Delhi, India – Jhpiego, in partnership with the Indian Nursing Council, today begins a series of events to strengthen nursing and midwifery in India and build provider skills to benefit women and families throughout the country. A 10-day Training of Trainers (TOT) workshop opens today for the senior faculty of five national nodal centers and one
Durban, South Africa—On the last day of the International Confederation of Midwives (ICM) Triennial Congress in Durban, South Africa, global agencies expressed their commitment to work with each other and with ICM to tackle maternal mortality. The UN Population Fund, World Health Organization (WHO), the Swedish International Development Agency (Sida) and the International Federation of
Jhpiego, a global health nonprofit affiliated with Johns Hopkins University, presented the international Award for Outstanding Contribution to Midwifery to Maiya Manandhar of Nepal in ceremonies Tuesday, June 21, at the International Confederation of Midwives’ 29th Triennial Congress in Durbin, South Africa. Manandhar, a nursing supervisor, senior hospital nursing administrator and skilled birth trainer, was selected
