WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION EB80/5 ORGANISATION MONDIALE DE LA SANTE 13 May 1987

EXECUTIVE BOARD

Eightieth Session

Provisional agenda Item 9.

APPOINTMENT OF THE GENERAL CHAIRMAN OF THE TECHNICAL DISCUSSIONS TO BE HELD AT THE FORTY-FIRST WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY (1988)

1. In application of paragraph (6) of resolution WHA10.33,^ the President of the Fortieth World Health Assembly has addressed to the Chairman of the Executive Board a communication in which he nominates Dame Nita Barrow as General Chairman of the Technical Discussions to be held at the Forty-first World Health Assembly. The text of this communication and a brief personal history of Dame Nita Barrow are annexed to this document.

2. It will be recalled that, at its seventy-eighth session, the Executive Board selected "Leadership development for health for all" as the subject for the 1988 Technical Discussions.2

3. Following the recommendation of the President of the Fortieth World Health Assembly, the Executive Board may wish to approve the nomination of Dame Nita Barrow as General Chairman of the Technical Discussions at the Forty-first World Health Assembly, at the same time requesting the Director-General to invite Dame Nita Barrow to accept this appointment.

1 WHO Handbook of Resolutions and Decisions, Vol. I, 1973, p. 299. 2 WHO Handbook of Resolutions and Decisions, Vol. Ill, 1987, p. 39, decision EB78(9). EB80/5 page 2

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The Chairman Eightieth session of the Executive Board of the World Health Organization

11 May 1987

Dear Mr Chairman,

In application of resolution WHA10.33 adopted by the Tenth World Health Assembly on the Technical Discussions, it is my privilege to propose that Dame Nita Barrow be appointed General Chairman of the Technical Discussions to be held at the Forty-first World Health Assembly.

Attached, for your information, is a copy of the curriculum vitae of Dame Nita Barrow,

Yours sincerely,

(signed) Dr J. van Londen President Fortieth World Health Assembly

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CURRICULUM VITAE

NAME RUTH NITA BARROW (Addressed as: Dame Nica)

DATE OF BIRTH 15 November 1916, in , West Indies

EDUCATION Basic Nursing and Midwifery Diploma - Barbados General Hospital and Port of Spain, Trinidad

Public Health Diploma - , Canada

T Sister Tutor s Diploma - Edinburgh University, United Kingdom

Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing - Columbia University, USA

PRESENT POSTION Permanent Representative of Barbados to the

Concurrently：

President of the World Council of Churches (for the Caribbean and Latin American Regions)

President of the International Council of Adult Education

Member of the Commonwealth Eminent Persons Group on South Africa

PAST POSITIONS AND EXPERIENCE

National Began her career in nursing and public health, holding a number of staff, teaching and administrative positions, with gradually increasing responsibilities in those fields, in Barbados and (1940-1956).

Served as the Principal Nursing Officer, Government of Jamaica, with responsibilities for all nursing services, and as adviser to the Minister of Health on health administration and nursing education (1956-1963). During this period, promoted the integration of family planning within maternal and child health care programmes； developed and applied the methodology of health planning.

International PAH0/WH0 Nursing Adviser to 13 Commonwealth Caribbean Government:s (1963-1972). ———“ ""一

In this capacity:

- undertook surveys of nursing education and utilization in these 13 countries；

- initiated the establishment of training programmes for nursing auxiliaries and of family-centred nursing care services and education programmes； played a leading role in the development of advanced nursing education programmes for administrators and tutors and in the establishment of the Regional Nursing Body for the Commonwealth Caribbean.

Associate Director, Christian Medical Commission of the World Council of Churches (1972-1976). EB80/5 page 4

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Director, Christian Medical Commission of the World Council of Churches (1976-1981). In this capacity, also initiated study of Christian understanding of health, healing and wholeness, and mobilized nursing care towards community nursing. Concurrently was also the President of the Young Women's Christian Association (1975-1983); Consultant in public health to several international organizations since 1983,

International An active delegate with senior level and leading responsibilities at the Conferences International Conference on Primary Health Care (Alma-Ata, 1978； the World Population Conference (Budapest, 1980)； the United Nations Conferences on Women and Development (Copenhagen, 1980, and Nairobi, 1985)• Chairman of the nongovernmental organizations' forum held at the Nairobi Conference.

AWARDS AND HONOURS Received the title Dame of St Andrew (bestowed by Queen Elizabeth II, 1980). Nominated Fellow of the Royal College of Nursing, England (1982). Awarded Doctor of Science (Hon.) by McMaster University, Ontario, Canada, and Doctor of Laws (Hon.) by the University of the West Indies (1982).

NOTEWORTHY - A prominent and dynamic leader at national and international levels in ACCOMPLISHMENTS the development of nursing services and reorientation of nursing education towards the community；

-has played a significant role at international level in the development of public health and nursing policies, and has promoted the recognition of the expanded role of the nursing profession in attaining the goal of Health for All;

- a mobilizer of people and communities； has been in the forefront of debates on the involvement of people in the planning and execution of health activities at grassroots level；

- a spokeswoman in several international fora on health issues, in particular those concerned with the health and wellbeing of the underprivileged；

- a recognized international leader and promoter of equity, human rights and the participation of women in health and development；

一 as one of the seven members of the Commonwealth Eminent Persons Group on South Africa, has held a prominent negotiating role in the debates on apartheid.

PUBLICATIONS International Review 一 Magazine of the International Council of Nurses - "The Role of the Nurse in the Changing Caribbean".

1 Jamaican Nurse - Magazine of the Nurses Association of Jamaica - several articles related to changes in medical education and the use of auxiliaries.

РАНО/WHO 一 survey of schools of nursing, Commonwealth Caribbean 1966 (Report No. 6)； resurvey of schools of nursing 1972.

World Monthly - Magazine of the World YWCA, now known as Perspective - "Personally Yours", and "Fiat Panis", concerning nutrition and the needs of the population. EB80/5 page 5 Annex 2

The Role of Women in Caribbean Development: _ "Social Development - the Caribbean Woman", published by CADEC (Christian Action for Development, Eastern Caribbean)•

1 Population Change - A Strategy for Physicians - "A Nurse s View of the Role of the Physician in Family Planning", published by the World Federation for Medical Education, Washington, USA.