Press Release: Japan hands over Skill Lab Equipment to Rufaa Midwifery School in East Gezira Locality, Gezira State
2016/5/25
On 22nd May, 2016, H.E. Mr. Mustafa El Shami, East Gezira Commissioner, Ms. Widad Yousif, Director General of Gezira State Ministry of Health, H.E. Mr. Hideki Ito, Japanese Ambassador, and Ms. Hiroe Ono, Deputy Representative of Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) have attended the handing over ceremony of the Skill Lab Equipment (Midwifery Training Equipment) at Rufaa Midwifery School in East Gezira Locality, Gezira State.
Japan has supported health sector to assist Sudan National Strategy of Health and to increase coverage of primary health care services with quality and efficiency.
Japan has contributed to enhancing Mother and Child Health (MCH) in Gezira State through technical cooperation project, “Frontline Maternal and Child Health Empowerment Project Phase 2”; which maybe better known as “Mother Nile Project Phase 2” (2011-2014). One of the outputs of this project was scaling up village midwives (VMWs) training to all of the Sudan, including Gezira States. Within this project period, 100 % of VMWs (321 WMWs) were trained. Also 24 trainers were trained and 64 Health Visitors (HV) or Assistant Health Visitors (AHV) received Standard Obstetric Care (SOC) course in Gezira state.
Japan continues to contribute to enhancing MCH conditions in Gezira through providing skill lab equipment. The provided 29 items are fully aligned with the national guideline and specifications. It is expected that Rufaa Midwifery School could function as the centre of excellence for midwifery training in Gezira state, providing both basic and in-service training.
This midwifery skill lab equipment is linked to new health project called “Primary Health Care Project” covering mainly Khartoum, Gezira, and Kassala states. One of the activities of this project is conducting in-service training for community midwives, thus these equipment will enhance the impact of the next project.
In collaboration with Federal Ministry of Health and Gezira State Ministry of Health, Japan continues to support the Sudanese primary health care.
Ambassador Ito closed his speech at the ceremony by mentioning “I sincerely hope that those medical equipment will be utilized fully and serve to save babies and mothers, further strengthen mutual relations and friendship between the peoples of Japan and Sudan, will be remembered as the gift from the people of Japan for long”.
For further information, please contact:
Embassy of Japan in Sudan
Koji HASE, Head of Economic Cooperation Section, 0912147605
Japan has supported health sector to assist Sudan National Strategy of Health and to increase coverage of primary health care services with quality and efficiency.
Japan has contributed to enhancing Mother and Child Health (MCH) in Gezira State through technical cooperation project, “Frontline Maternal and Child Health Empowerment Project Phase 2”; which maybe better known as “Mother Nile Project Phase 2” (2011-2014). One of the outputs of this project was scaling up village midwives (VMWs) training to all of the Sudan, including Gezira States. Within this project period, 100 % of VMWs (321 WMWs) were trained. Also 24 trainers were trained and 64 Health Visitors (HV) or Assistant Health Visitors (AHV) received Standard Obstetric Care (SOC) course in Gezira state.
Japan continues to contribute to enhancing MCH conditions in Gezira through providing skill lab equipment. The provided 29 items are fully aligned with the national guideline and specifications. It is expected that Rufaa Midwifery School could function as the centre of excellence for midwifery training in Gezira state, providing both basic and in-service training.
This midwifery skill lab equipment is linked to new health project called “Primary Health Care Project” covering mainly Khartoum, Gezira, and Kassala states. One of the activities of this project is conducting in-service training for community midwives, thus these equipment will enhance the impact of the next project.
In collaboration with Federal Ministry of Health and Gezira State Ministry of Health, Japan continues to support the Sudanese primary health care.
Ambassador Ito closed his speech at the ceremony by mentioning “I sincerely hope that those medical equipment will be utilized fully and serve to save babies and mothers, further strengthen mutual relations and friendship between the peoples of Japan and Sudan, will be remembered as the gift from the people of Japan for long”.
For further information, please contact:
Embassy of Japan in Sudan
Koji HASE, Head of Economic Cooperation Section, 0912147605
