International Journal of Africa Nursing Sciences (IJANS) is an international scientific journal published by Elsevier. The broad-based journal was founded on two key tenets, i.e. to publish the most exciting research with respect to the subjects of Nursing and Midwifery in Africa, and secondly, to advance the international understanding and development of nursing and midwifery in Africa, both as a profession and as an academic discipline.

Global Network for Health Equity announces the launch of their Scholarship programme for 2013 - 14.
The program aims to build capacity in low and middle-income countries for health systems research into issues of health systems equity and universal health coverage, by supporting junior researchers from those countries undertaking research on the following topics in particular:
* Equity in health systems financing and financial protection
* Equity in health systems delivery, including access and utilization
* Equity in health outcomes at the population level
* Universal health coverage
Applications from health economics and all other relevant research fields will be considered as well as inter-disciplinary proposals.
Target group
The program aims to attract post-graduate students (master degree programs or higher) who are interested in carrying out research in the form of an internship at one of the academic institutions affiliated to GNHE in Africa, Asia or Latin America and the Caribbean.

This poem, written and performed by a student nurse, Molly Case, received a standing ovation at the RCN Congress in Liverpool, April 2013.