Ministry
of Health and Social Welfare trains 62 nurses
Equatorial Guinea’s Ministry
of Health and Social Welfare has concluded the training of 62 nurses as part of
the government’s efforts to improve the public health care system in Equatorial
Guinea. The latest program was carried out in cooperation with the Foundation
for the Development of Nursing (FUDEN) and the Spanish Agency for International
Cooperation for Development (AECID).
The Ministry of
Health and Social Welfare invested in the nurse-training program, which began
in Bata in 2011, to improve and increase the nursing workforce. The Ministry
has also assumed responsibility for reintroducing auxiliary nurses, who are now
to be designated nursing assistants.
The nursing
training has been done in collaboration with the National University of
Equatorial Guinea. The students
have received theoretical and practical courses during a two-term program.
Margarita Solana,
FUDEN nurse involved in this project, said, “The training enables auxiliary
nurses to learn and improve health, as it enables better patient care. She
continued to say, “It is satisfying to see how nurses want to improve, increase
their knowledge and boost the performance of their hospital.”
“Equatorial
Guinea continues to strive to improve the health sector and this is notable by
our ongoing training courses,” said Minister of Health and Social Welfare Tomás
Mecheba Fernández. We have trained 62 nurses in Bata and 47 in Malabo in
collaboration with FUDEN and AECID to provide better health care in the country,”
Equatorial Guinea is
set to prepare a new generation of health care professionals, and this program
is one of several training courses aimed at improving the profession’s
capabilities. For instance, groups of medical students have traveled to
universities around the world, including those of Cuba, Morocco and China, to advance
their medical skills. The government of Equatorial Guinea is seeking additional
opportunities to cooperate with its international counterparts and investing in
capacity-building in the health sector.
