Joint Annual Performance Review 2007 - Ministry of Health

Midwifery in Cambodia (1)
• Midwifery training was reintroduced across the
country in the early 1980’s. This followed the
decimation of the health workforce during the
Khmer Rouge period.
• In the early period of reintroduction of midwifery
training, there were two basic training
programmes. One programme delivered
qualifications to become a primary level midwife,
the other a secondary level midwife.
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Midwifery in Cambodia (2)
• In 1996, both the primary and secondary midwifery
courses were stopped and the new post-basic
midwifery programme was eventually introduced in
2002. The new post basic-nursing midwifery
curriculum is one year, following three-years
preparation as a nurse, therefore making total
length of training four years in duration. This
programme, commonly known as the 3+1
programme, saw the first midwifery graduates
enter into service in 2003. Graduates exiting from
this programme obtain a Diploma in Midwifery and
may enter the civil service against the post of
Secondary Midwife (SMW).
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