Opinion | Why training of both male and female midwives is necessary in South Sudan
News feature article on Radio Tamazuj, published on 27 December 2020, with title, “Communities in Aweil Reject Male Midwives,” just caught my attention with much interest. The complaints voiced by some community members against the introduction of male midwifery professionals is not new and surprising to me as a former State Minister of health in Northern Bahr El Ghazal State (NBG), who was involved in the implementation of the National Ministry of Health (MOH) Policy Framework 2013-2016.
Let me start by saying that the ultimate objective for midwifery programming is to reduce the highest rate of maternal mortality rates. Hence, this is the context in which the training of midwifery in Aweil and other Health Science Institutes across South Sudan work. For example,
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ECC approves 51% stake sale in state company to UK
Govt to convert a 12-year-old grant into equity in a questionable deal
ISLAMABAD:
A cabinet body has approved to sell majority stake in a government-owned company to the United Kingdom through its controlled entity by converting a 12-year-old “grant” into equity in a legally questionable manner and despite strong opposition from the Ministry of Finance.
The Economic Coordination Committee of the Cabinet on Thursday approved to sell 51% stakes in the Pakistan Credit Guarantee Company (PCGC) to Karandaaz Pakistan.
The UK’s Department for International Development and Bill Gates Melinda Foundation own the Karandaaz – an entity that is set up to give small loans.
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The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has taken delivery of a Toyota Hilux 2020 model plus sets of personal protective equipment (PPEs) from UK aid to help eliminate neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) in the country.
While the vehicle was procured at a cost of GH¢266,086, the PPEs consisting of disposable aprons, drapes, surgical gowns, hand sanitizers, caps, sterile latex gloves and surgical nose masks were also procured at a cost of GH¢320,098.
The donation was funded by the UK s Department for International Development through its Accelerating the Sustainable Control and Elimination of Neglected Tropical Diseases (ASCEND) Project.
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