Population/family planning - auxiliary nurse midwife training sub-project (110.04)

USAID DIRECT HIRE NURSE EDUCATOR WILL SERVE AS PROJECT MANAGER. SHE WILL ADVISE HER COUNTERPART ON SCHOOL MANAGEMENT, CURRICULUM AND TESTING MATERIALS DEVELOPMENT, STUDENT SELECTION AND EVALUATION CRITERIA, ON-JOB TEACHER TRAINING, AND LOGISTIC SUPPORT. UCSC PUBLIC HEALTH NURSE EDUCATOR WILL TRAIN FEMALE NURSES AND HEALTH PERSONNEL IN HEALTH AND FAMILY PLANNING, WITH EMPHASIS ON RURAL SERVICES. RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE: 1)DEVELOPMENT OF RURAL, PRACTICAL TRAINING PROGRAMS; 2)TEACHING COMMUNITY NURSING; 3)TEACHING FAMILY PLANNING SKILLS; 4)COORDINATING AND DEVELOPING TRAINING MATERIALS FOR COMMUNITY NURSING. UCSC NURSE-MIDWIFERY ADVISOR WILL ASSIST DIRECTOR OF ANM SCHOOLS TO DEVELOP APPROPRIATE MIDWIFERY AND FAMILY PLANNING UNITS OF INSTRUCTION; TRAIN INSTRUCTORS IN TEACHING METHODS; AND ASSIST TEACHERS WITH CLINICAL SUPERVISION, ESPECIALLY OF STUDENT HOME DELIVERIES. USCS WILL DESIGN AND ADMINISTER PARTICIPANT TRAINING OF 3 AFGHAN NURSE ADMINISTRATORS WITH DIRECT RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANM TRAINING. UCSC WILL ALSO DEVELOP AND EVALUATE BASIC TRAINING MATERIALS AND CULL EXISTING SURVEY LITERATURE AND TRAINING MODELS FOR APPLICABLE MATERIALS. BY END OF 5 YEAR PROJECT, RGA HOPES TO OPERATE 3 ANM SCHOOLS (1 IN KABUL AND 2 IN THE PROVINCES), AND PRODUCE 125 GRADUATES ANNUALLY. EACH OF 180 BASIC HEALTH CLINICS AND 100 SUB-CENTERS WILL BE STAFFED BY AT LEAST ONE ANM AND WILL OFFER FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES.