Jhpiego

Published purpose

The project aims to improve health and well-being of women and children in Tanzania’s Lake and Western zones. It also aims to improve capacities of health training institutions to increase production, improve quality and strengthen systems for effective recruitment, deployment and retention of 6,892 nurse-midwifery students, 101 tutors and 175 practicing nurse-midwives. Project activities include: (1) improving infrastructure and increasing the number of students from the Lake and Western Zones in midwifery training schools; (2) standardizing the use of competency-based training curricula; and (3) improving learning resources, including equipment for emergency obstetric and newborn care at training institutions and practicum health facilities and upgrade in-service midwifery using innovative e-technology. The project creates and strengthens management of scholarship schemes to help recruit qualifying students and require them to work in those regions through bonding agreements.