Empowering midwives through research in Africa – LAMRN Tanzania
Research Capacity building among midwives on evidence based practices follows a series of 4 workshops as efforts to create a critical mass of midwives researchers in Africa.
This second workshop was conducted to 17 midwives from clinical and health training settings at Peacock Hotel Dar es Salaam Tanzania from 27th -29th January 2014. Participants were derived from Southern, Eastern, North Eastern, Southern Highlands and Northern regions of Tanzania.

Front row from left:
G. Mangosongo; F. Khatau, Dr T. Nyamhanga; B. Mwansasu; H. Lymo; and E. Kilimba.
Second row from left:
M. Mmuni; B.Nkwela; L. Nkolea; E. Swai; M. Bakari; A. Mlowola; C. Bedwel; D. Bagenda; D. Kashaija and M. Hojaji
Last row from left (The 3 midwives)
Margareth Kimweri ; Evance Libaba and Saturine Manangwa
The workshop was delivered Dr Rose Mjawa Laisser and Dr. Tumaini Nyamhanga with great support from a UK Mentor Carol Bedwell.
Participants acknowledged the timely need for evidence based midwifery practices where Maternal Mortality Rate (MMR) in Tanzania is still high.