• The
Somaliland Nursing and Midwifery Association (SLNMA), is a member led
professional association established in November 16, 2004. The mandate of
the Association is to act as both the•
The mandate of the Association is to act as both the professional
organisation and a representative for the nurses and midwives by protecting,
developing and building their capacity in order for them to deliver quality
healthcare services
The
Association’s core functions include:
The promotion
of quality care for patients
Working with other bodies to ensure an appropriate
legal framework
Developing and
promoting professional standards
and
guidelines and guidelines
Education and
training for nurses and midwives
Ensuring that
issues of concerns to nurses and
midwives are heard in policy and planning processes
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Building the capacity of the Association
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Research and development
Mission,
The
Mission of the SLNMA is to promote and ensure safe and equitable access of
promotive, preventive, curative and rehabilitative health care that targets
the principles of primary health and the determinants of health to all
citizens of Somaliland with special concern to vulnerable citizens of
Somaliland with special concern to vulnerable groups, marginalized
communities and individuals;
through
the development of the nursing and midwifery professions to its full
potential and efficient management of the work force that fosters better
working conditionsand living wages.
SLNMA Vision
is to ensure
that through the application of graded educational programs, quality control
measures and humanitarian professional culture, ensure that health-care
tasks are provided by coordinated health teams withspecialized levels of
skills that are responsive provided by coordinated health teams with
specialized levels of skills that are responsive to the changing needs of
the Somaliland community, families and individuals at an affordable cost
that accommodates all socioeconomic strategy of the people.
SLNMA
OBJECTIVES
To
facilitate the development of different levels of nurse training curriculums
relevant to the changing trends of community health needs and professional
performance.
Develop
and enforce the application of professional standards and quality control
measures by service delivery standards and quality control measures by
service delivery institutions, nurses, nurse training institutions and other
disciplines working in partnership with the nurses.
Design and implement a qualitative output oriented monitoring and evaluation
system for nursing education institutions and service delivery institutions
that is afoot with the changing trends in health care and nursing
education.
Advocate for the rights of the student nurse, staff nurse, nurse educators
and nurse-managers to ensure that they are protected and their needs are
met by employing institutions, gov’t and training institutions.institutions.
Design, implement and evaluate in-service-training and on-going education
programs in collaboration with the ministry of health to respond to
transient changing health needs and professional updating requirements.
