In the major push to encourage nursing education in Karnataka, the government is all set to have its first National Midwifery Training Institute (NMTI) in Bengaluru. The initiative has been taken as a public-private partnership between Central and State governments, UNICEF and Bengaluru-based Aastrika Foundation.
The officials stated that due to poor health services and untrained support during the delivery; it led to unexpected maternal and infant deaths. In order to address that, there is a need to have more knowledgeable and trained midwives.
The officials further stated that the institute will provide training to the midwifery educators who will further train the nurses and other midwives in the state. The training will be facilitated by international midwives, the report claimed.
The reports further stated that as per the World Health Organisation, “India has over two million nurse-midwives and nearly 9,00,000 Auxiliary Nurse Midwives (ANMs) to strengthen the existing workforce, there is a need of such institution to train more number of people with nursing and midwifery courses.
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