Mother and Child Health | ICRH
universiteit gentInternational Centre For Reproductive Health
Improving sexual and reproductive heath trough research, training and adapted inventions
Violence, fear of childbirth and mode of delivery
The project aims to assess violence related factors that may influence pregnant women’s fear of childbirth and how this affects the mode of delivery, in order to improve antenatal care and maternity services.
Institutional University Cooperation with University Eduardo Mondlane
In the context of the University Development Cooperation, the Universidade Eduardo Mondlane (UEM), Mozambique, was selected as a partner institution of the VLIR-UDC-programme ‘Institutional University Cooperation’. The implementation of the Partner Programme with UEM (2008-2013) is coordinated by professor Marleen Temmerman. The programme is being implemented inter-university and has as central theme ‘Reproductive Health and HIV/AIDS’. It comprises, in this first phase, 8 projects. Five projects address a sub-theme of the central theme and 3 projects will strengthen capacity in specific areas.
CHIMACA: Structural Hinders to and Promoters of Good Maternal Care in Rural China
This study aims to search and test appropiate interventions to alleviate financial access to and quality of maternal care in the specific context of rural China. It will provide policymakers and managers with tools for effective actions for the improvement of maternal and infant health status of the rural poor.
Support for Integrated Maternal and Child Health and Nutrition Services in Tete Province, Mozambique
The project called ‘Support for Integrated Maternal and Child Health and Nutrition Services in Tete Province, Mozambique’ is funded by UNICEF, and implemented by ICRH Mozambique in collaboration with the Provincial Health Department in Tete Province, Mozambique. The overall objective of the project is to improve the provision of quality integrated maternal and child health and nutrition services in the province.