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UNFPA / DGD event on sexual & reproductive rights

Posted in articles by WCHRC on October 21, 2013

On October 21th, an outreach event was organized by UNFPA and DGD in Brussels on “SRHR in the future”: Among other speakers, Dr Therèse Delvaux (WCHRC) presented about the contribution of Belgian platforms and institutions to SRHR in the future. More information here

Visit of Dr Bogaletch

Posted in articles by WCHRC on May 24, 2013

The ITM Woman & Child Health Research Centre organized a debate with Dr. Gebre Bogaletch, Winner of the 2012-2013 King Baudouin African Development Prize on Thursday May 23, 2013. Dr Gebre Bogaletch won the prize ‘for her inspirational leadership and her determination to build on a remarkable personal journey to empower the … Read more »

News and events

November 23, 2017

Recent articles published in peer-reviewed journals and abstracts

The year 2016 and 2017 have been so far very important for the W&CHRC. The centre’s team has contributed in many important research in maternal and reproductive health arena and published and presented several articles in different platforms (seminar, conferences, journals etc.). Articles published in peer-reviewed journals; 1 Abouchadi … Read more »

December 6, 2016

Emerging Voices training and fourth Global Symposium on Health Systems Research

Institute of Tropical Medicine (ITM) and one of our members (ASM Shahabuddin) of W&CHRC attended fourth Global Symposium on Health Systems Research. Shahab has also been selected as an Emerging Voices for Global Health by Health Systems Global this year 2016. Emerging Voices for Global Health (EV4GH) is a multi-partner blended … Read more »

November 8, 2016

Improving detection and surveillance of gestational diabetes at the first level of care in Morocco – a pilot project

Gestational diabetes is associated with a number of adverse peri-partum outcomes in mothers and their newborns and carries an increased risk for the development of type 2 diabetes later in life. Although screening modalities are well established for developed countries, their suitability for low and middle income countries is still … Read more »

October 14, 2016

New articles on ‘Detection and Management of Diabetes’ and a protocol for ‘Maternal Death Surveillance Systems’

‘Detection and Management of Diabetes during Pregnancy in Low Resource Settings: Insights into Past and Present Clinical Practices’ by Bettina Utz, Alexandre Delamou, Loubna Belaid and Vincent De Brouwere Timely and adequate treatment is important to limit complications of diabetes affecting pregnancy, but there is a lack of knowledge on how these women are … Read more »

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