Abstract:
Male partners would tend to isolate themselves when it reaches a time when a
woman is in the perinatal period. With men incorporated Meteitei region
showcased that the death of another mother neonate or child was one too
many, and was not excusable. Ultimately it should be possible to eliminate
mother to child transmission of HIV. Method: This study employed advocacy
approach. It is cognizant of the fact that the founder of modern nursing Florence Nightingale part of her success was related to advocacy and activism. In
advocacy, the nurse leader should anticipate some controversies, and be ready
to make rebuttals. It makes a case for male involvement in Maternal and
Neonatal Child Health (MNCH) and also covers some contentious issues on
the same as counter arguments in point forms and text boxes. The policy issue
was a way of possibly scaling up the success story of Meteitei region Nandi
County’s Chama cha Wazee male champions to the national level. Outcomes:
This compilation was a modification to a policy issue entitled: Proposed Policy on Involvement of Men in Maternal and Neonatal Child Health which was
submitted to The Senate alongside others in response to a requirement of
public hearings. Hopefully, its due merits were considered. Advocacy tools
like policy issue have an invaluable place in the future-now health care in
nursing and midwifery.
