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up skilled birth attendance‖. These <strong>and</strong> other elements are <strong>in</strong>cluded <strong>in</strong> the figure 32 below.<br />
There are similarities with the UNFPA ICM model (2006) <strong>for</strong> scal<strong>in</strong>g up community<br />
midwives with an emphasis on the pert<strong>in</strong>ent HR aspects of certification, supervision, clear<br />
responsibilities <strong>and</strong> realistic workload. Community participation <strong>and</strong> engagement contribute<br />
to the enabl<strong>in</strong>g environment which is further supported by political <strong>and</strong> economic re<strong>for</strong>m<br />
brought about by resource mobilisation <strong>and</strong> effective management <strong>and</strong> leadership. On-go<strong>in</strong>g<br />
monitor<strong>in</strong>g <strong>and</strong> evaluation facilitates the modification of programmes to suit the chang<strong>in</strong>g<br />
environment contribut<strong>in</strong>g to the susta<strong>in</strong>ability of <strong>in</strong>terventions. Indonesia‘s experience shows<br />
that <strong>HRH</strong> ef<strong>for</strong>ts must be coord<strong>in</strong>ated with an efficient health <strong>in</strong><strong>for</strong>mation system, f<strong>in</strong>ancial<br />
commitment, the appropriate supply of medical products, vacc<strong>in</strong>es <strong>and</strong> technologies, quality<br />
service delivery <strong>and</strong> leadership <strong>and</strong> governance. Shankar emphasises a systems top down <strong>and</strong><br />
bottom up approach. This highlights the need <strong>for</strong> support from the exist<strong>in</strong>g health system <strong>in</strong><br />
order to accommodate expansion that ensures quality as well as equity.<br />
Figure 33 Essential elements <strong>and</strong> monitor<strong>in</strong>g po<strong>in</strong>ts <strong>for</strong> scal<strong>in</strong>g up skilled birth attendance<br />
Clear<br />
scope of<br />
practice<br />
Political &<br />
economic<br />
commitment<br />
Community<br />
participation<br />
Certification<br />
Quality<br />
Tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g<br />
<strong>Health</strong> systems approach to<br />
Scal<strong>in</strong>g up <strong>HRH</strong> at<br />
community level <strong>in</strong> MNRH<br />
Realistic<br />
workload<br />
Supervision<br />
Monitor<strong>in</strong>g<br />
&<br />
evaluation<br />
system<br />
Stewardship,<br />
resource<br />
mobilisation<br />
&<br />
management<br />
Adapted from (Shankar, Sebayang et al. 2008) <strong>and</strong> (UNFPA ICM WHO 2006)<br />
Midwife deployment at community or facility level?<br />
Kobl<strong>in</strong>sky et al have undertaken modell<strong>in</strong>g to <strong>in</strong>vestigate the most efficient approach to the<br />
deployment of SBAs (2006). Six scale up options were <strong>in</strong>vestigated <strong>and</strong> are outl<strong>in</strong>ed at figure<br />
15. The results suggest that teams of midwives <strong>and</strong> midwife assistants work<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> facilities<br />
would be a more efficient means of rapidly <strong>in</strong>creas<strong>in</strong>g coverage rather than solo providers<br />
work<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> homes with assistants. They propose that this team approach will <strong>in</strong>crease<br />
coverage by up to 40% by 2015. The paper argues that this can be a cost effective approach<br />
when case loads are high at the health centre level mak<strong>in</strong>g it a less expensive option than<br />
home based births <strong>and</strong> normal delivery at hospital. This scale up would require <strong>in</strong>vestment <strong>in</strong><br />
health centres <strong>and</strong> probably <strong>in</strong>volve the move of midwifery staff from community to facility<br />
level. However a study <strong>in</strong> Matlab, Bangladesh, has provided evidence favour<strong>in</strong>g a<br />
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