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MOMI Newsletter
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MOMI STARTS TO RUN... its second project year
MDG 4 GOAL Reduce by two thirds, between 1990 and 2015, the mortality rate of children under five MDG 5 GOAL: To reduce by three quarters, between 1990 and 2015, the maternal mortal‐
ity ratio and achieve by 2015, Univer‐
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Presenting, MOMI
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FMUP team, Portugal
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IRSS team, Burkina
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ICRH team, Kenya
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MOMI in the picture
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MOMI Contact Information
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The MOMI project started its second project year with a Project Management team meeting in Ouagadougou. Our consortium partner in Burkina Faso, IRSS, organised the meeting from February 21 till 24, 2012. After the opening ceremony with main stakeholders from the Ministry of Research and Innovation, the Ministry of Health, international development agencies and staff from the organising partner IRSS, the MOMI team conversed during three days about each of the ten work packages which form the five‐year research project. The core research work packages which are currently being conducted are the critical review of maternal; newborn and child health (MNCH) policies in the four study countries (work package 2, led by UCL) and Fron left to right: Danielle Belemsaga (IRSS), Sue Mann (UCL), Sofia Lopes (FMUP), Nafissa
Osman (UEM), Bejoy Nambiar (UCL), Gibson Masache (PACHI), Wendyam Charles Kabore (IRSS),
the detailed situation analysis of MNCH Seni Kouanda (IRSS), Irene Jao (ICRHK), Beatrice Crahay (ICRHM), Severiano Foia (UEM), Kishor
services and care at the four study sites Mandaliya (ICRHK), Els Duysburgh (ICRH), Tim Colbourn (UCL), Christine Katingima (ICRHK),
Henrique Barros (FMUP), Birgit Kerstens (ICRH).
(work package 3, led by FMUP). This implies that the local teams are at present collecting and analysing data that will inform the MOMI project about the current MNCH policies and services and that will feed into the future work packages which will determine, implement and evaluate an optimum package of postpartum interventions in the four study sites. Despite some delays in certain project activities at the start of the project, the project progresses well and the deadlines for the first year deliverables and milestones have been met. The meeting ended in a positive spirit and encouraged all team members to continue working towards a tangible project outcome with a significant effect in the postpartum health care for mothers and their newborns in Africa. After the three days' meeting, a one‐day field trip was organised by IRSS to Kaya district, the MOMI study site in Burkina Faso. Meetings were programmed with the chief medical officer from Kaya district, IRSS staff involved in the surveillance site KADESS, the medical doctor and nurses at an urban Centre de Santé et de Promotion Sociale and the gynaecologist at the Centre Hôpitalier Régional in Kaya. The field trip certainly contributed to a better understanding of the work of IRSS and KADESS, and MOMI partners meeting with the chief medical officer of
of the specificities of the study site that is selected Kaya district
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Presenting, MOMI consortium partners
The MOMI project is implemented by a consortium of eight research institutions: the International Centre for Reproductive Health (ICRH) of Ghent University in Belgium is the overall research coordinator (introduced in the previous issue) and the other consortium partners are: 1. Institut de Recherche en Sciences de la Santé (IRSS) in Burkina Faso, 2. International Centre for Reproductive Health (ICRHK) in Kenya 3. Parent and Child Initiative of the Kamuzu Central Hospital and Ministry of Health (PACHI) in Malawi 4. International Centre for Reproductive Health (ICRHM) in Mozambique 5. Eduardo Mondlane University (UEM) in Mozambique 6. Medical Faculty of the University of Porto (FMUP) in Portugal 7. University College of London (UCL) in the United Kingdom. In the first newsletter we presented the staff at ICRH Belgium. In this issue we present the teams from Portugal, Burkina Faso and Kenya. The other teams will be presented in the next newsletter. FMUP team, Portugal
“Every year, more than 1 million children are left motherless. Children who
have lost their mothers are up to 10 times more likely to die prematurely
than those who have not.”
