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W4H State Summary 2020 – Kano Kano state W4H has helped Population 13.08 million (2019 estimate) Addressing the shortage of female health workers 440 students in Since it began in 2012, the UK aid funded Women for Kano state qualify Health (W4H) programme worked closely with Kano’s 440 young women from Kano are now state government and other partners to improve the as professional 9 professional health workers thanks to W4H. education and training of female health workers in the state. W4H’s innovative Foundation Year Programme health workers 9 Indexed places in state HTIs in Kano (FYP) helped young women from rural communities have increased since 2012 by 174% to 820 pass entrance exams to study on professional health per cohort in 2020 – thanks in part to courses. W4H support has transformed the health construction of four new public HTIs. training institutions (HTIs) in the state and encouraged the government to open new HTIs and new courses. 9 Final exam pass rates at the HTIs have More qualifed health workers than ever are now being increased from around 50%-65% in 2012 to produced – and new laws and funding have been put 85%-100% in 2020. in place to ensure this will be sustained and scaled up. W4H really changed Two private colleges of nursing and ‘my life completely. 9 midwifery and four private schools of I am now a qualified ARY M IMPACT SUM IMPACT health technology have also opened with a midwife working in combined capacity of 700 places. I had always wanted our health facility. My ‘to be health worker; I am community is so proud Kano legislature has passed laws for particularly interested in of the way I’m carrying out 9 courses in Nursing and Midwifery, and for Obstetrics and Gynecology my duties. Attendance at health the new School of Health Sciences. so that I can help my facilities was poor but now it is encouraging fellow women. Pregnant and people are really coming in large numbers The government has invested N196 million women in my community for deliveries and clinics on family spacing. 9 since 2017 into sustaining the FYP, and a are always consulting me; I am a role model in my community and they further N4,000 million for construction of I go to their homes or consult respect me and involve me in decision-making. new HTIs. with them over the phone. I am a proud W4H graduate. Hauwa Abdullahi is a qualified midwife recruited Sumayya Ibrahim Saad is from Wudi and With W4H support, Kano recruited and trained with the support of W4H – she has’ served graduated from the School of Basic’ Midwifery 9 qualified health workers to deploy in rural her community in Tumfafi since graduating in 2018. Dambatta in the year 2018. health facilities. Celebrating the successful partnership with Women for Health from 2012 to 2020 HTI Indexed Places per On behalf of Kano State Government and the good people of ‘the state I want to sincerely appreciate W4H for supporting Kano cohort in 2020 (2012 in brackets) State in the area of improving human resources for Health which is one crucial pillar in our bid to attain Universal Health Coverage and School of Nursing Kano improve on our high indices of maternal morbidity and mortality, Basic Nursing .......................100 (100) and mortality of children under five years. Post-Basic Nursing ..................30 (0) Dr Aminu Ibrahim Tsanyawa, Honorable Commissioner Health, Ministry of Health, Kano ’ School of Nursing Madobi Basic Nursing .......................70 (0) The transformation of health Post-Basic Nursing ..................20 (0) worker education in Kano School of Midwifery Kano Total places in In transforming health worker education in Kano, W4H Basic Midwifery.....................50 (40) Kano’s public supported the HTIs in many ways: Community Midwifery .............50 (0) HTIs this year ■ Refurbishing infrastructure and facilites, including School of Midwifery Dambatta constructng new classrooms and accommodaton Basic Midwifery.....................50 (40) blocks. Community Midwifery .............50 (0) ■ Increasing tutor numbers and improving the quality School of Midwifery Gwarzo of educaton through training for tutors and new Community Midwifery .............50 (0) approaches including student-centred learning and Basic Midwifery.....................50 (40) e-learning. School of Post-Basic Midwifery Gezawa 820 ■ Improved governance, leadership and management Post-Basic Midwifery................50 (0) in 2020 including introducton of computerised record keeping. School of Health Technology Kano W4H advocacy in Kano raised awareness of the shortage CHEW*/JCHEW** ...................125 (125) of health workers in the state and led to the government employed more health workers and constructing new School of Health Technology Bebeji HTIs. W4H support led to the HTIs in Kano improving their CHEW*/JCHEW** ...................125 (125) 470 in 2012 accreditation status – full accreditation allows HTIs to enroll the maximum number of students per cohort. * Community Health Extension Worker ** Junior Community Health Extension Worker The W4H programme is The programme is led by For further information contact: funded with UK aid from DAI Global Health (incorporating HRH Learning Hub, Centre for Gender Studies, Bayero University Kano Health Partners International and the UK government. Email: [email protected] GRID ), in partnership with Save the Children. Visit: www.learninghub4hrh.org www.women4healthnigeria.org.
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