Report of the Medical Services, Ministry of Health, Sudan Government.
- Sudan. Wizārat al-Ṣiḥḥah. Medical Services.
- Date:
- [1951]
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Report of the Medical Services, Ministry of Health, Sudan Government. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![SOCIAL HYGIENE. Midwifery. A new ante-natal clinic was opened in connection with the Midwives Training School, Omdurman. A block of two four-bedded lying-in¬ wards with appropriate ancillary departments was opened in the School. This institution will be of value for training of medical students and midwives. 95 mothers were delivered in the lying-in wards from February to June, 1951. 30 out of 37 pupil-midwives were successful in their qualifying test in 1950. 30 out of 35 were successful in 1951. Pour pupils at El Obeid Midwives Training School and two at the Juba School were successful. The Principal and Assistant Principal, accompanied by staff midwives carried out tours in Wadi Haifa-Merowe, Kassala Northern Area, Kassala Southern Area, the Gezira, Khartoum Rural District, El Obeid, Darfur, Eung district, White Nile district, Atbara-Shendi Area, Juba, Malakal and Wau. 418 Government trained district midwives were practising at the end of the period. In addition there were 36 midwives with nurses’ certificates and 15 midwives with nurses and health visitors certificates. Table XXXI. Distribution of Midwives. Province District M idwives drained nurse midwives Health Viators Total Bahr El Ghazal 2 2 Blue Nile £7 5 3 105 Darfur .. 28 1 1 3G Equatcria 2 2 — 4 Kassala North. . 11 1 1 13 Kassala South 24 1 — 25 Khaitcum 94 22 9 125 Kordofan 55 — 1 56 Northern 102 2 — 104 Epper Nile 5 — — 5 Tcial 4 18 36 15 469 Maternal and Child Welfare. Six pupil health visitors qualified, bringing the total of Sudanese health visitors employed to 15. They were distributed as follows :— Khartoum Omdurman . . Khartoum North .. Kordofan (El Obeid] Darfur (El Eashei) Poit Sudan Blue Nile (Wad Medani) .. Blue Nile (Kosti) .. Geziia (seconded to Ministry of Education for Adult Education Scheme) 3 2 2 1 ] 1 1 2](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b31639021_0034.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
