HIFA Blog: Month in Review, April 2019 - Traditional birth attendants

21 June, 2019

Quote of the month: “To mandate only skilled persons to take deliveries in a world with severe shortage of human resource in health, puts pregnant women at more risk during delivery”. (HIFA Steering Group member Joseph Ana, Africa Centre for Clinical Governance Research and Patient Safety, Nigeria)

LSE Health

'LSE Health’s mission is to advance, disseminate and sustain knowledge and understanding through the conduct of research, teaching and scholarship at the highest international standards, for the benefit of the health policy community worldwide.'

Location

London

United Kingdom

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Institute of Applied Health Research, Birmingham UK

'The Institute of Applied Health Research targets health burdens and inequalities across the lifespan locally and globally through two broad themes: population health and primary care research; healthcare evaluation and methodology'

Location

Birmingham

United Kingdom

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Catherine

Enku

Wake Forest University Department of Anthropology

'The Wake Forest University Department of Anthropology promotes understanding and appreciation of human cultural and biological diversity. Through academic courses, scholarly and applied research, and public service, the Department provides the Wake Forest community with the tools and knowledge necessary for global citizenship.

Location

Winston-Salem

United States

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Carolina

Didier Demassosso represents HIFA at the Pan-African Health Conference, Yaounde, Cameroon, 8-10 April 2019

17 May, 2019

HIFA Country Representative Didier Demassosso (a former winner of CR of the Year) helped to organise, facilitate and present at the Pan-African Health Conference in Yaoundé, Cameroon: Addressing health challenges of rural and marginalized African communities.

Didier focused his presentation on HIFA and the role that accessing and making available health information has in empowering populations everywhere and especially in rural areas to have good health. 25 participants decided to become HIFA members and are now participating on the HIFA-English and HIFA-French forums.