Identifying Barriers for Creating Enabling Environment for Students and Graduate Midwifes and Developing Strategies to Address those Barriers Leading to Establishment of Midwifery as a Profession

Client: BRAC James P Grant School of Public Health, BRAC University

Period: March 2018 - July 2018

Developing Midwives Project (DMP) of BRAC James P Grant School of Public Health, BRAC University envisions a healthcare system that reaches poor communities in remote locations and lessens maternal and neonatal mortality. To help the country reach its targeted number of midwives and hence lessen the maternal mortality ratio, BRAC University launched 3-year 'Diploma in Midwifery’ in 2012 as the first private midwifery education. CPL is providing support to BRAC James P Grant School of Public Health, BRAC University in conducting the study to identify barriers for creating an enabling environment for students and graduate midwifes and develop strategies to address those barriers leading to the establishment of midwifery as a profession. The study followed a qualitative research design. Triangulated findings were presented in a multi-stakeholder workshop.