Strengthening midwifery education: transformative agenda for women, adolescents and youth in the Pacific
We're reviewing and renewing midwifery education curricula in Kiribati, Samoa, Tonga, Solomon Islands, Fiji and Vanuatu.
The Global Women’s and Newborn Health group worked with the UNFPA Pacific Regional Office to support selected countries in the Pacific region to undertake a review of midwifery education curriculum to strengthen quality midwifery education and therefore strengthen quality midwifery care across the region.
International evidence recognises that midwifery care, where care includes proven interventions for maternal and newborn health as well as for family planning, could avert over 80% of all maternal deaths, stillbirths, and neonatal deaths. Reviewing and renewing midwifery education curricula in selected Pacific nations: Kiribati, Samoa, Tonga, Solomon Islands, Fiji and Vanuatu.
Timeline
Phase 1: 2018-2022.
Phase 2: 2023-2027.
Approach
Burnet’s team worked with key representatives in each country to undertake a review of midwifery programs and recommend strengthening in line with international standards for midwifery education.
The project also included capacity building through the provision of a faculty development program for midwifery educators in each of the countries involved
Partners
Funding partners
United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
Collaborators
UNFPA Pacific Sub-Regional Office and UNFPA country offices in Fiji, Kiribati, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga and Vanuatu
Project contacts
Main contact
Project team
Professor Caroline Homer AO
Deputy Director – Gender Equity, Diversity & Inclusion; Co-Head, Global Women's and Newborn Health; Co-Head, Immunisation and Health Systems Strengthening
Rachel Smith
Midwifery Specialist
Sieyin Phung
Program Manager
Erin Ryan
Midwifery Specialist
Zeshi Fisher
Technical Officer
