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Activities<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n 2024<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Science<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Safe Motherhood Series is a collection of dissertations by members of ISM&RH, started in 1995 by Dr Jos van Roosmalen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A PhD is included in this collection if it meets the following recently defined criteria:<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Anouk Verschuuren<\/p>\n\n\n\n Maternity care for refugees and asylum seekers in the Netherlands <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n University Medical Centre Groningen, the Netherlands, 10 January 2024<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n Lisa Calhoun<\/p>\n\n\n\n Contraceptive use and method choice among young people in sub-Saharan Africa: Are we meeting their reproductive health needs?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n VU University Amsterdam, 5 February 2024<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n Gebi Husein Jima<\/p>\n\n\n\n Promoting contraceptive uptake to reduce the unmet need for family planning during the postpartum period in Ethiopia<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n University Medical Centre Groningen, Athanasios Kallianidis<\/p>\n\n\n\n Maternal morbidity and mortality in the Netherlands and their association with obstetric interventions<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Leiden University Medical Centre, 16 March 2023<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n Steffie Heemelaar<\/p>\n\n\n\n Maternal health in Namibia: Lessons learnt from obstetric surveillance <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Leiden University Medical Centre, 14 April 2023<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n Anke Heitkamp<\/p>\n\n\n\n Maternal deaths, near misses and great saves: severe maternal outcomes in Metro East, Western Cape Province, South Africa<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Stellenbosch University, Cape Town Paul Ramler<\/p>\n\n\n\n Postpartum Haemorrhage: From Insight to Action<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Leiden University Medical Centre, 20 September 2022<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n Titus Kofi Beyuo<\/p>\n\n\n\n Optimising care and patient experience of pre-eclampsia in low- and middle-income countries<\/strong> UMC Utrecht, the Netherlands, 13 December 2022<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n Carrie J. Ngongo<\/p>\n\n\n\n Epidemiology and aetiology of genital fistulas in East Africa <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Ghent University, Belgium, 10 February 2023<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n Improving Access to Quality Family Planning Services in Kenya by Addressing Contraceptive Discontinuation<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Abstract<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n UMCG<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n Improving respectful maternity care in Ethiopia<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Thesis<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n UMCG, 15 October 2021<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n Participation and transdisciplinary collaboration and tools towards increasing skilled birth attendance<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Amsterdam University Medical Centre, VU University Amsterdam, May 2021<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n Maternal mortality, near-miss and stillbirths in Suriname<\/p>\n\n\n\n Thesis<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n UMC Utrecht, December 2020<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n Maternal Mortality in Suriname: Implementation of MDSR<\/p>\n\n\n\n Thesis<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n UMC Utrecht, December 2020<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n Strategies to improve the quality of foetal monitoring and intrapartum care in high-volume, low-resource maternity units<\/p>\n\n\n\n Abstract<\/p>\n\n\n\n UMC Utrecht, December 2020<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n Safe Motherhood: Improving the quality of maternal and perinatal care in rural Tanzania<\/p>\n\n\n\n Abstract<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n UMCG, September 2020<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n Quality of maternal and newborn healthcare in healthcare facilities in Afghanistan<\/p>\n\n\n\n Abstract<\/p>\n\n\n\n UMCG, 2019<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n Health system factors affecting maternal and neonatal health in Rwanda<\/p>\n\n\n\n Abstract<\/p>\n\n\n\n Radboud University Medical Centre, 2019<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n Reintroduction of vacuum extraction in a tertiary hospital in Uganda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Abstract<\/p>\n\n\n\n VUMC, 2019<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n Towards better prognostic and diagnostic strategies for major obstetric haemorrhage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Abstract<\/p>\n\n\n\n LUMC, 2019<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n Hospital-based audit of obstetric care and birth preparedness in rural Rwanda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Abstract<\/p>\n\n\n\n VUMC, 2019<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n Diagnostic and clinical decision support systems for antenatal care<\/p>\n\n\n\n care: is mHealth the future in low-resource settings?