Sustainably improving child healthcare

This project covers the final year of a three-year nurse training program at the Ola During Children’s hospital (ODCH), the first year of which was funded by the Addax and Oryx Foundation. The project aims to sustainably improve the quality of care for sick newborns and children at ODCH, contributing to the reduction of neonatal and child mortality and morbidity. More specifically Year 3 will aim to support the ongoing integration of the activities of the ODCH Nurse Trainers and Mentors and ensure professional development and training of nurses is well embedded within routine practice. Activities in Year 3 will include: selection of a core training team; sustainability workshops for the longevity of the program; formation of a training framework and development of standard operating procedures (SOPs); a registration system to track nurse training; and quality improvement projects. Improving the paediatric-specific knowledge and skills of nurses will improve the quality of care received by children, in turn reducing the high number of preventable child deaths. This will create an impact within Freetown, but also at a national level, as ODCH serves as the primary site for paediatric nursing student placements in the country.

The Welbodi Partnership is a UK-registered charity based in Freetown and founded in 2008. Its mission is to build the capacity of the health system in Sierra Leone in order to reduce the number of women and children who are sick, suffer, or die unnecessarily.

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