RESEARCH

We research maternal, reproductive and child health problems, and generate new knowledge:

  • Investigating the determinants of sexual and reproductive health

  • Describing the epidemiology of maternal, neonatal and child morbidity and mortality

  • Conducting research on specific interventions and services to improve health and health care

  • Researching health policy and system issues, including the costing and financing of programmes

  • Developing and promoting methods for monitoring and evaluating progress achieved by health programmes

Researchers are involved in several multi partner research programmes including:


The IDEAS (Informed Decisions for Action) project involves a series of innovative maternal and newborn implementation projects in North-Eastern Nigeria, Uttar Pradesh in India, and Ethiopia. The project works to guide future maternal and newborn health programmes. Project description

Evidence for Action (E4A) is a five year programme which aims to improve maternal and newborn survival in six sub-Saharan countries. Funded by the UK Department for International Development, it focuses on using better information and improved advocacy and accountability to save lives in Ethiopia, Ghana, Malawi, Nigeria, Sierra Leone and Tanzania.

The WOMAN Trial aims to determine the effect of the early administration of tranexamic acid on mortality, hysterectomy and other morbidities in women with clinically diagnosed postpartum haemorrhage.

FEMHealth is a three-year project, launched in January 2011, to develop tools, evidence and new evidence-sharing approaches to improve financial access to obstetric care. The project will follow the implementation of national policies to reduce financial barriers to maternal healthcare in Burkina Faso, Benin, Mali and Morocco.

Audobem

Audobem studies the effectiveness of facility-based audits to improve the responsiveness of West African district hospitals to obstetric emergencies

COUNTRIES AND COLLABORATORS

FEATURED PROJECT

HPV in Africa Research Partnership

The HARP ('HPV in Africa Research Partnership') Consortium, which is an EU FP7 funded project, is designed to provide a better evidence base to guide future cervical cancer screening programmes for women living with HIV in Africa.