Cowater International Inc.

Published purpose

This project aims to improve maternal and neonatal health status of poor women, girls and boys. It provides technical assistance, equipment, and teaching and learning aids to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare to improve the quality of education for nurse midwives and community skilled birth attendants. It also provides support to the Ministry to rationalize the rules for recruiting, posting, promoting and training nurse midwives. Project activities include: (1) training nursing teachers and supervisors in pedagogy and midwifery; (2)providing teaching and learning aids to public sector nursing institutes; (3) repairing nursing institutes; (4) strengthening the Bangladesh Nursing Council so it can enforce standards at nursing training institutes; (5) supporting the installation of a nursing management information system at the Directorate of Nursing Services; and (6) supporting training and supervision of community skilled birth attendants. The project works with the Directorate of Nursing Services, the Bangladesh Nursing Council and the Human Resource Development Unit of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.