Preservice Education of Community Health Extension Workers, Nurses, and Midwives in Nigeria: Findings and Recommendations from a Rapid Scoping Assessment

Sarah Dwyer — Tue, 29 Jul 2014 13:09:38 +0000

Author's name:

Heather Ross, Rebecca Bailey, and Muktar Gadanya

February 2013 (All day)

Preservice Education of Community Health Extension Workers, Nurses, and Midwives in Nigeria

Using a modified version of the CapacityPlus Bottlenecks and Best Buys approach, CapacityPlus assessed 19 institutions training targeted health cadres. The intent was to find areas where support by CapacityPlus could assist Nigerian training institutions to maximize the number of newly trained health workers produced between August 2012 and October 2013. Based on the findings, the assessment team recommended six possible activities for CapacityPlus support to schools of midwifery and health technology. (The project subsequently acted on these recommendations in close collaboration with Nigerian stakeholders.)