Midwife-Led Community Transformation (Milcot) Nursing Now Challenge in Uganda

Summary This paper describes the journey of a young African midwife utilising the Nursing Now Nightingale Challenge framework to undertake a gap analysis and a mapping exercise to provide high-quality continuous professional development education for midwives working in isolation in a deprived suburb in Uganda. The project was completed in three stages: Stage one mapped out the services available within Nansana, Uganda Stage two identified the gaps in education for midwives and nurses within the area Stage three developed and offered educational study days for nurses, midwives and adolescents based on the gap analysis