Global Collaboration Between Tanzania and Japan to Advance Midwifery Profession: A case report of Partnership Model.
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2015
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Journal of Nursing Education and Practice
Abstract
The global health agenda to reduce maternal mortality is delayed in Sub-Saharan Africa. The shortage of skilled birth attendants
in Tanzania hinders the improvement of midwifery care to prevent maternal mortality and morbidity. It is urgently neccesary to
develop midwifery leaders capable of working as educators, researchers, administrators, and advanced practitioners, contributing
to the improvement of midwifery care and maternal child health in their own country. This report describes the process of
establishing the first midwifery master’s program in Tanzania through the efforts of two academic institutions, one in Tanzania
and one in Japan. The collaboration developed a sustainable partnership model for the advancement of midwifery education. This
partnership model was based upon the professional relationships corresponding with our values of humanized childbirth and
people-centered care. The key elements for the project success included: (1) spending adequate time for in-person communication
with the collaborative partner; (2) sharing the same goals and concepts; (3) understanding different values and norms for working
and living; (4) learning ways of communication and project implementation in the partner’s culture and (5) confirming the
feasibility, which could increase team members’ motivation and commitment. Midwives from the two institutions both gained
knowledge and research outcomes as well as the satisfaction of establishing the midwifery master’s program. To improve the
remaining global maternal health issues, this win-win collaboration should be considered as the 21st century’s partnership model
for the global health community
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Midwifery education, Maternal mortality, Collaboration,
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Shimpuku, Y., Horiuchi, S., Leshabari, S.C., Mkoka, D., Nagamatsu, Y., Matsutani, M., Eto, H., Oguro, M., Yaju, Y., Iida, M. and Mbekenga, C., 2015. Global collaboration between Tanzania and Japan to advance midwifery profession: A case report of a partnership model. Journal of Nursing Education and Practice, 5(11).