Table 5.

Guidelines or standards used to design nursing and midwifery regulations in east, central and southern Africa

Country	Licensure examination	Scope of practice	Continuing professional development	Pre-service education accreditation
Botswana	N/A	ECSACON ICN ICM	Not yet decided	No response provided
Kenya	Ministry of Education Nursing and midwifery council	ECSACON ICN ICM	ICN ICM WHO	WHO
Lesotho	ECSACON ICN WHO	ECSACON ICN WHO	ECSACON ICN WHO	ECSACON ICN WHO
Malawi	ICN ICM Regional standards	ICN ICM Regional standards	ICM National standards	ICN Regional standards
Mauritius	N/A	ECSA ICN WHO	ECSA ICN	ICN
Mozambique	N/A	N/A	N/A	ICN National standards SANNAM WHO
Namibia	Nursing and midwifery council Training institutions	Nursing and midwifery council	Nursing and midwifery council Service providers	Nursing and midwifery council
Seychelles	N/A	International regulatory body	No response provided	N/A
Swaziland	N/A	ECSACON	ECSACON ICN	No response provided
Tanzania	N/A	ECSACON ICN	N/A	ICN
Uganda	Ministry of Education	Ministry of Health Nursing and midwifery council	Ministry of Health Nursing and midwifery council	Nursing and midwifery council
Zambia	N/A	Nurses and midwives act	Nursing and midwifery council	Nursing and midwifery council
Zimbabwe	N/A	ICN National standards	International guidelines National standards	International guidelines National standards

ECSACON, East, Central and Southern Africa College of Nursing; ICN, International Council of Nurses; ICM, International Confederation of Midwives; WHO, World Health Organization; SANNAM, South African Network of Nurses and Midwives.