Immunisation Training Needs in Malawi
East Afr. Med. J
; 91(9): 298-302, 2014.
Article
in English
| AIM (Africa)
| ID: biblio-1261378
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ABSTRACT
Objectives:
The Malawi Ministry of Health (MOH) and its immunisation partners conducted a training needs assessment in May 2013 to assess the current status of immunisation training programmemes in health training institutions; to identify unmet training needs; and to recommend possible solutions for training of health workers on a regular basis.Design:
A cross-sectional; descriptive study.Setting:
Health training institutions in Malawi; a developing country that does not regularly update its curricula to include new vaccines and management tools; nor train healthcare workers on a regular basis.Subjects:
Researchers interviewed Malawi's central immunisation manager; three zonal immunisation officers; six district officers; 12 health facility immunisation coordinators; and eight principals of training institutions.Results:
All health training institutions in Malawi include immunisation in their preservice training curricula. However; the curriculum is not regularly updated; thus; the graduates are not well equipped to provide quality services. In addition; the duration of the training curriculum is inadequate; and in-service training sessions for managers and service providers are conducted only on an ad hoc basis.Conclusion:
All levels of Malawi's health system have not met sufficient training needs for providing immunisations; and the health training institutions teach their students with outdated materials. It is recommended that the training institutions update their training curricula regularly and the service providers are trained on a regular basis
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Health context:
SDG3 - Target 3C: Increase health financing and the recruitment, development, training and retention of the health workforce
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SDG3 - Health and Well-Being
Health problem:
Authority and Accountability for Healthcare Workers
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Target 3.3: End transmission of communicable diseases
Database:
AIM (Africa)
Main subject:
Teaching
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Immunization
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Community Health Workers
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National Health Programs
Type of study:
Prognostic study
Language:
English
Journal:
East Afr. Med. J
Year:
2014
Document type:
Article