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

Mozambique

Debora Bossemeyer will discuss her team’s role collaborating with the Ministry of Health to restructure and streamline the nursing education system in Mozambique, where she serves as the Jhpiego Country Director. Ms. Bossemeyer will discuss Mozambique and Jhpiego efforts to implement a task analysis to identify the actual scope of practice of different cadres and levels of nursing and other health technicians and assess their role and training needs in the HIV/AIDS service provision to revise scope of practices and PSE curricula.  She will also highlight the development of model care centers that can be used to demonstrate practices that meet the national standards. Ms. Bossemeyer has a keen understanding of the importance of relationships with stakeholders within the government and will discuss how those relationships can serve to catalyze the capacity building process.