Nurse Practitioner in Midwifery Program

Supporting the Government of India’s (GOI) Nurse Practitioners in Midwifery (NPM) program

Aastrika Foundation is supporting the Government of India’s (GOI)
Nurse Practitioners in Midwifery (NPM) program, launched in 2018.
The NPM program aims to build a cadre of professional midwives who can provide respectful, compassionate, high-quality, evidence-based, women-centric care, in a timely manner. The NPMs will practice at Midwifery Led Care Units (MLCUs) in high caseload health facilities across India.

It is envisioned that around 90,000 midwives will be trained and 8000 MLCUs will be set up in due course.

Our Role

Financial and technical assistance in managing and implementing the NMTI at Vanivilas hospital

The Program

Midwifery educators and midwives trained to international standards Cascade Training Model NMTIs and SMTIs across India

International Midwifery Educators (IMEs) will be training nurses at National Midwifery Training Institutes (NMTIs) to become midwifery educators

6 months of residential training at the NMTI + 12 months mentoring program at SMTIs across the states

The midwifery educators trained at the NMTI will train midwives at the State Midwifery Training Institutes (SMTIs)

12 months of theory and clinical practice under midwifery educators + 6 months of mentorship at the MLCUs (midwife-led care units).

The midwives will establish and practice at MLCUs

SMTIs will train midwives who will practice at MLCUs providing respectful, compassionate, high-quality, evidence-based, women-centric care, in a timely manner.

The NPM Program in Karnataka was inaugurated in January, 2023

The first batch of 27 NPM Educators have begun their training in January, 2023

The MLCU at Vanivilas, Bengaluru is operational for low-risk pregnant women

The trainee midwifery educators at the NMTI have received training through different andragogical approaches including simulations, role plays, and classroom trainings.

The first batch of midwifery educators completed their first 6 months of training at the NMTI in July 2023. An event was organised to share their experiences, challenges, and successes. They will now be receiving mentorship at their respective SMTIs

The first batch of midwifery educators completed their first 6 months of training at the NMTI in July 2023. An event was organised to share their experiences, challenges, and successes. They will now be receiving mentorship at their respective SMTIs.

Did you know?

The Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India (GOI), issued a press release in 2016 allowing birth companions for labouring women in public facilities