Dear CHIFA colleagues,
At the beginning of this week, I received the final published version of our paper describing our program of task shifting in Liberia. For the last 12 years, MCAI has been working in Liberia to try and reduce the number of deaths in pregnant women, newborn babies, and children. 57 nurses and midwives have qualified and 53 are currently working in advanced hospital care (27 in advanced obstetrics, 15 in advanced neonatal care, and 11 in paediatrics).
Here is a link which opens the paper in the web page format.
https://human-resources-health.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12960...
This format is a nice way of reading the paper but most importantly, if you go to the end of the web version, you come to the Supplementary Material containing the 60 additional files. You can click on each one to open it online and read it or download it to your computer.
At the beginning of the Web version, there is also a link to a PDF of our paper which can be download into the computer download section.
You can also access the additional files from the PDF version and download them by clicking on the DOI next to the list of additional 60 additional files.
I would now like to invite you to a discussion on the issues raised in this paper and the program based on the following suggested discussion points (Other concepts/points are also welcome for discussion):
1. Do you think that the task shifting approach might be of value to your country or other countries with which you are associated?
2. Do you think that the Supplementary Information (Additional Files) are helpful, especially if attempting to replicate some of this programme?
With kindest regards
Professor David Southall OBE, MD, FRCPCH
CHIFA profile:
David Southall is a retired Professor of Paediatrics and Honorary Medical Director of the Maternal and Child Health Advocacy International, MCAI, in the UK.
(www.mcai.org.uk) He is also on the board of the International Child Health Group. director AT mcai.org.uk