when will nursing schools reopen in uganda

The ministry of Health says that mid-wife training Schools will be re-opened soon in a bid to increase the number of midwives.

The Ministry of Health says that mid-wife training Schools will be re-opened soon in a bid to increase the number of midwives.

Dr Diana Atwine, the Permanent Secretary Ministry of Health, said that this is one of the many strategies aimed at reducing the Maternal Mortality Rate (MMR) and ensure Uganda has need based human resources for health.

Yesterday, Dr Atwine and other senior Health officials met with members of Parliament on the Committee on health tasked to establish whether Uganda has adequate human resource for health in both public and private sectors.

The decision was reached during the first ever stakeholder’s forum for directors and principal nurses held at Imperial royale hotel in Kampala.

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Speaking to journalists, Dr. Monica Musenero, the director general nursing and midwifery services said that it is important to train more midwives in order to reduce maternal mortality rate which stands at 336 per 100000 live births.

Speaking to journalists, Dr. Monica Musenero, the director general nursing and midwifery services said that it is important to train more midwives in order to reduce maternal mortality rate which stands at 336 per 100000 live births.

According to her, the country needs at least 7000 more midwives if the government is to meet its target of reducing maternal mortality by two thirds by 2015.

Dr Musenero adds that there is a need for 624 more nurses and 551 more physicians in order to achieve health workforce availability ratio of 2.3 workers per 1000 population as recommended by World Health Organization (WHO).

We have taken a step to restart some schools that were closed especially the Midwife auxiliary training schools and the community health nursing training.

We have taken a step to restart some schools that were closed especially the Midwife auxiliary training schools and the Community Health Nursing Training Schools.

The Ministry of Health has written to all Nursing and Midwifery Councils seeking for new dates to restart these training schools. The main reason for reopening these particular training schools is because we want to increase on the number of nurses who are able to provide health services including COVID-19 response in our community settings. We need to support them with adequate equipment like goggles, face masks, gloves, aprons etc and also additional staff support at both school level as well as at facility level so that they are able to graduate from school in time and also be deployed out on internship where they will work under close supervision of experienced nurses.

To ensure there are need based human resources, Dr. Musenero further revealed that her directorate is rolling out an HRIS to facilitate identification of gaps according to cadres, age groups and gender across the country.

The Human Resources Information Systems (HRIS) that the Ministry is rolling out is a computerized database of employee data that HR professionals use to store, manage and manipulate employee information. In the Ministry for example, it will be used to track the number of officers in each health facility and their cadres. “It will also allow us to know how many are willing to work in remote areas,” Dr. Musenero said.

Dr. Musenero explained that through this system, they will ensure all vacancies are filled across the country as well as ensuring all health facilities have staff as per required numbers on certain cadres based on need assessment.

She added that they will also be introducing new courses including a course on clinical officers specialising in surgery, anaesthesia and obstetrics gynaecology for all nurses.

She added that they will also be introducing new courses including a course on clinical officers specialising in surgery, anaesthesia and obstetrics gynaecology for all nurses.

“The move is aimed at increasing the number of medical workers to improve the quality of services provided,” Muwonge said.

Today we are happy because we have achieved another milestone by running a workshop for Directors and Principal Nurses which will form part of our strategic plan so as to train more medical professionals with specific needs that are needed at various health facilities across Uganda.

Today we are happy because we have achieved another milestone by running a workshop for Directors and Principal Nurses which will form part of our strategic plan so as to train more medical professionals with specific needs that are needed at various health facilities across Uganda.

We also conducted a workshop on the role of nurses as educators in providing quality services led by Dr. Lillian Mworeko the Director of Nursing Services, Ministry of Health.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank all those who made our workshops successful and promise you all that your contribution has not gone in vain.

For the very first time, the council has decided to introduce a new course for all nurses who work in rural health facilities so that they are well equipped with knowledge on how to prevent maternal mortality rate, which remains very high at 400 women dying for every 100,000 live births. The aim is to equip nurses with skills to save lives during deliveries.

Uganda will have more medical workers with time

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