Midwifery education and practice in Mongolia

As two experienced community midwives working in a midwifery-led unit in rural Oxfordshire within the NHS, we obtained sponsorship to visit maternity care facilities in rural Mongolia. The first visit took place in April 2008, and from that we gained insight into the strengths and limitations of current practice, and learnt about the training and development for midwives. Following a second visit we identified a small education project that we felt would offer more opportunities for midwifery in Mongolia and our third visit set out to determine whether this would be feasible and if it would be welcomed by the midwives there.