By Staff Reporter The Ministry of Health and Child Care (MoHCC) says it intends to double the recruitment of trainee midwives in the coming years in a bid to address the gap left by skilled nurses and midwives who have left the country for greener pastures. This initiative, along with the recently launched e-learning program for midwives, aims to improve the country’s maternal and neonatal health outcomes. Speaking in an interview on the sidelines of a tour of the e-learning system at Sally Mugabe Hospital in Harare, Mrs. Nyaradzayi Chiwara,…
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Investing in midwives is crucial for sustainable development
Midwives save lives. In the last 100 years, we have seen significant advancements and achievements in the age-old profession of bringing life into the world. Yet, in the Asia and the Pacific region alone, there is a staggering shortage of 200,000 midwives. By Björn Andersson This year, as we mark the centennial anniversary of the International Confederation of Midwives, we celebrate the bravery, skills, and compassion of midwives, while calling on governments to commit to increased investments in midwifery across Asia and the Pacific to uphold sexual and reproductive health…
Read MoreFirst Lady Cracks Whip On Negligent Midwives/Doctors
FIRST lady, amai Axila Mnangagwa is engaging the ministry  of health and child care (M0HCC)  to enforce a standard which mandates government to penalise practitioners whose patients would have died under their care, a move which is set to nip negligence in the bud and reduce maternal deaths. By Michael Gwarisa in Mahusekwa Addressing a belated World Breast Feeding Day commemorations event in Mahusekwa, the first lady said under the proposed system, midwives and medical doctors will be required to write a detailed report of the circumstances that would…
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