Preparing the Nursing Workforce to Care and Treat People Living with HIV/AIDS in Southern Africa: A National Case Study to Improve Nursing Education in Botswana

Botswana

Phelelo Marole, who serves as a senior technical advisor, provides regional assistance to projects aimed at improving nursing education and regulation. As the Director of HIV Training in the Ministry of Health prior to joining Jhpiego, Mrs. Marole was responsible for ensuring that nurses and allied health workers graduating from Botswana’s health training institutions graduated with the competencies necessary to care for people living with HIV/AIDS within her country. She will discuss Jhpiego’s work with the Government of Botswana and the Botswana Nurses and Midwives Council to support nursing education through curriculum improvement, faculty development, clinical education improvement and student support.  Attention will also be given to collaboration with the nurses and midwives council of Botswana to reinstate a reliable and valid licensing examination based on a national task analysis study.