Pilot project in Lesotho leads to improved clinical skills and confidence-building of nursing students.
Preparing Nurses to Care for Remote Communities
Maternal, Newborn & Child Health
New Solutions and Incentives to Retain Nurses
To meet the needs of its people, the government of Ethiopia is working to build up its health workforce. As a result, the nurse-to-population ratio rose from 1 per 5,000 in 2009 to 1 per 2,132 in 2014.1 Despite efforts to retain these workers, however, a recent study of nurses working in public health facilities
Three Births, Three Complications, Three Lives Saved
Jakarta, Indonesia—Restiani was just 28 weeks pregnant when she went into labor. Her husband, Martudilah, drove her by motorbike on the 30-minute journey to their public hospital where she gave birth to a premature, underweight boy, Edgar. Hamriani was much further along—38 weeks. She awoke one night with a throbbing headache and realized she was