User:Elmusharaf/Rebuilding Reproductive & Child Health System in Post Conflict Settings Initiative

'''The initiative '''

This initiative is led by University of Medical Sciences & Technology (UMST) Khartoum - Sudan in collaboration with “Connecting health Research in Africa and Ireland Consortium (ChRAIC)”

'''The initiative '''

Through this initiative it is hoped that reproductive and child health system, policy and services in post conflict setting will be better informed in order to improve policymaking and program development and that we will be closer to attaining the health related MDGs.

Rebuilding reproductive and child health systems in post-conflict settings is critical to long term sustainable health and the overall well-being of a country. It is important for Health System, NGO’s, development professionals and health care workers to make this issue a top priority.

The driving force behind such an initiative is that policy makers require reliable evidence to make effective and informed decisions. Research, if correctly framed and disseminated, can provide that evidence. Our claim is that if researchers are enabled to produce the evidence and have the capacity, skills and the resources to do the research, then evidence based health systems decisions and policies are more likely to take place.

Who we are

''' University of Medical Sciences & Technology '''

This initiative is led by Public and Tropical Health Master Researchers at the University of Medical Sciences & Technology (UMST) in Sudan under supervision of Dr. Khalifa Elmusharaf a PhD researcher in “Connecting health Research in Africa and Ireland Consortium (ChRAIC)”.

'''Connecting health Research in Africa and Ireland Consortium ‘ChRAIC’ '''

ChRAIC project is a joint program between RCSI, NUIG, TCD and universities in six African countries include Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Sierra Leone, Sudan and Uganda.

Training Consultant

Options UK 

"Options" a British Organization which has unique expertise in strengthening services, increasing access and improving the quality of health and social care at levels of the health system, and pioneer in Participatory Ethnographic Evaluation and Research, is the training consultant for this initiative.

Partners

'''Women Organization for Development and Capacity Building (Labena) '''

Women Organization for Development and Capacity Building (Labena) is non governmental organization concerning with with issues of capacity building for women who affected by war and conflict in field of education, health, peace building, and gender development skills.

''' Ministry of Health Government of Southern Sudan - Renk - Upper Nile State '''

Ministry of Health in Renk County in Upper Nile State is part of this initiative. They are working to promote good health and reduce illness, and ensure access to good and affordable health care

'''Initiative’s Objectives ''' Mapping existing knowledge and identifying priority research questions of the reproductive and child health systems in post conflict setting. To gain in-depth understanding of the determinant of Reproductive and Child health in post conflict settings To identify the demand and supply barriers to access to Reproductive and Child health in post conflict settings To assess the readiness of post conflict communities to be engaged in a community directed reproductive and child health care services. To investigate how and to what extent Reproductive and Child health service planning is influenced by understanding the context of community in post conflict.

'''Methodological approach '''

This initiative seeks to use a mixed approach to listen to the people in order to identify ways to generate evidence for strengthening the reproductive and child health systems from bottom up, provide learning from community views on current practice, understanding the determinants, and identifying gaps and strategies for rebuilding health system in post conflict setting.

Examples of proposed method are Participatory Ethnographic Evaluation and Research “PEER”, positive deviant approach, critical incidence Analysis, House Hold Survey, In-depth Interviews, Focus Group Discussion, Document review, Stakeholders workshops,

'''Expected Outcome '''

This initiative aims to inform the decision making process by promoting a better understanding of reproductive and child health in post conflict setting. Furthermore, it will identify best approaches to strength health system in post conflict setting.

Weak health system is not unique to post conflict South Sudan, rather it is a common phenomenon in many post conflict settings and many developing countries. Thus, the evidence generated by this initiative will provide insights and potentially useful recommendations which could be applied and evaluated in other settings.

Research projects

Access to Maternal health in post conflict Southern Sudan: Does the health system understand the context?

A Qualitative Study on Maternal Mortality in Post Conflict Fragile States, Southern Sudan

A qualitative study on the determinants of abortion and post abortion syndrome in post conflict South Sudan

Impact Of In – hospital Delay on Emergency Obstetric Care Services and Outcome

A qualitative study on the determinants of perinatal and neonatal mortality in post conflict South Sudan

Health Seeking Behaviour among conflicted affected Children in South Sudan during Periods of Diarrhoeal Diseases and Acute Respiratory Infections.

The Impact of Reproductive Rights Violations on Reproductive Health In Conflict Affected Women

Assessing the Readiness of Post conflict Communities to Engage in a Reproductive Health Care Delivery: Involving the Community