Global Healthcare Workforce
Healthcare Career Pathways
The EMMS International Healthcare Career Pathways address the acute shortage of health workers in Malawi, India and Nepal. This innovative programme focuses on developing the healthcare workforce across various professions, from auxiliary nurses and lab technicians to doctors and senior leaders.
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Unlike traditional scholarship schemes, the Healthcare Career Pathway addresses barriers to education by providing comprehensive support, including pre-course tuition, mentorship and a guaranteed job at the end. It ensures that marginalised girls not only embark on and complete their studies but also have guaranteed employment through our partner hospital which is closest to their home.​
Firstly, if it was not for EMMS International, I could not have been where I am today. You took me at the time I needed help most in my life. I was hopeless that I wouldn’t make it this far because my parents could not manage to provide the much-needed financial support to complete my studies. You took me and treated me as your own daughter by providing everything a student needed.
- Comfort, a Nurse Midwife Technician in Malawi and an alumna of EMMS-sponsored training.
Healthcare Careers through Duncan Futures
EMMS International is transforming healthcare at The Duncan Hospital, located in one of India’s poorest regions near Bihar and the Nepal border, by improving healthcare infrastructure, education, and services to serve vulnerable communities, including women, children, and those with chronic or infectious diseases.
The £4M Duncan Centenary Vision project is already underway, with the construction of a new College of Nursing, solar power installation, and the creation of healthcare career pathways for 30 local women and girls. Next, the £3.4M Duncan Futures and Beyond programme will expand support to additional rural hospitals, allowing us to mentor, and support academically talented but vulnerable women and girls in 8 communities, nurturing the next generation of female health professionals who will inspire change in their own right.
Andriya comes from a small town in Raxaul where child marriage is a common practice. This seemed to be the only option for her, as the breadwinner for her family. But Andriya joined EMMS International’s Healthcare Career Pathways to train to become an Auxilliary Nurse Midwife and she now works at The Duncan Hospital and lives with a hope for her future.
Andriya is a light in her community today and many young women are following her footsteps and daring to dream big .
- Dr Vandana Kanth, Healthcare Career Pathways, EMMS International