Project profile — Maternal, Newborn and Child Health in Rwanda

Results achieved as of June 2013 include: (i) validating the midwifery program and completing the curriculum of the pediatric nursing program; (ii) providing training to expert trainers in the Continuing Professional Development program in obstetrics, pediatrics, obstetrical anesthesia, maternal mental health, and essential interventions and services; (iii) completing faculty workshops in Rwanda and in Canada to help midwifery and pediatric nursing educators in Rwanda to deliver competency-based curricula; (iv) developing a curriculum for an advanced postgraduate diploma in specialty advanced pediatrics and neonatology and a Bachelor of Science Degree in Midwifery; (v) completing needs assessment workshops in order to develop a curriculum to train mental health workers; and (vi) enrolling several Kigali Health Institute (KHI teachers in Master’s programs at Western University in Canada in areas such as maternal mental health, pediatric nursing, midwifery, and nursing education leadership, and enrolling one teacher in a PhD program in maternal mental health in nursing. These results are contributing to improving the delivery of health services at local levels (including by training more health workers, equipping health care facilities, and expanding access for mothers and children to needed health care services).