Midwifery workforce education, planning and leadership in Kenya and Nigeria

Accepted: 15 May 2022
All claims expressed in this article are solely those of the authors and do not necessarily represent those of their affiliated organizations, or those of the publisher, the editors and the reviewers. Any product that may be evaluated in this article or claim that may be made by its manufacturer is not guaranteed or endorsed by the publisher.
Not available
World Health Organization, United Nations Population Fund, International Confederation of Midwives. The State of the World’s Midwifery 2021: Building a health workforce to meet the needs of women, newborns and adolescents everywhere 2021. Available from: https://www.unfpa.org/publications/sowmy-2021.
Nkengasong JN, Raji T, Ferguson SL, et al. Nursing leadership in Africa and health security. EClinicalMedicine. 2021;36. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eclinm.2021.100930
Renfrew MJ, McFadden A, Bastos MH, et al. Midwifery and quality care: findings from a new evidence-informed framework for maternal and newborn care. The Lancet. 2014;384:1129-45. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(14)60789-3
Nove A, Friberg IK, de Bernis L, et al. Potential impact of midwives in preventing and reducing maternal and neonatal mortality and stillbirths: a Lives Saved Tool modelling study. The Lancet Global Health. 2021;9:e24-e32. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(20)30397-1
World Health Organization. A UniversalTruth: No Health without a Workforce. World Health Organisation (WHO) Report. 2013:1-104.
Ministry of Health. Kenya Health Sector Strategic Plan (KHSSP) July 2018–June 2023: Transforming Health Systems: Attainment of Universal Health Coverage by 2022 2020. Available from: https://www.health.go.ke/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Kenya-Health-Sector-Strategic-Plan-2018-231.pdf.
WHO. Definition of skilled health personnel providing care during childbirth: the 2018 joint statement by WHO, UNFPA, UNICEF, ICM, ICN, FIGO and IPA. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2018. Available from: https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/272818/WHO-RHR-18.14-eng.pdf?ua=1.
International Confederation of Midwives. Essential competencies for midwifery practice: 2019 Update. 2019.
World Continuing Education Alliance (WCEA). Improving Health Outcomes 2022. Available from: https://oneworld.wcea.education/.
Shikuku DN, Nyaoke I, Eyinda M, et al. The determinants of staff retention after Emergency Obstetrics and Newborn Care training in Kenya: A cross-sectional study2021. Available from: https://assets.researchsquare.com/files/rs-484003/v1/121b2d74-3437-44fb-8fd6-ea291dcb78da.pdf?c=1621273791.
Lucas A. Continuous professional development, friend or foe? British Journal of Midwifery. 2012;20:576-81. DOI: https://doi.org/10.12968/bjom.2012.20.8.576
Copyright (c) 2022 Duncan Shikuku, Hauwa Mohammed, Charles Ameh

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.