To characterize the multidimensional nature of mobility among pregnant and postpartum women with HIV in western Kenya and to understand associations with viral suppression.
To examine the feasibility and acceptability of engaging mentor mothers in rapid viral load result delivery and counseling for pregnant and postpartum women with HIV.
A clinical effectiveness and acceptability trial of two models of an insertable vaginal cup to manage fistula urinary incontinence.
A mixed-methods longitudinal cohort study to understand incidence and risk factors for adverse post-genital fistula repair outcomes.
This project tests the effectiveness of the CPIPE intervention, an innovative theory and evidence-based intervention that addresses key drivers of poor person-centered maternity care.
Implementation research to evaluate the introduction of 600 point of care ultrasound devices for obstetric imaging by primarily midwives across eight counties in Kenya
The Innovations for Choice and Autonomy (ICAN) project is designed to obtain a deeper understanding of how self-injection (SI) of subcutaneous depot medroxyprogesterone acetate (DMPA-SC) can be implemented to support informed contraceptive choice and use from the perspective of women in Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, and Uganda.
To assess Health care providers' preparedness to manage COVID-19 and examine the associated psychological effects in Ghana and Kenya.
PTBi East Africa developed an intrapartum and immediate postnatal care package designed to improve the uptake of evidence-based practices known to save newborn lives.
The PTBi East Africa Discovery Research portfolio contributes to global knowledge about preterm birth and supports testing of tools to improve preterm birth prevention and management.
Addressing provider stress and unconscious bias to improve the quality of maternal health care.
Virtual Mentor is a hands-free decision-support chatbot that engages the health worker in an algorithmic, audible conversation through the most efficient and effective response to a crisis.
The Preterm Birth Initiative (PTBi), a partnership between Lynne and Marc Benioff, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF), and the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), offers a unique opportunity to apply scientific, clinical, and community expertise to address the growing problem of prematurity.
HEARD addresses “know-do” gaps, or delays, in the discovery of effective interventions and their wide-scale application. HEARD emphasizes local ownership and partnerships in order to scale up equitable and sustainable efforts.
The project was created to measure the care women received, design interventions to solve problems women identified, and learn whether those interventions could be applied and work on a broad scale.