Tinaye Agere
Fatima Bulla-Musakwa
STANDARDISATION of all learning content through the e-learning platform launched by Government and its partners early this year is key to raising the quality of care provision among midwives, an official in the Ministry of Health and Child Care has said.
This will result in the reduction of maternal deaths and ensure that mothers give birth to healthy babies.
The ministry, in partnership with United Nations Population Fund, launched the e-learning platform for all nursing and midwifery training institutions in Zimbabwe with support from the Health Resilience Fund (HRF).
Director of nursing services in the Ministry of Health and Child Care, Sister Nyaradzai Chiwara emphasized the importance of the platform in enhancing midwives’ service provision in taking care of mothers and their babies.
Sister Chiwara was speaking after touring the e-learning centre at Sally Mugabe Hospital School of Midwifery yesterday.
“These are the midwives who deal with deliveries, ante-natal and post-natal care. They are taught how to manage the patient during labour, and even post-delivery,” she said.
The e-learning platform provides convenience for nursing students to access content through web and mobile platforms while enhancing engagement among learners and their tutors.
UNFPA Regional Director for East and Southern Africa, Ms Lydia Zigomo said midwifery is an important part of the health package to suppress maternal deaths.
“We are also concerned with the number of teen pregnancies in Zimbabwe. It can be done,” she said.
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