From June 2nd to June 5th, 2026, the Ifakara Health Institute (IHI), through the NEST360 project, held an intensive General Instructors Course in Dodoma. 

The training brought together 23 healthcare trainees and 9 expert facilitators, with the aim of building a sustainable pool of competent instructors capable of delivering high-quality healthcare training using standardized adult learning methodologies, simulation-based teaching, and competency-based assessment approaches.

The course also aimed to strengthen participants’ ability to train healthcare workers on the effective use of essential newborn care devices, as well as introduce Quality Improvement (QI) methodologies that can be implemented within healthcare facilities.

Participants were drawn from NEST360-supported facilities and included pediatricians and obstetricians, general medical doctors and Assistant Medical Officers (AMOs), nurses and neonatal nurse specialists, as well as biomedical engineers and technicians (BMEs/BMETs).