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PROTECT NURSES,
SAVE LIVES

The Covid-19 Africa Action Network for Nurses and Nurse-Midwives is a global, not-for-profit, humanitarian volunteer organization. Our main purpose is to protect African nurses and save lives by providing them with locally made reusable face masks.

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AAN Projects

The Covid-19 Africa Action Network for Nurses and Nurse-Midwives (AAN) funds Nurse and Nurse-Midwife led projects to locally produce and distribute evidence based re-usable face masks. Click on the link below to mearn more about AAN’s projects.

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AAN Guidelines

AAN, in association with Dr Janine Jagger and numerous Nurses, Nurse-Midwives and other Healthcare professionals, has developed guidelines for the local production of evidence based re-usable face masks in support of Nurses and Nurse-Midwives gaining agency over the supply of vital PPE they require in order to deliver the vital care everyone else requires.

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LATEST NEWS

• AAN and the Eswatini Nurses Association (ENA) donated 25000August 26, 2021
  AAN and the Eswatini Nurses Association (ENA) donated 25000 evidence-based reusable protective face masks to the Eswatini Ministry of Health. AAN awarded a 10000 USD grant to ENA to produce masks locally, in partnership with…
• Continuing COVID-19 Education for Nurses and Nurse MidwivesMarch 15, 2021
  Commencing in March 0f 2020, AAN partnered with the World Continuing Education Alliance (WCEA), to produce a COVID-19 syllabus of courses and up to date information for nurses and nurse-midwives free of charge, on the…
• AAN Partners with Direct Relief and BD to Support Locally Produced PPE for Frontline Health Care Workers in Southern and Eastern AfricaJanuary 1, 2021
  January 2021:  The Covid-19 Africa Action Network for Nurses and Nurse-Midwives(ANN) is proud to announce its partnership with Direct Relief and BD supporting AAN initiatives to enhance the safety of nurses, nurse-midwives, and other health…

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