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PARADISS: Enhancing Sexual and Reproductive Health Education in Mali

Countries
Mali
Status
Ongoing
Duration
2014 – 2019
Funder
NUFFIC

KIT Royal Tropical Institute is supporting the National Institute of Training in Health Sciences (INFSS) in Mali to strengthen its educational capacity in Sexual and Reproductive Health. INFSS is Mali’s reference institute for Bachelor- and Master-level training of paramedics. After their graduation these paramedics provide Sexual and Reproductive Health services throughout Mali. Altogether, INFSS trains about half of all the nurses and midwifes at Bachelor level and about all the Master level specialist nurses and midwifes in Mali. INFSS is based in Bamako the capital and has four dependences in different regions in Mali.

INFSS aims to enhance the quality of its graduates in the area of sexual and reproductive health, in order to contribute to the Government’s goal of ensuring better reproductive health of the Malian population.

What are the main aims?

  1. Launch a new Master of Sexual and Reproductive Health
  2. Strengthen INFSS’ institutional capacity and educational infrastructure
  3. Obtain accreditation at the regional level, from the West-African Health Organization; and at the national level

What are the focus themes/strategies?

SRHR curriculum development, improving quality of education and research, strengthening human resource management and financial procedures, and mainstreaming gender throughout the institute.

Results

The following results are worked on for a duration of 5 years:

1) Launch of a new Master of Reproductive Health

2) Strengthening institutional capacity and educational infrastructure

3) Supporting INFSS in obtaining national and international accreditation

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