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Gina Ishmael

Global maternal and newborn health platform

The Global Maternal and Newborn Health Platform aims to improve care given to mothers and newborn babies. It will do this by collecting data on the care provided to women as well as asking women about their experiences. This information will be used to work with governments and service providers to develop and implement ways to improve the quality of care offered to women.

Every woman's birth experience is unique. Ideally a hospital can provide childbirth and early newborn care that is safe and best meets the needs of women. This can be challenging, particularly when resources are limited.

The Global Maternal and Newborn Health Platform connects 74 hospitals and clinics in 10 low- and middle-income countries across Asia and the Pacific region. Eventually, we aim to include 60 countries around the world.

Burnet is the coordinating institution for this project in the Asia-Pacific region.

Visit the Global Maternal and Newborn Health Platform project website.

Data we will collect

We’re collecting data on more than 110,000 women and their newborns in 74 hospitals across the Asia-Pacific region. We’re asking more than 30,000 women about their care experiences during and after birth.

Hospitals are gathering data on the care provided to women and babies during and after childbirth, including:

how well World Health Organisation (WHO) recommended childbirth, delivery and early postnatal practices are followed
the health of mothers and newborns
how women feel about the care they receive
healthcare providers’ work and their opinions
facilities, medicines and equipment available in the hospitals
local health policies.

Project outcomes

This project will:

provide important information about childbirth and newborn care in hospitals
measure health outcomes that are important for global health goals including the Sustainable Development Goals
help raise awareness of and training in World Health Organisation guidelines
strengthen research skills at local and national levels.

Partners

Funding partners

World Health Organization
United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
Canada Aid, Canadian Government
Centre for Research Excellence on Stillbirth, Australia
National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC), Australia

Collaborators

University of Melbourne
Institute for Clinical Effectiveness and Health Policy

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Global maternal and newborn health platform

Data we will collect

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Main contact

Dr Fiona Bruinsma

Senior Research Fellow

Project team

Professor Joshua Vogel

Co-Program Director, Women’s, Children’s and Adolescents’ Health; Co-Head, Global Women’s and Newborn’s Health Group; Senior Principal Research Fellow

Dr Fiona Bruinsma

Senior Research Fellow

Professor Caroline Homer AO

Deputy Director – Gender Equity, Diversity & Inclusion; Co-Head, Global Women's and Newborn Health; Co-Head, Immunisation and Health Systems Strengthening

Dr Skandarupan Jayaratnam

Casual Senior Research Fellow

Long Nguyen

Data Manager

Dr Salahuddin Ahmed

Country Principal Investigator, Bangladesh

Projahnmo Research Foundation

Dr Litia Narube

Country Principal Investigator, Fiji

Fiji National University

Dr Detty Siti Nurdiati

Country Principal Investigator, Indonesia

Universitas Gadjah Mada

Dr Buyanjargal Yadamsuren

Country Principal Investigator, Mongolia

Mongolian Association of Family Medicine Specialists

Dr Sandesh Poudel

Country Principal Investigator, Nepal

Paropakar Maternity and Women's Hospital

Professor Glen Mola

Country Principal Investigator, Papua New Guinea

University of Papua New Guinea

Dr Leeanne Panisi

Country Principal Investigator, Solomon Islands

Solomon Islands National Referral Hospital

Professor Athula Kaluarachchi

Country Principal Investigator, Sri Lanka

University of Colombo

Professor Tippawan Liabsuetrakul

Country Principal Investigator, Thailand

Prince of Songkla University

Dr Milena Dos Santos

Country Principal Investigator, Timor-Leste

Guido Valadares National Hospital

Associate Professor Emily Karahalios

Collaborator

University of Melbourne

Dr Veronica Pigray

Collaborator

Institute for Clinical Effectiveness and Health Policy, Argentina

Dr Mabel Berrueta

Collaborator

Institute for Clinical Effectiveness and Health Policy, Argentina

Dr Rocío Rodríguez

Collaborator

Institute for Clinical Effectiveness and Health Policy, Argentina

Dr Milagros Oberti

Collaborator

Institute for Clinical Effectiveness and Health Policy, Argentina

Sandra Formia

Collaborator

Institute for Clinical Effectiveness and Health Policy, Argentina

Álvaro Ciganda

Collaborator

Institute for Clinical Effectiveness and Health Policy, Argentina

Dr Tina Lavin