regional states: Botswana, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, Seychelles, South Africa, South Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
As an executing arm of the ECSA Health Community, ECSACON 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 ECSACON, 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.
Promoting and strengthening professional excellence in nursing and midwifery in the ECSA region
Nursing and Midwifery
Headed by a Council comprising of the President, former President, Vice president, former Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, the four heads of faculties and a Country National Representative (CNR) from each of the 16 member countries. The CNRs are appointed at country level while the others are elected at regional level.
East, Central and Southern Africa Health Community (ECSA -HC) Plot 157 Oloirien, Njiro Road. Tel: +255 27 254 9362; 254 9365/6 Email: [email protected]