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The State of the World's Midwifery 2014
Pays et territoires
- Afghanistan
- Angola
- Azerbaijan
- Bangladesh
- Benin
- Bolivia, Plurinational State of
- Botswana
- Brazil
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cambodia
- Cameroon
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- China
- Comoros
- Congo
- Congo, the Democratic Republic of the
- Côte d'Ivoire
- Djibouti
- Egypt
- Eritrea
- Eswatini
- Ethiopia
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Ghana
- Guatemala
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Haiti
- India
- Indonesia
- Iraq
- Kenya
- Korea, Democratic People's Republic
- Kyrgyzstan
- Lao People's Democratic Republic
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Mali
- Mauritania
- Mexico
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Myanmar
- Nepal
- Niger
- Nigeria
- Pakistan
- Papua New Guinea
- Peru
- Rwanda
- Sao Tome and Principe
- Senegal
- Sierra Leone
- Solomon Islands
- Somalia
- South Africa
- South Sudan
- Sudan
- Tajikistan
- Tanzania, United Republic of
- Togo
- Turkmenistan
- Uganda
- Uzbekistan
- Viet Nam
- Yemen
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
What women and newborns need (2012)
1,784,000 PREGNANCIES A YEAR = HOW MANY EPISODES OF CARE
Number and distribution of pregnancies (2012)
0
<0.09
0.10-0.19
0.20-0.49
0.50-0.99
1.00-1.49
1.50-1.99
2.00-2.49
2.50-10.00
>10.00
APPROX
PRE-PREGNANCY
(all women of reproductive age)
=
12,998,000
family planning visits
ANTENATAL
(pregnancies x 4)
=
7,134,000
routine visits
BIRTH
=
1,294,000
skilled birth attendance
POST-PARTUM
(births x 4)
=
5,177,000
routine visits
POSTNATAL
(newborns x 4)
Workforce availability (2012)
Country classification of star working in MNH
Time spent on MNH %
Midwives
478
100
Midwives, auxiliary
67
100
Nurse-midwives
689
100
Nurses
na
na
Nurses or nurse- midwives, auxiliary
na
na
Clinical o cers & medical assistants
13,455
-
Physicians, generalists
7,226
50
Obstetricians & gynaecologists
316
80
PRE-PREGNANCY
ANTENATAL
BIRTH
POST-PARTUM
POSTNATAL
ESTIMATED MET NEED=
32%
workforce time available
workforce time needed
Estimate of met need (national aggregate) based on available data
Geographic accessibility
Number of births with a skilled birth attendant (SBA) 2
Accessed a SBA
Did not access a SBA
No data on rural/urban SBA
MIDWIFERY EDUCATION 3
Minimum high-school requirement to start training
Grade 12 and above
Years of study required to qualify (rounded)
4
Standardized curriculum? Year of last update
Yes , 2010
Minimum number of supervised births in curriculum
50
Number of 2012 graduates/as % of all practising midwives
0 / na
% of graduates employed in MNH within one year
33
MIDWIFERY REGULATION
Legislation exists recognizing midwifery as an autonomous profession
Yes
A recognized definition of a professional midwife exists
No
A government body regulates midwifery practice
Yes
A licence is required to practise midwifery
Yes
A live registry of licensed midwives exists
Yes
Number of EmONC basic signal functions that midwives are allowed to practise (out of a possible 7)
5
Midwives allowed to provide injectable contraceptives/intrauterine devices
Yes /No
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS 4
Year of creation of professional associations
2008
Roles performed by professional associations:
na = not applicable; - = missing data
Continuing professional development
No
Advising or representing members accused of misconduct
No
Advising members on quality standards for MNH care
No
Advising the Government onpolicy documents related to MNH
No
Negotiating work or salary issues with the Government
No
PROJECTED NUMBER OF PREGNANCIES BY YEAR: URBAN VS. RURAL
ESTIMATES AND PROJECTIONS TO 2030
WHAT IF... Estimates of met need based on available data.
1
The number of pregnancies was reduced by 20% by 2030?
2.1
millions
CURRENT
1.7
millions
SCENARIO
Immediate increase in met need for pregnancy, birth, post-partum/postnatal care. Acceleration in met need for pre- pregnancy services from 2028 onwards.
2
The number of midwife, nurse and physician graduates doubled by 2020?
CURRENT
38
%
MET NEED 2030
SCENARIO
46
%
MET NEED 2030
3
Efficiency improved by 2% per year until 2030?
CURRENT
38
%
MET NEED 2030
SCENARIO
43
%
MET NEED 2030
4
Attrition was halved in the next 5 years (2012-2017)?
4
%
leak
CURRENT
38
%
MET NEED 2030
2
%
leak
SCENARIO
40
%
MET NEED 2030
CURRENT TRAJECTORY
38
%
MET NEED 2030
WHAT IF... TRAJECTORY
64
%
MET NEED 2030
1. These health worker categories include the following country titles - Midwives: includes midwives, health visitors; Auxiliary midwives: includes technical/community midwives; Nurse-midwives: includes nurse-midwives; Generalist physicians: includes generalist physicians; Obstetricians & gynaecologists: includes obstetricians & gynaecologists; Clinical officers & medical assistants: includes medical assistants. Source: SoWMy 2014 or secondary sources (WHO Global Health Observatory; government policy documents).
2. Rural/urban SBA coverage is not available. Figure refers to rural/urban births only.
3. Information refers to the midwife cadre category.
4. National associations for midwifery and nursing.