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LAOS - Embedded health care professionals in partner provinces
The Health and nutrition programme, a collaborative effort between the Governments of Luxembourg and the Lao PDR, is dedicated to enhancing access to quality healthcare services across the Lao PDR. A crucial component of this initiative involves embedding highly skilled health care professionals within provincial health systems. These professionals focus on capacity building, technical assistance, and infrastructure development to improve health care services and patient outcomes.
Senior nurse trainer advisors
A team of senior nurse trainer advisors is strategically placed in four provincial hospitals: Bokeo, Vientiane, Bolikhamxay, and Khammouane. These dedicated professionals bring a wealth of experience and diverse skill sets to their roles, working to improve nursing care standards throughout the programme’s partner provinces.
International nurse trainers play a multifaceted role in continuous medical education at the provincial hospital level. By building sustainable capacities and training clinical educators, they create a long-term impact by ensuring these educators can serve as trainers for health professionals at district hospitals and health centers. Furthermore, senior nurse trainer advisors actively mentor nurses in all clinical areas, conduct essential supervision visits to district hospitals, and actively support the implementation of the national 5 Goods, 1 Satisfaction (5G1S) Quality Improvement framework. This framework, encompassing five key areas – Cleanliness, Reception, Comfort/Convenience, Diagnosis, and Treatment – aims to enhance the overall patient-experience.
Working in close collaboration with the programme's Quality Healthcare Advisor, the senior nurse trainer advisors receive expert guidance on raising clinical standards within the healthcare system. Beyond the 5G1S framework, the team actively coordinates Infection Prevention and Control initiatives and effectively utilises the Kaizen methodology (Sort, Set-up and Order, Shine, Standardise, Sustain) to optimise processes, enhance efficiency, and minimise waste.
Senior midwife trainer advisors
Three senior midwife zrainer advisors are currently working in the Provincial Hospitals of Bolikhamxay, Khammouane, and Vientiane Province, with Bokeo soon to follow. These advisors bring extensive experience in improving Maternal and Child Health outcomes.
Their responsibilities include long-term mentoring and coaching of nurses and midwives, providing bedside teaching in areas such as antenatal care, vaccinations, the delivery room, and Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. They focus on consistently improving and maintaining clinical standards, building upon the work of previous Lao-Luxembourg Health sector support programmes.
Impact and outcomes
The embedded teams of senior nurse trainer advisors and senior midwife trainer advisors are having a significant impact on the quality of healthcare in partner provinces. Through their mentorship, training, and direct support of healthcare professionals, they are strengthening local capacity and promoting sustainable improvements in clinical practice. This includes enhancing infection prevention and control measures, improving patient care pathways, and implementing evidence-based best practices in maternal and child health. These efforts contribute to better patient outcomes, increased staff competency, and a more robust and resilient healthcare system overall. The focus on cascading knowledge and training to district level facilities ensures a wider impact on the quality of healthcare services across the provinces, including at the district level.
The combined skills, energy, and unwavering enthusiasm of both the senior nurse trainer advisors and senior midwife trainer advisors are invaluable assets to the Health and nutrition programme. Their dedication to excellence is driving significant improvements in healthcare standards across the target provinces, ultimately benefiting the Lao people.
The Health and nutrition programme is financed by the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the Lao PDR and jointly implemented by the Ministry of Health and LuxDev, the Luxembourg Development Cooperation Agency.
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