Maternal and newborn health outcomes are closely tied to the quality of care mothers receive. Yet, in Kenya, there is a gap in cost-effective training to improve and sustain life-saving emergency obstetric and newborn care (EmONC) skills. Comprehensive training, supportive supervision, and coaching are effective in giving nurses and midwives the skills to avert or mitigate life-threatening pregnancy and postpartum complications, and improve clinical performance and motivation.
How this works
Since 2015, Jacaranda has partnered with county governments and public hospitals across Kenya to deploy MENTORS, a low-cost mentorship program that equips frontline obstetric providers with the sustained skills to deliver life-saving care.
The program is based on a ‘training of trainers’ model, whereby Jacaranda Lead Mentors train and support a cohort of government nurse midwives to become maternal and newborn health quality of care champions within their respective facilities – increasing our opportunity for scale and long-term sustainability. Nurses complement their in-person training via DELTA, Jacaranda’s mHealth learning tool, which offers essential EmONC modules remotely via WhatsApp.
program mentors actively cascading skills to their peers in facilities
