Edna Hospital of Somaliland » United Nations http://blog.ednahospital.org Maternity and Childrens Health Services in the Horn of Africa Fri, 02 Jul 2010 06:56:09 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Community Midwives trained to Save Lives http://blog.ednahospital.org/2009/06/24/community-midwives-training/ http://blog.ednahospital.org/2009/06/24/community-midwives-training/#comments Wed, 24 Jun 2009 19:02:34 +0000 Webmaster http://blog.ednahospital.org/2009/06/24/community-midwives-trained-to-save-lives/ We have just had the graduation of the first ever Community Midwives trained in Somaliland. This is the ‘new army’ that we have trained for 18 months at our hospital to assist women living in remote areas of our country where there have never been trained midwives before. These 21 Community Midwives will undoubtedly make a difference in the very high maternal and infant mortality rate in our country.

Community Midwives save lives in Africa

We are proud and happy to have been able to conduct this training at our hospital. Some of the many photos taken during Graduation, which was attended by the Minister of Health of Somaliland, have been added to our Edna Hospital Gallery.

The course was funded by United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA).

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