Health Workers Convene To Uphold Standards About 20 midwifery staff and nurses convened in Juba yesterday in an effort to develop ways of raising their standards and capacity of operation in the new State of the Republic of South Sudan, ROSS to be independent on 9th July.17 June 2011 NNAMASS President, Sake Jemeila speaking to the press in Juba after the meeting [©Gurtong]By Waakhe Simon Wudu JUBA, 16th June, 2011 [Gurtong] - About 20 midwifery staff and nurses convened in Juba yesterday in an effort to develop ways of raising their standards and capacity of operation in the new State of the Republic of South Sudan, ROSS to be independent on 9th July.
The meeting was organized by the National Nurses and Midwives Association of Southern Sudan, NNAMASS in partnership with the United Nations Population Fund, UNFPA, with an objective of strengthening efforts in raising the practicing standards of midwives in the region, NNAMASS Secretary General Repent Khamis George said. Khamis said that, many midwives and nurses in South Sudan were not sufficiently trained to handle health issues. “South Sudan has very few qualified nursing and midwifery fraternity and health facilities in the region. This is the main reason why NNAMASS organized this meeting,” Khamis clarified. Considering the upcoming new nation, it’s important for health experts to try and lay down strategic policies to curb the awaiting challenges likely to be faced by ROSS in the profession. The meeting also aimed to develop mechanisms for implementing the association policies. It was intended to boost efforts for registering all the midwives and nurses in the region with an aim of getting the statistics of the workers. NNAMASS’ President Sake Jemelia Beda explained that, the Association objectively aims to; promoting nursing, midwifery and maintaining the honour, interests and practice aspects of the profession as a whole. Promoting and maintaining high standards of nursing and midwifery education; ethics, conduct and functions unrestricted by consideration of nationality, race, creed, politics, sex or social status. Jemelia said that, there were several challenges that midwives are facing in the field which can only be addressed by establishing a professional body that has powers to regulate them. She mentioned that, according to the latest statistics, less than 30 professional midwives mainly operate in the region while considering the fact that South Sudan has a population of over 8,000,000 people. Posted in: Home -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "JFD info" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/jfdinfo?hl=en.
