MSF Academy for Healthcare graduation in Lankien

Participants in the MSF Academy for Healthcare Nursing & Midwifery initiative during their graduation in Lankien

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Unique Identifier Code / URN MSB152604

Date taken / Date Recorded 13/03/2023 4:05 PM

Country South Sudan

Detailed location Lankien

Commissioning section MSF-NETHERLANDS

Photographer / videographer / producer Alicia Gonzalez

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Project section MSF Academy

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Additional Information / Shotlist After decades of war, severe shortages of health infrastructure and qualified medical professionals in South Sudan present major challenges to developing a good healthcare system in the worlds newest nation.

In a bid to address the healthcare skills gap in the country, MSF introduced the MSF Academy for Healthcare. The MSF Academy for Healthcare is a capacity development initiative that aims at strengthening the skills and competencies of front line healthcare workers, with the will to have a long-term impact on the quality of healthcare in the countries where MSF intervenes. The MSF Academy provides specific work-based learning programmes and clinical mentoring to medical and paramedical workers in the targeted health structures, based on adapted comprehensive curricula and innovative tools.

On the 13th of March 2023, 88 nurses and nurse aides in Lankien, South Sudan, graduated from the basic clinical nursing care curriculum of the Academy, after 2 years of clinical learning.

The initiative was as well implemented in four other projects in the country, and is currently under implementation in two more, with the roll out in four more projects foreseen in the upcoming months.

Keywords

MSF Academy for Health Care

Nurse

Training