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Work packages

 

There are four work packages (WPs):

The project overall aim to build the capacity to develop and implement training programs in nursing, midwifery, medical microbiology, and obstetric ultrasound and to conduct world class research at these universities in Malawi and Zambia.
 

  • WP1: Management and Administration, is led by the NTNU team.

 

  • WP2: Quality training and research

Implementing partner: - Kamuzu University of Health Sciences (KUHeS)
Curricula for 3 postgraduate programs have been revised and approved for blended learning ( eLearning and face-to-face)

- Master of Science in Midwifery
- Master of Science in Reproductive Health
- Doctor of Philosophy in Midwifery

Post doctoral candidate: Tiwonge Mbeya
Project title: Assessing the use of adolescent girls and young mother-friendly peer education programme in Prevention of Mother to Child Transmissions (PMTCT) services at Kasungu district hospital: A Pilot Study

Implementing partner: - Malawi University of Sciences and Technology (MUST)

- MSc in Medical Microbiology
- MSc in Infection and Immunity
- MSc in Diagnostic Ultrasound

Development and approved PhD program are about to be implemented.
- 6 PhD Candidates have been selected (3 Male: 3 Female). There will be 3 more selected. Totally 9 PhD Candidates during the project periode at MUST.

Implementing partner: - University of Zambia, School of Nursing (UNZA-SoN)

- Three (3) PhD and two (2) Post-doctoral candidates were awarded NORHED scholarships.
- Training on Sign language for reproductive health to Diploma students.
- Training on Emergency Obstetrics and Neonatal Care (EmONC) for 5th Year Mid graduands.

PhD Candidate: Mutinke Zulu, nurse
Project title: Women centered intrapartum care: from the perspectives of postnatal mothers.

PhD Candidate: Brenda Nambala
Project title: HIV positive diagnosis during pregnancy: effects and coping strategies used by women at selected Health facilities in Lusaka District, Zambia.

PhD Candidate: Victoria Mwiinga
Project title: Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes after Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia at the Adult Infectious Disease Control Centre.

Post doctoral candidate: Dr Maureen Masumo
Project title: Determinants and Management of Stress among mothers nursing babies in the University Teaching Hospital Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.

Post doctoral candidate: Dr Sebean Mayimbo
Project title: Association between maternal nutritional status, head circumference and crown heel length of the neonate at Chilenje General Hospital

 

  • WP3: Preparation of quality graduates, includes all partners.

  • WP4: Results dissemination and outreach, includes all partners.

Partners and people involved

Partners and people involved

  • Malawi University of Science and Technology (MUST)
  • Kamuzu University of Health Sciences (KUHeS)
  • University of Zambia, School of Nursing Sciences (UNZA-SoN)

See the bios here