ReviewGlobalization and health2018
Stronger together: midwifery twinning between Tanzania and Canada.
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9 citing papers in PubMed.
- A twinning initiative between midwife associations in Ghana and Sweden -A process evaluation study.Global health action · 2025Article
- Role of health workers and representative health worker organisations in LMIC pharmaceutical policy: a scoping review protocol.BMJ open · 2025Article
- Health Alliances: a new way of working internationally.BMC health services research · 2025Article
- From MDGs experience to SDGs Actions: Insights from Tanzanian Nurses and Midwives.The East African health research journal · 2025Article
- Associations, unions and everything in between: contextualising the role of representative health worker organisations in policy.BMJ global health · 2023Review
- Assessing how global health partnerships function: an equity-informed critical interpretive synthesis.Globalization and health · 2021Review
- Health systems factors impacting the integration of midwifery: an evidence-informed framework on strengthening midwifery associations.BMJ global health · 2021Article
- A critical interpretive synthesis of the roles of midwives in health systems.Health research policy and systems · 2020Article
- Midwifery education, regulation and association in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) - current state and challenges.Global health action · 2020Article
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Abstract
This article describes a twinning relationship between the Canadian Association of Midwives (CAM) and the Tanzania Midwives Association (TAMA). It argues that the twinning relationship strengthened both associations. The article briefly reviews the existing literature on professional associations and association strengthening to demonstrate that professional associations are a vital tool for improving the performance of healthcare workers and increasing their capacity to contribute to national and international policy-making. It then suggests that midwifery associations are particularly significant given the frequent professional marginalization of midwives. The article then describes in depth the relationship between CAM and TAMA, highlighting the accomplishments of the twinned partners, and analyzing the factors that contributed to the success of the relationship. The findings demonstrate that twinning can successfully strengthen associations, increasing their ability to support their membership, care for the public, and shape national policy-making. The article therefore proposes twinning as a successful and cost-effective model for encouraging the growth of the midwifery profession.
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