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ALERT

Action Leveraging Evidence to Reduce Perinatal Mortality and Morbidity in Sub-Saharan Africa

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Soha El Halabi’s halftime review at Karolinska Institutet

Soha El Halabi is a PhD student in the ALERT project at Karolinska Institutet, Sweden. Yesterday she had a successful halftime review where she presented her PhD project, what she […]

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Doctoral studies

21 August, 2023

ALERT: Perspectives from a Global Health masterstudent

My name is Alice Stockart and as a newly graduated medical doctor from Belgium, I decided to complete my formation with a master’s in global health. Last semester, I had […]

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11 July, 2023

Midwifery care providers’ childbirth and immediate newborn care competencies: a cross-sectional study in Benin, Malawi, Tanzania and Uganda

Evidence-based quality care is essential for reducing sub-Saharan Africa’s high burden of maternal and newborn mortality and morbidity. Provision of quality care results from interaction between several components of the […]

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New research

20 June, 2023

Bridging Theory and Practice in Global Health Education: Lessons from a Quality Improvement Project in Uganda

by Greta Handing With dreams of expanding access to surgery in low-resource settings, I enrolled in a global health master’s program at Karolinska Institutet. My classmates and I, representing over […]

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16 June, 2023

How might we co-design locally tailored recommendations for stillbirth care?

María del Rosario Alsina is a newly registered PhD student in the ALERT project. We compliment Rosario on introducing her doctoral project entitled “CONSOLE: CO-designed recommendatioNS fOr stiLlbirth carE – […]

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Doctoral studies

4 May, 2023

Lessons learned from assessing health facilities with a focus on maternal and child health and using systems thinking in four Sub-Saharan African countries.

How many maternal deaths does a region generate to have 100.000 live-births? The answer to that question reflects inequalities in access to quality health services. According to UN inter-agency estimates […]

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New research

28 April, 2023

Phillip’s half-time with the ALERT team

Phillip Wanduru is a PhD student in the ALERT project. We congratulate Phillip on presenting his work to his supervisors and his PhD board during the so-called half-time review last […]

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Doctoral studies

13 April, 2023

Days for midwifery: Competency-based trainings at the CERRHUD

Over the past few weeks, the CERRHUD has effectively delivered two rounds of competency-based training (CBT) sessions with the midwives of the National Univiersity Hospital Center (CNHU), in Cotonou. The […]

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27 March, 2023

Meeting with Master and PhD students

Our recent meeting with Master and PhD students conducting their educational research in collaboration with ALERT team. Are you curious about their working topics? Find out more here!

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23 February, 2023