Maternal Health · Intermediate
Safe Motherhood & Newborn Health
TNMC-aligned course for midwives covering antenatal care, labour and delivery, postnatal and essential newborn care, obstetric emergencies and quality improvement — essential knowledge for safe motherhood in Tanzania.
- CPD credits
- 10
- Lessons
- 36
- Study time
- 16 h
- Level
- Intermediate
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- Intended for
- Midwives
- Taught by
- Dr. Amina Mwinyi
- Accreditation
- Tanzania Nurses and Midwives Council (TNMC)
- Delivery
- Online, in the MOFATE OneHealth app · works offline
- Assessment
- Practice questions and a final assessment with instant feedback
- Certificate
- Issued on completion, verifiable online
Course syllabus
6 sessions, 36 lessons. Lesson content is delivered inside the platform after you sign in.
01 Antenatal care and danger sign screening
6 lessons · 2.4 hours
- Focusing antenatal care: the 8-visit model20 min
- Taking a good history and checking blood pressure and urine25 min
- Immunisation, iron-folate and preventive care25 min
- Recognising the danger signs of pregnancy25 min
- Birth preparedness and complication-readiness planning20 min
- Providing support to adolescent and HIV-positive mothers30 min
02 Labour and delivery care
6 lessons · 2.8 hours
- Diagnosing labour and using the partograph30 min
- Caring for the woman in the first stage of labour25 min
- Supporting the second stage and spontaneous delivery30 min
- The third stage: active management and preventing haemorrhage30 min
- Care of the woman and newborn in the first hours25 min
- Documentation and the partograph review25 min
03 Postnatal care and family planning
6 lessons · 2.6 hours
- The postnatal period: an essential window of care20 min
- Supporting breastfeeding and exclusive breastfeeding25 min
- Recognition of postpartum complications30 min
- Postnatal counselling and care of the newborn25 min
- Family planning options after delivery30 min
- Maternal mental health and recognising depression25 min
04 Essential newborn care and resuscitation
6 lessons · 2.6 hours
- Immediate care at birth: warmth, breathing, feeding25 min
- The Apgar score and assessment of the newborn25 min
- Steps of newborn resuscitation30 min
- Keeping the newborn warm: hypothermia prevention25 min
- Feeding and recognising the sick newborn25 min
- Cord care, jaundice and routine newborn checks25 min
05 Obstetric emergencies and timely referral
6 lessons · 2.8 hours
- Postpartum haemorrhage: the first hour matters30 min
- Pre-eclampsia and eclampsia: recognise and treat30 min
- Obstructed labour and prolonged labour30 min
- Retained placenta and genital tract trauma25 min
- Newborn emergencies: asphyxia, sepsis and prematurity30 min
- Referral communication and the obstetric ambulance20 min
06 Quality improvement in maternity services
6 lessons · 2.4 hours
- Maternal death reviews: learning without blame25 min
- Measuring what matters: indicators and audits25 min
- Patient safety: checklists and teamwork25 min
- Respectful maternity care and preventing mistreatment30 min
- Community engagement and the health system20 min
- CPD and reflection for the midwife20 min
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