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Honoring the Pillars of Midwifery: Ms. Mahmooda Khwaja's Remarkable Leadership

      By: Shabir Hussain While many of our nursing leaders are being honored on IND and while the IDM celebrations are still at full swings, I feel compelled to speak out this dimension as well. ➡️ If any single Midwifery institute is singled out in Metropolis Karachi, in the Sindh province and even across Pakistan that has not only maintained the classic infrastructure, discipline and compassion of Nightingale Era (During British Rule in Indo-Pak Subcontinent) and integrating global advancements with changing times _in par excellence_ it is one and only the Cowasjee MW School Lady @ Dufferin Hospital, Karachi. And ➡️if I am asked to name the single professional behind this impeccable success story ? No doubt it is Ms. Mahmooda Khwaja, the ```towering Principal```of CMW School, I would witness. Having observed both Ms.Khwaja and her CMW -LDH for more than a decade, I often percieve her as the true _heir apparent_ of _national Midwifery Icon of global stature_ Apa Imtiaz...

From Gaza to Sindh: How Midwives Are Leading in Every Crisis

By: Shabir Hussain Jhatial The International Day of Midwives (IDM) revitalized in Pakistan with Minister Health Sindh Dr. Azra Fazal invited in her office the Midwifery Association of Pakistan President of Dr. Rafat Jan along with colleagues for IDM Cake Cutting Ceremony. Before the ceremony started, Dr. Rafat thanked Minister Health for her encouragement and briefed the Minister Dr. Azra Fazal about International Confederation of Midwives (ICM) 2025 year theme, " Midwives: Critical in Every Crisis" underpinning midwives role in Gaza-Israel and Russia -Ukraine Wars where thousands of mothers are in need of midwifery help as well.  The Minister Health f lauded the efforts of health providers in Sindh and beyond particularly the women's workforce of midwifery and nursing. She advised MAP president of revitalizing midwifery workforce with emergency skills should critical crises erupt in Pakistan. She said all health workers must equip themselves to combat worsening situa...

پاکستان میں تاریخ رقم: مڈوائفس الائنس آف ایشیا کی پہلی تاریخی میٹنگ کی میزبانی پاکستان میں

از شبیر حسین جھتیال  مڈوائفس الائنس آف ایشیا (MAA) نے اپنی پہلی اسٹریٹیجک ڈائریکشنز میٹنگ اسلام آباد میں منعقد کی، جس کی میزبانی آغا خان یونیورسٹی اسکول آف نرسنگ اینڈ مڈوائفری (AKU-SONAM) اور مڈوائفری ایسوسی ایشن آف پاکستان (MAP) نے کی۔ ڈین AKU-SONAM ڈاکٹر سلیمہ والانی نے ابتدائی سیشن میں مہمان خصوصی کے طور پر خطاب کیا، جبکہ ڈاکٹر رفعت جان، ایسوسی ایٹ ڈین آؤٹ ریچ اینڈ پالیسی AKU-SONAM اور صدر MAP، نے اس جنوبی جنوبی تعاون کے اقدام کی تین روزہ مشاورتی سیشن کی قیادت کی۔ اس اسٹریٹیجک میٹنگ نے دس رکن ممالک کے مڈوائفری رہنماؤں کو اکٹھا کیا: افغانستان، بحرین، بنگلہ دیش، متحدہ عرب امارات، انڈونیشیا، اسلامی جمہوریہ ایران، نیپال، پاکستان، فلپائن، یمن، اور بحرین کی سپریم کونسل اور خلیج تعاون کونسل (GCC) کے نمائندے۔ اس کثیر القومی اقدام کا مقصد ایشیائی تناظر میں مڈوائفری کو فروغ دینا تھا، جس کے لیے رکن ممالک کے مڈوائفری رہنماؤں کے درمیان جنوبی جنوبی تعاون کو فروغ دیا گیا۔ اس ٹرینڈ سیٹنگ میٹنگ نے مڈوائفس الائنس آف ایشیا کی اسٹریٹیجک ڈائریکشنز کا ابتدائی مسودہ تیار کیا، جس میں مذکورہ ممالک کے مڈ...

Asia's First Strategic Meeting Makes History: Midwifery Leaders Unite in Islamabad

By Shabbir Hussain Jhatial The Midwives Alliance of Asia (MAA)  holds its first-ever Strategic Directions Meeting in Islamabad under hosting of Aga Khan University School of Nursing & Midwifery (AKU-SONAM) and Midwifery Association of Pakistan(MAP). Dean AKU-SONAM  Dr. Salimah Walani, spoke as Guest of Honor in preliminary session while  Dr. Rafat Jan, Associate Dean of Outreach & Policy at AKU-SONAM and President of the MAP , led this South to South  initiative  in three-day-long consultative session. This Strategic Meeting brought together midwifery leaders from ten member countries : the Afghanistan, Bahrain, Bangladesh,  UAE, Indonesia, Islamic Republic of Iran, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Yemen and a representative from Bahrain's Supreme Council and GCC countries of Middle East. The goal of the multi-national initiative was aimed to advance Midwifery across the Asian  context by fostering South to South collaboration among member states'...

Midwifery Leaders Working Group @ Karachi

Midwifery Leaders Working Group @ Karachi.  A high power working group of Midwifery Leaders of Pakistan led by Midwifery Association of Pakistan (MAP) President Ms Arusa Lakhani, Dr Raf'at Jan-   Global Nurse/MidwiferyLeader & Ex-President PNC met in Karachi along with Sindh Chapters of MAP to chalk out Legislation and other strategies to boost up Midwifery in Pakistan as major factor to control alarming IMRs & MMRs in the country. The Midwifery Moot invited the Director Nursing Sindh to get acquainted with  Midwifery related latest developments, trends and issues in Pakistan and his support to assist the MAP from Sindh Government side. The Director informed the group that Health Department Sindh Government's Minister Muhtarima Azra Fazal Pechuho & Add Chief Secretary Health Dr Muhammad Usman Chachar's policy of supporting Nursing & Midwifery sectors in every possible way under their ambit and beyond. The Leaders were impressed by the Government's pol...

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New Nursing MCQ App Made for Pakistan's HEC Syllabus - Free Daily Practice (BSN, Post-RN & MSN)

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Internship Guidelines 2021 by Pakistan Nursing and Midwifery Council

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What is the Nurse-Patient Ratio According to Pakistan Nursing Council?

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Empowering Nurses in Pakistan: PNMC Act 2023 Reviewed by Experts

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