Maternal and Perinatal Mortality are Obstetric and neonatal tragedies worldwide. Of the global Maternal Mortality occurrences, the vast majority occur in low-resource settings and Nigeria accounts for nearly 20% of the global death. The lifetime risk of dying in Nigeria is 1 in 22 during pregnancy, childbirth or postpartum period compared to 1 in 4,900 in most developed countries. The causes of maternal mortality include Pre-eclampsia /Eclampsia (PEE), obstructed labor, postpartum hemorrhage, puerperal sepsis and abortion complications.
These causes are treatable and preventable when labour is supervised by Skilled Birth Attendants (SBAs). Perinatal morbidity and mortality are closely related to events during pregnancy and labor. The high rate in Nigeria is a result of poor maternal health, sub-optimal care during pregnancy and childbirth, and lack of newborn care. The major causes of newborn deaths are birth asphyxia, neonatal sepsis and prematurity. Universal access to Comprehensive Emergency Obstetrics and Neonatal Care (CEmONC) services is one of the strategies that can reduce these deaths and sufferings along with the ten core signal functions of the services.
Improving access to quality comprehensive emergency obstetrics and newborn care is critical to reducing these preventable maternal and newborn deaths and is a top priority of the Government of Nigeria. Therefore, as part of the commitment of the Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare (FMOHSW) to ensure that there are well equipped CEmONC facilities throughout the country to provide quality healthcare services, a nationwide CEmONC health facility assessment was conducted. to identified existing gaps. As part of the efforts to bridge the identified gaps in healthcare workers competencies, Jhpiego, in collaboration with Kebbi, Kano and Katsina State Governments, through funding from USG in Nigeria, provide technical assistance to GoN to bridge the capacities of doctors, nurses, midwives, anaesthetic nurses, laboratory scientists/assistants in selected health facilities in 3 states.
Purpose of the CEmONC Health Facility Assessment
This intervention aims to bridge existing gaps in the identified competencies of healthcare workers to provide quality CEmONC services during the recently concluded CEmONC health facility assessment in at least one CEmONC public facility per LGA in the selected states to improve quality services for women during pregnancy, labour, childbirth and postnatal period.
Responsibilities
The specific objectives include to build the capacity of healthcare workers to provide quality:
The preferred candidate should posses the following qualifications and experiences:
[Fellowship in pediatrics]
Duration: Maximum of 7 (seven) non-consecutive working days (unless otherwise extended by Jhpiego) as follows: