The Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria has come out with clear term as its not in support of weeding examination in Nursing and Midwifery training institutions in Nigeria. The Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria advised the institutions not to admit beyond its quota. The three months examination popularly known as PTS Examination, is done to weed away the so-called "weak students". Its common in schools of nursing and schools of Midwifery. Its a culture that has been practiced for over decades. Its also a control technique to abide with the quota of expected number of students awarded by NMCN. The Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria received was petitioned, it was verified and conducted investigation into such practices and found it to be true. Hence, NMCN condemned such process clearly as stated below: Subsequently, the Board of the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria as its 51st General Meeting held from 18th - 19th December, 2019 has approved t

The quality of the nursing profession has been stepped upon, the values of nursing has been put into questioning, I won’t forget those day’s when we were applying to study nursing science, the joy was indeed enormous, when we got admitted into the university to study nursing, friends could ask you what course are you studying? You would say it without hesitation, nursing science; Relations would ask you what course are you studying? You would say it proudly, I am studying nursing science, these are all because of the prestige, the values, the reputation, and respect that is attached to anyone that is either going to study nursing or who is already a nurse. The society carry nurses with high esteem, parents also gives respect and value their children who is a nurse or in the university studying nursing,  your friends also will respect and carry you differently because it is believed that nurses has a strong code of conducts and are of  a good behavior. But what now has been the fut

Nigeria - Greetings from the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria(NMCN ). As we will be celebrating 2020 Year of the Nurse and Midwife, we are excited as *NMCN* to inform you that we will be soon launching our new Free Continuing Professional Development (CPD) online platform and Mobile Application with access to Free CPD courses. Many well known and globally respected educators such as The Royal College of Nursing and Royal College of Midwives are making their content available for Free in Africa for the 1st time. We request that all NMCN Nurses and Midwives Pre-Register on the system before Pre-Registration closes on **Friday 17th January 2020.** This will assist you in meeting the required CPD points prior to the renewal of your practicing license. You can share the link with other members. https://engagement.wcea.education/nmcn?source_code=PRC1 Yours Sincerely, Faruk Umar Abubakar Secretary-General/Registrar

Continent:   West Africa Country:   Mali Capital:  Bamako Population: 17,995,000  (2016) Official Language:  French                          Image: fr.freepik.com Profile:  The  Republic of Mali  is a  country  of  West Africa  , bordering the  Mauritania  in the west of  Algeria  to the north-east,  Niger  to the east,  Burkina Faso  and  Côte d'Ivoire  to the south-southwest,  Guinea  to the southwest and  Senegal  to the west-southwest. Former  French colony  of  French Sudan  , Mali became independent   September  22  ,  1960 , after the breakdown of the  federation of Mali  regrouping Senegal and the  Sudanese Republic  .  Its motto is  "a people, a goal, a faith"  and its flag is made up of three vertical bands green, yellow and red. Its capital is  Bamako  , whose urban area has 2.529 million inhabitants in 2019 Health Indices T otal population (2016)              17,995,000 Gross national income per capita (PPP international $, 2013)   

Africa- The College of Surgeons of East, Central and Southern Africa (COSECSA) recently graduated  more than 100 surgeons. The College is an amalgamation among the 3 Regions of Africa Continent - East Africa, Central Africa and Southern Africa. Ugandan President, His Excellency, Yoweri Museveni graced the 20th anniversary of the college of surgeons of east, central and southern Africa. The graduates who were conferred with Fellowships spanned across 21 Countries of Africa. In her congratulatory message, the Health Minister of Uganda, Dr Jane Ruth Aceng, congratulates the newly inducted Fellow of COSECSA from Uganda. She further appreciated the 3 women who successfully completed the program. She also expressed her gratitude to the government of Ireland for the support. Out of these newly graduated fellows, 19 are from Uganda, and 3 of these are women. Congratulations to the new fellows and I wish you the best.  I urge more health workers in Uganda to take up surgery as we nee