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The Room Was Full to Support and Protect Vulnerable Children in Nigeria

Nigeria SSW report slideshow ... In December, the government of Nigeria launched a key report aimed at protecting orphans and vulnerable ... there are 17.5 million orphans and vulnerable children in Nigeria. It’s estimated that 39% of children ages 5-14 are engaged in child ...

Blog - Sarah Dwyer - January 2015 - 0 comments

More Students Fulfill Their Dreams of Becoming Midwives and Community Health Workers in Nigeria

... attrition and low production of health workers in Nigeria . In collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Health and other ... of the 2,065 recipients have already graduated and entered Nigeria’s health workforce pool to improve access to critical health ...

News - Sarah Dwyer - March 2015 - 0 comments

Nigeria’s Health Workforce: Aso!

Nigeria’s Health Workforce: Aso ! Driving around Abuja, Nigeria you cannot miss the Aso Rock, a large 400-meter monolith overlooking ...

Blog - Carol Bales - June 2013 - 0 comments

Producing New Health Workers in Nigeria: 874 Scholarships Awarded to Final-Year Students

... ministries of health, Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria, Community Health Practitioners Board, and other stakeholders ... midwifery or health technologies in almost every state in Nigeria. “The scholarships are one of the interventions identified to ...

News - david - February 2013 - 0 comments

Nigeria Minister of Health Cites Importance of Health Workforce Issues

Recently at the 2nd National HRH conference in Nigeria, with the theme “Universal Health Coverage in Nigeria: Role of Human Resources for Health,” the Federal Minister of Health, ...

Blog - Carol Bales - October 2013 - 0 comments

Supporting Lifelong Learning among Nigerian Community Health Workers through a Targeted Assessment of Training Needs

... and learning needs of specific health workers. In Nigeria , Capacity Plus collaborated with the Community Health Practitioners Registration Board of Nigeria (CHPRBN) and the Federal Ministry of Health to assess the ...

Blog - Sarah Dwyer - December 2014 - 0 comments

Picturing Our Work: Delivering Over a Thousand Textbooks for Students in Nigeria

... to 11 schools of health technology and midwifery in Nigeria . Here I am shaking hands with Sampson Tita, the principal of a school ... for increasing access to health services in rural areas of Nigeria where health workers are needed most. Once fully implemented across the ...

Blog - Carol Bales - January 2014 - 0 comments

Study of Attrition, Availability, and Retention of Midwife Service Scheme Officers in Nigeria

... and Retention of Midwife Service Scheme Officers in Nigeria The Midwives Service Scheme, established in 2009 to reduce Nigeria ’s high maternal mortality rate, supplies midwives to rural and ...

Resource - Sarah Dwyer - December 2014 - 0 comments

Ready, Set, Study: CapacityPlus Accelerates Nigeria’s Production of New Health Workers

... Ready, Set, Study: Capacity Plus Accelerates Nigeria’s Production of New Health Workers On ... of its mechanisms for supporting preservice education in Nigeria. The launch events, held in Edo and Benue States, were well attended by ...

Blog - Carol Bales - August 2013 - 0 comments

Increasing the Production of Competent and Qualified Frontline Health Workers in Nigeria

... of Competent and Qualified Frontline Health Workers in Nigeria This case study is part of the interactive ... of midwifery, nursing, and health technology schools in Nigeria informed Capacity Plus ’s work with federal- and state-level ...

Resource - Sarah Dwyer - February 2015 - 0 comments