Health System Strengthening Through Professional Midwives in Bangladesh: Best Practices, Challenges, and Successes.

ABSTRACT: In 2008, a cadre of professional midwives was introduced in Bangladesh. Since then, 120 midwifery educational programs have been established. There are 2,556 midwives serving at 667 government health facilities, and there are more midwives working in nongovernmental organizations and the private sector. This case study documents the process of establishing a midwifery profession with distinct midwifery expertise in Bangladesh and aims to guide other low- and middle-income countries in best practices and challenges. We describe the national administrative groundwork for the profession's launch, roll-out of an education program aligned with the International Confederation of Midwives, national deployment, enabling environments in deployment, and the professional association. Bangladesh's pro

SUBMITTER: Begum F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10615233 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature