Mauritania
The State of the World's Midwifery 2014
Countries and Territories
- 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)
190,000 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)
=
1,548,000
family planning visits
ANTENATAL
(pregnancies x 4)
=
759,000
routine visits
BIRTH
=
135,000
skilled birth attendance
POST-PARTUM
(births x 4)
=
538,000
routine visits
POSTNATAL
(newborns x 4)
Workforce availability (2012)
Country classification of star working in MNH
Time spent on MNH %
Midwives
368
100
Midwives, auxiliary
na
na
Nurse-midwives
na
na
Nurses
na
na
Nurses or nurse- midwives, auxiliary
na
na
Clinical o cers & medical assistants
na
na
Physicians, generalists
274
40
Obstetricians & gynaecologists
33
100
PRE-PREGNANCY
ANTENATAL
BIRTH
POST-PARTUM
POSTNATAL
ESTIMATED MET NEED=
19%
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)
3
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
48 / 13
% of graduates employed in MNH within one year
100
MIDWIFERY REGULATION
Legislation exists recognizing midwifery as an autonomous profession
Yes
A recognized definition of a professional midwife exists
Yes
A government body regulates midwifery practice
Yes
A licence is required to practise midwifery
No
A live registry of licensed midwives exists
No
Number of EmONC basic signal functions that midwives are allowed to practise (out of a possible 7)
7
Midwives allowed to provide injectable contraceptives/intrauterine devices
Yes /Yes
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS 4
Year of creation of professional associations
1986, 2010
Roles performed by professional associations:
na = not applicable; - = missing data
Continuing professional development
Yes
Advising or representing members accused of misconduct
Yes
Advising members on quality standards for MNH care
Yes
Advising the Government onpolicy documents related to MNH
Yes
Negotiating work or salary issues with the Government
Yes
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?
0.23
million
CURRENT
0.19
million
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
26
%
MET NEED 2030
SCENARIO
43
%
MET NEED 2030
3
Efficiency improved by 2% per year until 2030?
CURRENT
26
%
MET NEED 2030
SCENARIO
37
%
MET NEED 2030
4
Attrition was halved in the next 5 years (2012-2017)?
2
%
leak
CURRENT
26
%
MET NEED 2030
1
%
leak
SCENARIO
27
%
MET NEED 2030
CURRENT TRAJECTORY
26
%
MET NEED 2030
WHAT IF... TRAJECTORY
71
%
MET NEED 2030
1. These health worker categories include the following country titles - Midwives: includes midwives; Generalist physicians: Includes generalist physicians; Obstetricians & gynaecologists: includes: obstetricians & gynaecologists. 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.