News 2019 – NIHR Stillbirth project
6th September 2019
NIHR Stillbirth project launches their new website!
The NIHR Stillbirth project has launched a brand new website dedicated to the work being carried out across all 6 LAMRN countries.
Please click here to get more in depth information on the good work being carried out by the NIHR Stillbirth project.
Regular blog posts will be uploaded to keep you up to date with the latest news and stories coming from the hard work of a dedicated team.
https://sites.manchester.ac.uk/stillbirth-prevention-africa/
15 July 2019
NIHR Stillbirth project Quarterly Newsletter – Issue n. 5
Available here
25-26 June 2019
3rd Advisory Board of the NIHR Global Health Research Group on Stillbirth
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10 April 2019
NIHR Stillbirth project Quarterly Newsletter – Issue n. 4
Available here
12 March 2019
NIHR Stillbirth project – Regional coordinator, Dr Sabina Wakasiaka, visited Malawi to support the implementation of the Audit of stillbirth action plan
The Regional coordinator (Dr Sabina Wakasiaka) visited both Blantyre and Lilongwe during the first week of March 2019 to support the Malawi Team Leader (Professor Angela Chimwaza) and Research Assistants (Chisomo Petross and Isabella Chisuse) in the development of the action plan interventions for the stillbirth audit.
The visit was an opportunity to present the results of the first audit to the health professionals (midwives, nurses and doctors) from the two audit sites (Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Blantyre and Bwaila Maternity Hospital, Lilongwe). The audit team together with clinicians identified recommendations for improvement relevant to the audit findings.
The Audit Action plan is in the process of being implemented into the clinical area of both sites. After the implementation of changes a second audit will be conducted 3 months later (June 2019).
22 February 2019
NIHR Stillbirth project – Meeting of work stream 2 – Preventing stillbirth through timely intrapartum care: an exploratory mixed-methods study – in Dar es Salaam from 19th to 21st Feb 2019
The UK team (Professor Dame Tina Lavender, Dr Carol Bedwell and Valentina Actis Danna) and the regional coordinator (Dr Sabina Wakasiaka) met with the Tanzania Lead (Dr Rose Laisser) and Research Assistants (Deborah Kimaro, Flora Kuzenza and Happyness Shayo) and the Zambian Team Leader (Chowa Tembo) and Research Assistants (Kutemba Lyangenda and Khuzuet Tuwele) in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania from 19th to 21st February 2019.
The aim of the meeting was to present the results of the case note review of 1,000 files collected between Aug 2018 and Feb 2019. It was also an opportunity to provide training to the Research Assistants regarding qualitative analysis of the semi-structured interviews with women following a stillbirth and various stakeholders. Both teams are looking forward to present the results at the annual meeting, due to happen in Uganda at the end of March 2019.
