The project overall aim to build the capacity to develop and implement training programs in nursing, midwifery, medical microbiology, and obstetric ultrasound and to conduct world class research at these universities in Malawi and Zambia.
WP1: Management and Administration, is led by the NTNU team.
- MSc in Medical Microbiology
- MSc in Infection and Immunity
- MSc in Diagnostic Ultrasound
There has been given 13 sponsorship to masterstudents distributed among these three program.
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Development and approved PhD program in Maternal and Neonatal Health which was implemented autumn 2023.
- 6 PhD Candidates have been selected for three years periode and 3 Post. doc has been selected for a two years periode. Totally 9 candidates will recive scholarship from Norhed II project.
PhD Candidate: Deusdadit Nkhota Project title: Model to facilitate utilization of ultrasound technology in antenatal care practice for community hospitals in Malawi
PhD Candidate: Lovemore Afune Project title: Developing a framework to improve the quality of Obstetric ultrasound performed by radiographers in district hospitals of Malawi.
Photo: Håkon A. Bolkan (PI), Deusdadit Nkhota (PhD), Lovemore Afune (PhD), Elin Yli Dvergsdal (Coordinator)
PhD Candidate: Wilfred Kamchemani Project title: A comparative analysis of diagnostic accuracy of Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Ultrasound Scanning for maternal and neonatal conditions
PhD Candidate: Chimwemwe Selemani Project title: Health system bottlenecks in the management of neonates in Malawi
PhD Candidate:Bertha Maseko Project title: Feasibility of novel demand creation intervention to improve uptake of postnatal care services in Malawi
PhD Candidate: Maranatha Kasonde Banda Project title: The contraceptive bundle: a multifaceted approach to postpartum family planning in Malawi
Photo: Maranatha Kasonde Banda (PhD) and Bertha Maseko (PhD)
PhD Candidate at University of KwaZuluNatal, South-Africa: Alfred Danny Ulemu Chinombo Project title: A Grounded Theory of Strategic Leadership in Public Higher Education Institutions: A Case Study of Malawi.
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Post doctoral candidate: Dr. Bertha Chakhame Project title:Use of misoprostal in the management of incomplete abortion in Malawi
Post doctoral candidate: Dr. Josophine Changole Project title:Challenges faced by women as they access maternal reproductive heath services in Malawi
Post doctoral candidate: Dr. Mphatso Mwapasa Project title:Environmental and Dietary Sources of Dichloro-diphenyl-trichloroethane (DDT) Exposure Among Women of Reproductie Age Living Near Ndirande Health Centre
PhD candidate with scholarship: Masambuko Albert Baluwa Project title: Development of a competency based assessment tool for measuring learning outcomes in midwifery students during labour and delivery clinical practice
Post doctoral candidate: Tiwonge Mbeya Project title: Assessing the use of adolescent girls and young mother-friendly peer education programme in Prevention of Mother to Child Transmissions (PMTCT) services at Kasungu district hospital: A Pilot Study
Photo: Tiwonge Mbeya (Post.doc, KUHeS) and Masambuko Albert Baluwa (PhD, KUHeS)
GENDER Mainstreaming; Preconception care project in Kachere, Blantyre.
Preconception care involves a comprehensive approach to health and well-being for individuals planning to conceive, aimed at optimizing both maternal and fetal health outcomes. This care includes medical, behavioral, and lifestyle interventions to identify and modify risk factors before pregnancy. Screening for sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and ensuring effective management if present is vital. Lastly, discussing and planning the timing of conception, understanding fertility, and addressing any psychological or emotional concerns are integral to preconception care, ensuring individuals are well-prepared for a healthy pregnancy and childbirth.
Couples in the Kachere area will have the possibility to get preconception counselling at the health clinic funded by this project. It is important to reach out to both man and women. Health care team is trained and are running the service now.
LEAVE NO ONE BEHIND; Basic Obstetric Ultrasound Training Project
Ultrasound machines will be purchased and midwives trained to do ultrasound scanning for pregnant women. This is an ultrasound service to initially confirm the due date, but also detect placenta previa, intrauterine death or twin pregnancy for further referral to central hospital in Malawi.
This project have so fare trained 12 midwives to do scanning and more pregnant women is coming in first trimester for scanning.
Photo: Training of midwives for scanning in pregnancy.
- Three (3) PhD and two (2) Post-doctoral candidates were awarded NORHED scholarships.
- Training on Sign language for reproductive health to Diploma students.
- Training on Emergency Obstetrics and Neonatal Care (EmONC) for 5th Year Mid graduands.
PhD Candidate: Mutinke Zulu Muyumbwa, Project title: Postnatal Mothers’ Satisfaction with Intrapartum Care, and Predictors of Satisfaction based on birth experiences from Selected health facilities in Lusaka, Zambia.
PhD Candidate: Victoria Mwiinga Project title: Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes after Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia at the Adult Infectious Disease Control Centre.
Post doctoral candidate:Dr Maureen Masumo Project title: Determinants and Management of Stress among mothers nursing babies in the University Teaching Hospital Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.
Post doctoral candidate: Dr Sebean Mayimbo Project title: Association between maternal nutritional status, head circumference and crown heel length of the neonate at Chilenje General Hospital
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Graduated PhD candidates:
PhD Candidate: Dr. Brenda Nambala Project title: HIV positive diagnosis during pregnancy: effects and coping strategies used by women at selected Health facilities in Lusaka District, Zambia.
