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5 day workshop on “South Asia Midwifery Strategy Planning ” at Dhaka

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International Confederation of Midwives (ICM), United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and BRAC, Bangladesh

 

25 March 2010, Dhaka. International Confederation of Midwives (ICM), United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and BRAC, Bangladesh jointly organized a Five (5) day workshop, from 20-24 March 2010, on “South Asia Midwifery Strategy Planning” at BRAC Centre, Mohakhali, Dhaka. The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the International Confederation of Midwives (ICM) jointly launched the global Investing in Midwives Programme in 2008 for strengthening midwifery skills and workforce in low-resources countries for the achievement of MDG-5, focusing on 4 major areas for better midwifery services: education, association strengthening, regulations and advocacy. After initiating its activity in African region, the joint initiative is now focusing its activity towards Asia and Pacific region. The programme is now focusing on the South Asia region as a continuation of its initial initiative.

The objective of this 5 day workshop is to develop a midwifery services framework model for strengthening midwifery education, regulation and association in countries of South Asia, based on gaps and priorities identified and to launch work plans for next 2-3 years. The workshop focused on the situation analysis of existing gaps in midwifery services in 6 South Asian countries namely Afghanistan, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, and India. Based on that a midwifery service framework is developed and strategic planning is put in place for strengthening midwifery in this region. The workshop also focused on networking and knowledge sharing.

Mr. Shaikh Altaf Ali, Honorable Secretary, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Bangladesh, Prof. Shah Monir Hossain, Director General, DGHS, Mr. Mohammad Abdul Qayyum, Director General, DGFP, Bridget Lynch, President of ICM, Agneta Bridges, Secretary General of ICM, Arthur Erken, UNFPA Representative of Bangladesh, Vincent Fauveau, Senior Technical Advisor, UNFPA, Abigail Kyei, International Midwive Advisor and Geeta Lal UNFPA Midwives Programme Coordinator, participants from national and international organization and agencies were present in the inaugural session of this five day workshop and gave their valuable views in this regard.

 

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