Perinatal Mental Health Effective Care

Perinatal Care

Perinatal Mental Health of Women Attending Public Health Facilities in Africa

Mission

To promote perinatal Mental Health of women in low-middle-income settings in Africa.

Vision

The vision is to conduct cutting-edge research and contribute to the body of knowledge in advancing evidence-based practice that will address perinatal mental health issues, resulting in happy mothers, healthy infants, families, and communities in low-middle income settings.

The overarching aim is to develop, implement and evaluate strategies that can enhance midwives’ capacity to identify mental health issues early during the perinatal period
Secondly, to develop, implement and evaluate strategies to improve the mental health of perinatal women attending public health facilities in low-income settings.

Research Focus

Conducting cutting edge research on issues of perinatal mental health in Africa
Conducting of Randomised control trials, surveys, qualitative research and literature reviews including Cochrane reviews

Direct and Indirect output

Capacity-building workshops
Publications
Presentation of findings at national and international conferences.
Capacity building of staff (midwives), students and the women who participate in the studies and all women who attend public health facilities.
Masters and PhD Students

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