'Midwives are the backbone of our health system': Lessons from afghanistan to guide expansion of midwifery in challenging settings

Midwifery

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1166-1172

  Turkmani, Sabera ^a   Currie, Sheena ^a   Mungia, Jaime ^a   Assefi, Nassim ^c   Javed Rahmanzai, Ahmed ^d   Azfar, Pashtun ^e   Bartlett, Linda ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c Emerging Leaders Consulting Services ^*

^d Emerging Leaders Consulting Services (ELCS)   (Afghanistan)

^e ICM UNFPA   (India)

Author keywords

Afghanistan; Midwives; Pre service education; Skilled birth attendant (SBA)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MIDWIFE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING EDUCATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERINATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STANDARDS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, NURSING; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INFANT; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDWIFERY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PERINATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT;

EID: 84884419454     PISSN: 02666138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.midw.2013.06.015     Document Type: Article

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