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MSF has been supporting the paediatric Hospital of Koutiala in Mali for years, and decision was taken to dispense the Basic Clinical Nursing Care programme to the hospital’s nursing staff. The initial assessment activities started in Koutiala in October 2021. The knowledge and technical competencies of the participants were evaluated in order to establish a baseline to measure the learning outcomes of the programme once finished. The results confirmed the need for our training and gave us a clear picture of the areas to develop.

The learning activities started in Koutiala in March 2022. In May 2023, activities started as well in Niono, with staff from the Paediatrics, Neonatology and Maternity services. In 2024 the Basic Clinical Nursing Care programme and the Midwifery Clinical Care programme were launched in Tenenkou.

In Koutiala, after two years of implementation, 89 participants (most of them nurses but also nursing assistants and nursing supervisors) graduated and received their diploma in 2024.

The MSF Academy is currently present in Niono with over 90 learners and in Tenenkou with 60 learners.

In Niono, the staff from the Paediatrics, Neonatology and Maternity services that had started the BCNC in 2023 were joined in 2024 by the surgery nursing staff.

In Tenenkou, in August 2024 the BCNC was launched for 39 nursing staff. The Midwifery Clinical Care training programme started to be implemented as well, with the 21 participants going through the BCNC prerequisites first.

There have been a lot of changes, for example, in my current emergency admission department, for all the children who came we had them lying down to take the measurements. But with the training we learned that all children over two years old must be measured standing up. It’s a very beneficial training for all the participants, even when you have had healthcare education

MALLE MAMA, Nurse Supervisor in Koutiala, Mali

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