![]() EVEN though midwifery is a female-dominated profession, Clinton Danny Saupere decided to become a midwife after seeing his sister-in-law’s untimely death following childbirth. Saupere is an awardee of the Australia Awards PNG scholarship and a native of Hauna village in East Sepik’s Ambunti Dreikikier. Through the scholarship programme, Saupere graduated with a bachelor of midwifery from the University of Goroka in 2022. He is now working as an educator at Tinsley community health worker training school in Mt Hagen. “Because the school was in dire need of a midwife to teach obstetrics and gynaecology and didn’t have one, I took this as an opportunity to replicate the knowledge and skills that I had been taught,” he said. Saupere said that it was important to equip community health workers (CHWs) with vast knowledge about maternal health and skills to serve in the remote parts of the country. “These were the group of health workers who would be serving the rural and disadvantaged majority where the maternal mortality rate was high compared to the urban centers,” he said.
Saupere believed that this approach would have a tremendous impact on the reduction of the maternal mortality rate in the country. The lack of textbooks and other necessary learning resources for students’ learning was not a big challenge for Saupere. “I am teaching evidence-based lessons using the midwifery textbooks presented to me by the Australia Awards PNG,” he said. “I want my students to serve with vast knowledge and skills while attending to maternal cases.” Saupere educates students on various topics, including management of common diseases of the reproductive system, management of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) using a syndromic approach (useful when equipment and training were limited), management of obstetric emergencies and maternal care. “Seeing the performances of my students being appraised by midwives at their placement site, whether labour ward or antenatal clinic, was rewarding to me as this reflected what was taught in the classroom,” he said proudly. For Saupere, the scholarship programme and the opportunity to train many midwives in PNG was a terrific blessing in disguise. “Without the scholarship, I would not be sharing this experience today,” Saupere explained. Saupere recommended the scholarship to those who wanted to study midwifery. He added that it also had long-term benefits such as ongoing integrated workshops for refreshing skills in the particular field of study and also being a member of the PNG-Australia awards alumni association was also a privilege. Australian Awards in PNG Scholarships is open now : APPLY Here The National / PNG Education news Also read Comments are closed.
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