Would you like to visit South Sudan to help train nurses and midwives?
The Juba College of Nursing and Midwifery (JCONAM), was established three and a half years ago.
South Sudan has very high maternal mortality rates – 2054/100,000 of population compared with UK's 7/100,000 – and infant mortality of 135/1000 live births. Graduates of JCONAM will therefore play an important role in the delivery of crucial antenatal, maternal and child health services.
Unfortunately, the graduation of the first batch of students at JCONAM has been delayed because of a shortage of tutors. In the UK, senior nurses and midwives supervise trainees on the wards and assess them against a set of predefined competences. This is not common practice in Juba, so the local ministry of health is appealing for two experienced volunteer nurses and two midwives from the UK to help with a 'crash' hands-on clinical teaching programme between the beginning of June and end of July to prepare this first batch of graduates for their historic final examinations. If you would like to be part of this unique project, contact Dr. Eluzai in the email below in the first instance for a discussion of what's involved.