Experienced midwives are urgently needed to make motherhood saver for women in developing communities with some of the world’s highest maternal mortality rates. You could be working in countries like Cambodia, Sierra Leone or Indonesia.
Necessary qualifications and experience
You’ll need to be a Registered Midwife with at least 3 years’ post-qualification work experience. Training and management experience is desirable.
Types of opportunity available
You would be working as a midwifery teacher in a hospital, or as a community midwife. Midwifery teachers are based in small schools of midwifery (usually at district hospitals) and are involved in classroom and clinical teaching. Some placements may include an element of curriculum/course development.
Community midwives are based in rural community health projects. They often help provide training for traditional birth attendants.
There are also requests for safe motherhood advisers who can develop reproductive health services at regional and national levels.
If you're aged 18 to 25 you could take part in one of our youth volunteering programmes. Find out more here.
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If you're an experienced health professional and would like to find out more about volunteering with VSO, come along to our information day in early 2009. You'll hear from returned volunteers and learn more about the volunteering opportunities available in your profession.
Midwife – Sierra Leone Tackling some of the highest maternal death rates in the world, you’ll help rebuild Sierra Leone’s maternity services, providing clinical instruction for student midwifes in Tonkolili District hospital.
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Midwife – Indonesia You’ll strengthen the quality of maternal and child health care in Atambua Public Hospital, providing hands-on training to midwives and nurses, and developing antenatal and postnatal care.
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Nurse and Midwife Teacher – Malawi Malawi suffers from an acute shortage of qualified medical workers and maternal mortality rates are on the increase. As a motivational clinical instructor looking for a new challenge, you’ll inspire the next generation of nurses and midwifes in Malawi.
Nurse and Midwife Trainer – Indonesia As a nurse and midwife trainer in West Timor, you’ll build the hands-on skills of newly qualified staff, improving healthcare for rural families.
Maternal and Child Health Educator - Indonesia As a Maternal and Child Health Educator at the Belu District Health Office, you’ll help health workers in the field to improve maternal and child healthcare services in their communities. Read the full job description:
Maternal and Child Health Adviser - Cambodia In Kratie province, you’ll make motherhood safer for women and babies by strengthening the provision of life-saving maternal healthcare. Read the full job description:
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