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Abstract<\/p>\n\n\n\n VUMC, 2018<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n Improving access to quality maternal and newborn care in low-resource settings: the case of Tanzania<\/p>\n\n\n\n Abstract<\/p>\n\n\n\n UMCG, 2019<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n Maternity waiting homes in Ethiopia to improve women\u2019s access to maternity care<\/p>\n\n\n\n Abstract<\/p>\n\n\n\n UMCG, 2019<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n Severe maternal morbidity and mortality in eastern Ethiopia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Abstract<\/p>\n\n\n\n UMCG, 2019<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n Assisting birth attendants in providing acceptable care under unacceptable clinical realities: the Partoma intervention study at Zanzibar\u2019s tertiary hospital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Abstract<\/p>\n\n\n\n University of Copenhagen, 2019<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n Increasing access to anaesthesia in Ethiopia: task shifting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Abstract<\/p>\n\n\n\n VUMC, 2017<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n Improving frontline health workers\u2019 performance in low-resource settings; the case of Ethiopia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Abstract<\/p>\n\n\n\n VUMC, 2017<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n Identifying needs for optimising the health workforce in Ethiopia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Abstract<\/p>\n\n\n\n VUMC, 2017<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n Getting the job done, providing lifelong HIV treatment in settings with limited human resources for health: innovative approaches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Abstract<\/p>\n\n\n\n VUMC, 2016<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n Severe Acute Maternal Morbidity, risk factors in the Netherlands and validation of the WHO Maternal Near Miss tool.<\/p>\n\n\n\n University of Leiden, 2016<\/p>\n\n\n\n Thesis<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n Regaining dignity, community-based social therapy in Rwanda, Eastern Congo and Liberia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Abstract<\/p>\n\n\n\n VUMC, 2016<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n The aberrant third stage of labour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Leiden University, 2015<\/p>\n\n\n\n Abstract<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n Improving maternal outcomes in rural Tanzania using obstetric simulation-based training.<\/p>\n\n\n\n VUMC, 2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n Abstract<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n Obstetric emergencies in primary midwifery care in the Netherlands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Abstract<\/p>\n\n\n\n LUMC, 2014<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n Health professionals and maternal health in Malawi; mortality and morbidity at district level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Abstract<\/p>\n\n\n\n VUMC, 2013<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n Malaria in pregnancy: ultrasound studies on foetal growth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n UMCU, 2012<\/p>\n\n\n\n Abstract<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n Leading change in the maternal healthcare system in Tanzania: application of operations research.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ifakara, Tanzania, VUmc, 2012<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n Medical Mirrors: Maternal care in a Malawian district.<\/p>\n\n\n\n VUmc, 2011<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n Delay in safe motherhood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n University of Groningen, 2011<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n Confidential enquiries into maternal deaths in the Netherlands 1993\u20132005.<\/p>\n\n\n\n VUmc, 2010<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n Severe maternal morbidity in the Netherlands: the LEMMoN study.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Vumc, 2009<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n Obstetric audit in Namibia and the Netherlands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Vumc, 2009<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n Beyond the numbers: confidential enquiries into maternal deaths in Accra, Ghana.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Free University of Brussels, Belgium, 2008<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n Improving the survival of mothers and their newborns in Tanzania.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Karlinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden, 2005<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n Health care seeking behaviour and utilisation of health services in Kalabo District.<\/p>\n\n\n\n VUmc, 2004<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n Vaginal birth after caesarean section in Zimbabwe and the Netherlands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n University of Amsterdam, 2004<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n Reproductive health matters in rural Ghana.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Leiden University, 2003<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n Confidential enquiries into maternal deaths in Suriname.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Leiden University, 1999<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n Confidential enquiries into maternal deaths in the Netherlands, 1983\u20131992.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Leiden University, 1998<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n Family planning as part of reproductive health, including HIV\/AIDS aspects, in Zimbabwe and Southern Africa<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n Unsafe Motherhood, a monumental challenge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A study of maternal mortality in Addis Ababa.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n Maternal Healthcare in the Southern Western Highlands of Tanzania<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n Perinatal assessment in rural Tanzania.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Nijmegen University, 1995<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n The role of oral (methyl)ergometrine in preventing postpartum haemorrhage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Nijmegen University, 1995<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n About<\/p>\n\n\n\n Organisation of the working group's management (2025)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Prof. Dr. Thomas van den Akker, chairperson All the board\u2019s duties are carried out on a voluntary basis. 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