The Jhpiego Difference Over the years, donors and partners have come to
rely on the “Jhpiego difference” - a standards
driven systems approach, which builds capacity
and ensures sustainability.
Jhpiego India’s Projects in HRH
Strengthening nursing midwifery education:
Striving to improve the quality of pre‐service education for nursing
midwifery cadre in public sector nursing institutions of Madhya
Pradesh, Odisha, Rajasthan and Bihar.
Pre-service education for nurse midwives:
Strengthening institutional capacity at national and state levels
(Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Odisha), along with creating an
enabling policy environment for the nursing cadre.
Improving the leadership and management capacity of nursing
midwifery cadre and advocating for a greater role of nurse midwives
in India's public health system.
Scaling-up virtual trainings in Bihar:
Use of blended learning approach for enhancing knowledge and
clinical skills of nursing midwifery students on key components of
Maternal and Newborn Health (MNH) in government ANM/GNM
schools of Bihar.
221, Okhla Phase – III, New Delhi – 110020, India. Tel: (91) 11-49575100www.jhpiego.org/india
Technical Expertise Quality
Assurance
Partnerships
Working in India since 2009
Reaching out to government nursing institutions across states
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Partners: MoHFW, GoI, State Govts., INC
4 active grants from UK govt., corporate and foundation donors
Addressing India’s Human Resource for
Health (HRH) Challenge: Global Evidence, Local Efforts
India
Strengthening Non-Communicable Disease (NCD) management
competencies of service providers in Bihar:
Use of virtual training platform for strengthening NCD management
capacity of in-service Medical Officers in two districts of Bihar.
Nurse Midwives are the Backbone of a Strong Healthcare System
What are we up against?
SHORTAGE of Human Resources for Health:
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India ranked as low as 52 of the 57 countries facing a HRH crisis
Estimated deficit of over 2 million nurses
Just 1.5 nurse midwives per doctor against the WHO norm of 3
18% posts (of staff nurses and auxiliary nurse midwives at primary and community health centers) are vacant
LESSER NUMBERof Nursing Institutions:
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EXISTING: Close to 6000 nursing midwifery institutions (public and private)
NEED: 58 new nursing colleges; 382 new nursing schools and 232 new ANM training centers to help India meet the target of 3 nurse midwives per doctor by 2025
SUB-OPTIMAL QUALITYof Nursing Institutions:
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61% nursing institutions found unsuitable for teaching
Acute shortage of teaching staff and training facilities
LIMITED AUTONOMYfor Nurses:
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Nurses in India do not meet the international definition of a Skilled Birth Attendant (SBA)
Minimal involvement in management of public health programs
Empowering
Nurse Midwives
for Saving Lives
Technical Assistance to MoHFW and states
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at scale
In-service trainings
Development of resource materials
Leveraging NHM funds for nursing
(increased 100 times in last 4 years)
Pre-Service Education strengthening
Competency Based Trainings
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Empowering nursing
tutors and service providers
Over 2500 personnel
trained in SBA guidelines
212 faculties completed
6-week training
Strengthening Nursing Institutions
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Standards based quality
improvement
10% nursing institutions
already strengthened
One-third of targeted
nursing institutions have well equipped skill labs, computer labs and libraries
Innovations
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Virtual classrooms in all
government nursing institutions of Bihar for enhanced quality of nursing education
E-learning content on Maternal
Newborn Health
Management and Leadership
(for Nursing)
· Through Nursing Cells/
Directorates in 6 states–i.e. Odisha, Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Bihar
Policy Influence
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Career progression
pathways for nurses
Enhanced clinical
autonomy for nurses
Engagement in public
health program management
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