Western Bahr el Ghazal’s First Batch of Trained Midwives Graduate In Wau Western Bahr el Ghazal State, Wau’s Health Science Institute Center on Wednesday graduated its first batch of 18 students under the midwifery training program. 29 July 2015 - M. Lole <http://www.gurtong.net/ECM/Editorial/tabid/124/ctl/AuthorView/mid/519/authorID/16214/mlole.aspx> [image: Western Bahr el Ghazal’s First Batch of Trained Midwives Graduate In Wau] Western Bahr el Ghazal’s First Batch of Trained Midwives during their graduation in Wau photo by James Deng Dimo
By James Deng Dimo *WAU, July 29, 2015 [Gurtong] –* The graduation which was held at the Institute’s premise was graced by State government officials including officials from the State and National Health Ministries, UNMISS representative headed by the State Coordinator and a group of Kenyan battalion. The graduates; 10 males and 8 females were awarded with Certificates in Midwifery after a successful completion of their three year training course. The State Health Minister, Isaac Clerto says the graduates will be of importance to the community. “We are very happy that we with our support partners have reached our destination today, we have achieved our main goal objective as we are witnessing the graduation of our students who will be very useful into our communities,” said Clerto. The Minister noted that all 18 graduates will be employed in the State as many NGOs are searching for midwives. Dr. James Ukello, working at Wau Teaching Hospital said the new graduates will help the State’s Ministry of health in serving the communities throughout the region. “It is history that our health department in Western Bahr el Ghazal State has got a good number of midwives including males. People should not ask why males are involved in midwives, this is a profession and a technical field,” he said. The young women and men who have completed the three-year programme are excited to be able to stand on their feet. Voila James is a graduate, “Today, am very happy for my graduation, now am going to the community to serve the mothers and reduce the mortality rates.” The training was funded by UNFPA and facilitated by both the National and State Ministries of Health. Posted in: Home <http://www.gurtong.net/ECM/Editorial/tabid/124/ctl/CategoryView/mid/519/categoryId/1/Home.aspx> -- To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/d/forum/southsudankob View this message at https://groups.google.com/d/msg/southsudankob/topic-id/message-id For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "South Sudan Info - The Kob" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/SouthSudanKob. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/SouthSudanKob/CAJb14oo6upbhwKV9QQfLAngqqAg8Bx-%2B52mUwuvWjzMoQ9ZBgA%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
