Bibliographic information
GuidelineWHO recommendations: optimizing health worker roles to improve access to key maternal and newborn health interventions through task shifting
Year of Publication2012
Issuing InstitutionWHO
Recommendation
New
NURSES deliver a maintenance dose of magnesium sulphate to prevent eclampsia and refer to a higher facility. We recommend against this option
Not recommended
Notes and Remarks
Planners need to consider a number of issues when shifting tasks from one health worker cadre to another. These include the distribution of roles among cadres, regulatory issues, stakeholder involvement, training and supervision, systems for referral, supply chains, and possible changes to payments or other incentives