The Millennium Development Goals Report 2010, WHO
Henrique Barros (MD, PhD) President of the Institute of Public Health, University of Porto (since 2007) and Head of the Department of Epidemiology, University of Porto Medical School (since 1992); Full Professor in Epidemiology, University of Porto Medical School, Portugal (since 2000); National Coordinator of the HIV/AIDS Infection, Portuguese Ministry of Health, Lisbon, Portugal (2005‐11); Research Fellow, Medical Department, University Hospital of Lund, Sweden (1988‐9). Associate Editor of the From left to right: Henrique Barros, Teresa Rodriguez and Sofia European Journal of Epidemiology, Member of Editorial Board of BMC C. Lopes
Public Health and Cadernos de SaúdePública, Editor of Arquivos de Medicina; Member of the Health Sciences Scientific Committee of the Science and Technology Foundation. He is the Coordinator of the PhD program in Public Health, the Master Program in Public Health and the Master Program in Sociology and Health. Research interests: epidemiology, mainly perinatal health, infectious diseases, cardiovascular diseases and cancer. Teresa Rodrigues (MD, PhD) Sofia Castro Lopes (RN, MSc) A researcher and a professor in epidemiology at the Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Predictive Medicine and Public Health at the Medical School of the University of Porto, where she has been working since 1992. She is a gynaecologist and obstetrician at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology of Hospital S. João, Porto (university hospital). Her research areas include low birth weight, preterm birth, foetal growth restriction, antenatal care and maternal and perinatal morbidity and mortality. MOMI project co‐investigator joined FMUP team in October 2011. She is a graduated nurse with a Master degree in International Health and experience in cooperation and development. Previously involved in projects in Nicaragua and Guinea‐Bissau, that included field and management work. Her main areas of interest are public health, global health, human resources for health and health systems. VOLUME
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IRSS team, Burkina Faso
Seni Kouanda (MD, PhD) Seni is head of the HIV/AIDS and Reproductive Health Unit and head of the Public Health Department of the University of Ouagadougou Medical School and he is site leader of KADESS. He has 10 years of experience in research in the field of infectious diseases (HIV/AIDS, TB), nutrition, and child and maternal health. Bado Aristide Romaric (Msc in Demography) Bado is the manager of the Kaya Demographic and Epidemiological Surveillance system (KADESS). He is a junior researcher who conducted several quantitative studies. From left to right: Charles Kabore, Danielle Belemsaga, Seni Kounda
Danielle Belemsaga (DDS, Msc in Health Economy). She has seven years experience in research study in economic evaluation in reproductive health areas and The risk of maternal will prepare her PhD thesis within the framework of the MOMI project. Charles Kaboré (MD, Msc in epidemiology). He is a junior researcher who has 4 years in research in the field of maternal and infant health. ICRH team, Kenya
Dr Kishor Mandaliya (MBchB FRCPath) mortality is highest for adolescent girls and increases with each pregnancy, yet progress on family planning has stalled and funding has not kept pace with demand. The Millennium Development Goals
From left to right: Kishor Mandaliya, Irene Jao, Christine Katingima
Dr Mandaliya is the current acting Director for Report 2010, WHO
Science and Research at ICRH Kenya. He holds a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery from the University of Nairobi and is also member and fellow of the Royal College of Pathologists. Prior to his current position, he served as the provincial pathologist for coast province for a period of 25 years. He has a longstanding research experience and is the main researcher in several research projects in reproductive health. Dr Christine Katingima (MBchB) Irene Jao (MCHD) Dr Katingima is a project physician and co‐researcher on a number of ICRHK projects. She has over 10 years experience in clinical research and intervention as well as monitoring and evaluation of HIV/STI clinical studies and programs. She was recently involved in the Kesho Bora study that informed the current WHO policy on PMTCT guidelines and microbicide related trials at ICRH Kenya. Christine is currently pursuing her masters in health systems management and her area of interest is health information systems and health economics. Irene is the MOMI project coordinator. She is a registered community health nurse with additional training in counselling psychology and holds a Masters Degree in Community Health and Development. Her experience in research spans about 9 years having joined ICRH in 2003, and she has been in project coordination for more than 4 years now. Her interest in reproductive health is in the maternal and child health area with research interest mainly in family planning. Irene is selected as one of the students who will prepare her PhD thesis within the framework of the MOMI project. PAGE
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MOMI in the picture...
Last May, in one week's time, the MOMI project was present at two sensitisation events in Belgium. The poster which briefly explains the two maternal health projects which ICRH Belgium is involved in (see picture 1) was set up: firstly at the Europe Day organised by the Province of East Flanders which attracted a broad audience; and secondly at the LuMiMa info market and quiz, organised by ICRH itself (see picture 3). This last event took place in the framework of the awareness raising days of the Belgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on MDGs 4 and 5. The LuMiMa event targeted mainly at the students and staff of the Ghent University but attracted people with various backgrounds, of course mainly related to sexual and reproductive health. One of the questions of the quiz was asked by Christine Katingima (ICRH Kenya) who introduced the MOMI project and enquired about the causes of maternal deaths. The winning team of the quiz (see picture 2) received air tickets to travel to Kenya and to visit ICRH Kenya. We hope that they will meet the MOMI team and stakeholders and give us feedback later this year. “The maternal
mortality rate is
declining only
slowly, even
though the vast
majority of deaths
are avoidable.”
Picture 1: Posters of ICRH research projects at LuMiMa
event on 10 May 2012
Picture 2: Winning team with airline ticket for Kenya,
congratulated by Sara and Julie (LuMiMa ladies)
UN MDG monitor website
Picture 3: Announcement (in Dutch) for LuMiMa event
The project aims to add to global knowledge about how postpartum services could be more effectively organized, both at facility and community level, to improve maternal and newborn health Contact information ICRH ‐ Ghent University De Pintelaan 185 P3 9000 Ghent Phone: +32 (0)9 332 35 64 Fax: +32 (0)9 332 38 67 http://www.momiproject.eu/ MOMI
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