{"id":67149,"date":"2016-04-01T13:09:52","date_gmt":"2016-04-01T11:09:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/tanzanian-health-care-gets-boost-from-akus-new-nursingmidwifery-training-facility\/"},"modified":"2016-04-01T13:09:52","modified_gmt":"2016-04-01T11:09:52","slug":"tanzanian-health-care-gets-boost-from-akus-new-nursingmidwifery-training-facility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/tanzanian-health-care-gets-boost-from-akus-new-nursingmidwifery-training-facility\/","title":{"rendered":"Tanzanian Health Care Gets Boost from AKU\u2019s New Nursing\/Midwifery Training Facility"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span dir=\"ltr\"> DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania, April 1, 2016\/APO (African Press Organization)\/ &#8212; <\/span><\/p>\n<p>Aga Khan University opened the new home of its School of Nursing and Midwifery in Dar es Salaam at\u00a0Salama House. This state-of-the-art facility will educate nursing and midwifery leaders dedicated to saving\u00a0lives and improving health care for the people of Tanzania.<\/p>\n<p>The \u20ac1.2 million (TSh 2.95 billion) project was funded as part of a \u20ac17.2 million (TSh 42 billion) grant to\u00a0AKU from the Federal Republic of Germany to improve health in East Africa by providing nurses and\u00a0midwives with high-quality education and training. In addition to funding the renovation and expansion of\u00a0Salama House, the grant includes funding to enable more students to attend AKU and has helped the\u00a0University to develop the curriculum for its planned post-RM Bachelor of Science in Midwifery. The East\u00a0African Community played an important role in making it possible for AKU to receive the funding.<\/p>\n<p>The opening was presided over by Dr. Gerd M\u00fcller, German Federal Minister of Economic Cooperation and\u00a0Development; Dr. Helmut Sch\u00f6n, KfW Country Director for Tanzania; Dr. Richard Sezibera, Secretary\u00a0General of the East African Community; Dr. Hamisi Kigwangalla, Tanzanian Deputy Minister of Health,\u00a0Community Development, Gender, Elderly, and Children; and Mr. Al-Karim Haji, AKU Vice President,\u00a0Finance and Chief Financial Officer.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. M\u00fcller outlined \u201cTanzania has a fraction of the highly skilled nurses and midwives it needs. More\u00a0modern facilities for nursing and midwifery education are needed,\u201d said Mr. Al-Karim Haji, AKU Vice<br \/>President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer. \u201cWith the opening of the new home of our School of\u00a0Nursing and Midwifery, we are helping to change that. The partnership between AKU, the Federal Republic\u00a0of Germany and the East African Community, plus the support of the Republic of Tanzania, will give more\u00a0nurses and midwives an opportunity to improve their clinical and leadership capacities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAga Khan University is playing a leading role in the EAC\u2019s effort to harmonize and modernize nursing\u00a0curricula and standards across member states,\u201d said Dr. Richard Sezibera, Secretary General of the East\u00a0African Community. \u201cThis facility is another example of AKU\u2019s longstanding commitment to educating\u00a0much-needed nurses and midwives to improve the quality of health care for East Africans, and of the Aga\u00a0Khan Development Network\u2019s broader contribution to improving the lives of East Africans.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe opening of this facility is a significant event in the development of nursing and midwifery in\u00a0Tanzania,\u201d said Dr. Hamisi Kigwangalla, Deputy Minister of Health, Community Development, Gender,<br \/>Elderly, and Children. \u201cIt will help Tanzania educate the kinds of nurses and midwives we need: those who\u00a0can tackle complex problems and ensure that all Tanzanians get the health care they deserve. Aga Khan\u00a0University, the Federal Republic of Germany, and the East African Community have our appreciation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>AKU\u2019s School of Nursing and Midwifery\u2019s new home at Salama House on Urambo Street includes the\u00a0resources needed to educate nursing and midwifery leaders using the latest methods: a library with new\u00a0digital resources, a computer lab, modern classrooms, and a high-quality science lab and skills lab.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to enhancing the quality of the School\u2019s existing nursing programmes, the project has also\u00a0increased available space, which will allow AKU to launch a new post-RM Bachelor of Science in<br \/>Midwifery programme and to train more working nurses through its professional development programmes.<\/p>\n<p>About AKU\u2019s School of Nursing and Midwifery<\/p>\n<p>AKU has graduated more than 2,100 nurses in East Africa since 2004. In Tanzania it has educated more\u00a0than 600 nurses including 311 who hold a Post-RN Bachelor of Science in Nursing that prepares graduates\u00a0for leadership and which is held by relatively few Tanzanians. Its alumni include the country\u2019s top nursing\u00a0official, the Director of Nursing Services in the Ministry of Health, and the\u00a0Chair of the Tanzania Nursing\u00a0and Midwifery Council.<\/p>\n<p>Aga Khan University serves Tanzanians without regard to race, gender, or religion. All of its nursing\u00a0students in Dar es Salaam are Tanzanian and 80 percent come from public-sector institutions. As a nonprofit\u00a0organization, it strives to make its programmes affordable and accessible. On average, nursing students pay\u00a0just one-fifth of what it costs the University to educate them. To date, the University has invested US$ 60\u00a0million in Tanzania, with significant additional investment planned.<\/p>\n<p>AKU is a university of and for the developing world, focused on preparing men and women to improve the\u00a0quality of life in their societies. Its work reflects the vision and continuing generosity of its founder and\u00a0Chancellor, His Highness the Aga Khan. The University is part of the Aga Khan Development Network,\u00a0whose presence in Tanzania dates back to the establishment of the first Aga Khan\u00a0Girls School in 1905.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania, April 1, 2016\/APO (African Press Organization)\/ &#8212; Aga Khan University opened the new home of its School of Nursing and Midwifery in Dar es Salaam at\u00a0Salama House. This state-of-the-art facility will educate nursing and midwifery leaders dedicated to saving\u00a0lives and improving health care for the people of Tanzania. 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