Continuous Professional Development status in the World Health Organisa‐ tion, Afro-region member states
Abstract
There is evidence of underperformance of the Global Health Indicators, particularly in the WHO
Afro-region. Yet, quality, effective healthcare delivery, and access to information about best
practice remains a challenge to nurses and midwives in the WHO Afro-region. For nurses and
midwives to have the capacity to practice safely and competently they need to engage in mandatory
Continuing Professional Development (CPD). However a composite picture is not available for
future project planners, researchers, and policy developers. Published literature from the past five
years and professional body webpages were searched. The results of shining a light on the WHO
Afro-region member states CPD status revealed strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats.
The strengths lay in the beginnings of mandatory CPD and annual licensure renewal, while the
weaknesses revealed inequity of CPD distribution across the region. The opportunities showed
international academic partnership with possibilities for further engagement, and the threats were
evident in the health context of the Afro-region, the shortage of nurses and the lesser participation
of nurses in CPD programs. The illumination of the CPD status in the Afro-region suggests that a
revised CPD landscape is necessary to strengthen the relevance and response capacity of nurses
and midwives, as key contributors towards the Global Health Indicators.
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World Health Organisation; Afro-region member statesLink to resource
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