Thanks to Liz for details of this important overseas project. Ed
The AGM on 15th May will bring an opportunity for Island residents to hear more about work in the South Sudan of doctors and nurses from St Mary’s Hospital.
The Republic of South Sudan has only one college training nurses and midwives to diploma level – the Juba College of Nursing and Midwifery (JCONAM), which was established three and a half years ago.
The Juba Link project
The Juba Link project has helped to reopen the College which had been closed during the long civil war. Nurses and midwives from St Mary’s have raised funds to pay their air fares to visit and teach on the courses.
Fundraising on the Island has also enabled us to build a bungalow to provide accommodation for our team when they visit. We are now fundraising to equip it.
The issues
South Sudan has very high maternal mortality rates – 2054/100,000 of population compared with UK’s 7/100,000 – and infant mortality of 135/1000 live births.
Graduates of JCONAM will therefore play an important role in the delivery of crucial antenatal, maternal and child health services.
Appeal for two nurses and two midwives
The local ministry of health is appealing for two experienced volunteer nurses and two midwives from the UK to help with a ‘crash’ hands-on clinical teaching programme between the beginning of June and end of July to prepare this first batch of graduates for their historic final examinations.
If you would like to be part of this unique project, contact [email protected] in the first instance for a discussion of what’s involved.
Hear more about the project
If you want to hear more about the project, all are invited to St Mary’s Hospital-Juba Link Charity Education Centre, St.Mary’s Hospital, Newport Isle of Wight at 5.30pm on 13 May 2013.
