WHO provides support to the government for the coordination of a CCU to assist them in rolling out the midwifery initiative to establish midwife-led care in India. The CCU works in close coordination with the Joint Secretary, Reproductive & Child Health (RCH) and Joint Commissioner, Maternal Health (MH), MoHFW, GoI and under the direct guidance and direction of the WHO Country Office for India. The CCU assists and provides coordination support on normative work (preparation of guidelines, SOPs, training materials, etc.) for operationalisation of midwifery initiative, coordination and communication with national and state midwifery training institutes to implement midwifery care, and supports in planning and coordination of NPM and NPM Educators trainings.
Under this assignment, we were responsible for positioning highly skilled technical professionals to Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India to strengthen the capacities of the Central Coordination Unit for the implementation of midwifery interventions.
