News from The PartoMa Project

Care Drain

2024.05.01

Researchers warn: Denmark will drain the Philippines and India of the health care workers they themselves need

Denmark has far better coverage of healthcare professionals than India and the Philippines, which…

Labour

2024.02.05

Globally, women in labour are overtreated. The consequences are dire

Too many women receive oxytocin augmentation and undergo cesarean sections, exposing both women an…

Maternal Health

2024.01.30

Urgent action needed to reduce stillborn and newborn deaths in Tanzania

A new publication involving researchers from Tanzania, the Netherlands, and Denmark has revealed…

Maternal Health

2023.12.20

Researchers call for global action against overtreatment of prolonged labour

Globally, prolonged labour is overdiagnosed and overtreated with oxytocin and caesarean section. Ne…

Video

2023.05.15

Co-creation with health care providers of clinical guidelines for maternity care in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

How to modify clinical guidelines to resource-constrained and congested busy maternity units in…

Video

2023.05.12

The missing link between clinical guidelines and clinical realities

Timely, evidence-based and cost-efficient healthcare is crucial for women and children. Yet, health…

Maternal Health

2023.05.03

PartoMa at IMNHC: The injustice of unfit clinical guidelines in women’s and children’s health

On Wednesday, May 10th, the PartoMa team will host a thematic session at IMNHC titled "The Missing…

New grant

2023.02.21

Beyond Tanzania: PartoMa team is expanding to Ethiopia

The PartoMa team, renowned for their ground-breaking work in Tanzania, and researchers from Haramay…

New grant

2023.01.30

1,5 million USD for improving care during pregnancy in overburdened urban health facilities in Sub-Saharan Africa

The PartoMa research team has received 10 million DKK from from Danida Fellowship Centre to support…

2022.12.08

Labour augmentation with oxytocin in low and lower-middle income countries

New systematic review by Monica Kujabi et al. sheds light on the massive over-use of oxytocin in…

2022.09.10

The PartoMa guidelines and seminars are now implemented at all study sites in Dar es Salaam

The PartoMa guidelines were adapted for Dar es Salaam last year, and they have now been implemented…

2022.06.25

First PartoMa seminars for health students have been conducted at State University of Zanzibar

Forward-thinking solutions are needed to support the current midwifery and medical students to…

2022.06.09

A PartoMa stakeholder event in Dar es Salaam: Co-creating next steps

Supported by DFC/Danida, we conducted a mid-term dissemination event in Dar es Salaam on 8th June…

2022.04.20

We have now commenced the 7th year of PartoMa seminars in Zanzibar

We are currently training more than 500 health providers on the archipelago every 3 months

2022.04.12

Our protocol papers are now published

- Co-creation and scale-up of the PartoMa guidelines for childbirth care in 5 urban mega maternity…

2022.03.04

Nordic Global Health Talk about the PartoMa project: The missing link between clinical guidelines and reality

In this talk, Nanna Maaløe unfolds the fundamental gaps that continue to be reported between…

2022.01.04

Co-creation finalized in Dar es Salaam: The PartoMa Pocket Guide for Safe and Respectful Childbirth Care 2022

Since February 2021, we have been conducting a mixed methods situational analysis at five…

2021.09.14

New publication in BJOG: Is the WHO next-generation partograph revolutionary steps towards individualised labour care?

In this commentary, we urge the WHO to consider three major concerns before any further…

2021.06.04

Symposium on human rights during birth

Symposium on human rights during birth and Professor Thomas van den Akker’s inaugural lecture Watch…

2021.04.16

New publication in Lancet Global Health: The injustice of unfit clinical practice guidelines in low-resource realities

New publication in Lancet Global Health: The injustice of unfit clinical practice guidelines in…

2020.12.17

Natasha Housseine defended her impressive PhD on strategies to improve intrapartum care

Natasha Housseine defended her impressive PhD on strategies to improve intrapartum care in…

2020.12.08

A partnership has been established between PartoMa Zanzibar and Health Improvement Project Zanzibar (HIPZ)

We are happy to announce that the PartoMa intervention will now be implemented locally in Kivunge…

2020.12.03

The PartoMa project has received additional funding from the Laerdal Foundation and Dr. Thorvald Madsens Legat

We are most grateful for these grants, which will be applied to embed a sub-study within the PartoM…

2020.08.25

Dyster fremskrivning: Flere børn vil dø af corona-restriktioner end det totale antal corona-døde lige nu

I det værste scenarie vil 2,3 millioner børn dø, før de fylder 5 år, som følge af restriktioner for…

2020.08.14

Impact of COVID-19 on maternal and child health

How does COVID-19 impact maternal and child health?

2019.09.17

New podcast: The PartoMa study and the dangerous coexistence of ‘too much too soon care’ and ‘too little too late care’

Co-PI, MD, PhD, Nanna Maaløe was interviewed by Stetoskopet (in Danish).

2019.07.07

Kick-off research meeting in Zanzibar and Dar es Salaam

This week, 15 researchers from Tanzania, Denmark and the Netherlands met for initial in-depth…

2019.05.01

New scientific publication in the WHO Bulletin

Our lessons learnt from adapting and implementing clinical guidelines in close collaboration with…

2019.04.25

News article on the PartoMa project by Copenhagen University Hospital Hvidovre

See the Danish news article ‘Mere sikre fødsler på hospital i Tanzania efter samarbejde med læge fr…

2019.04.01

Our new Danida-supported PartoMa project has now officially commenced

In December 2018, the research team was granted 12 million DKK (approximately 1.84 million USD) fro…

2019.02.11

News article on the PartoMa project in World’s Best News

World’s Best News has published an article about PartoMa-guidelines

2019.01.17

Nanna Maaløe defended her PhD, the PartoMa I Study

On 16 January 2019, Nanna Maaløe, primary investigator on the PartoMa I study, defended her PhD at…

2018.12.14

Research grant from Danida, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark

A team of researchers from University of Copenhagen, Aga Khan University of Dar es Salaam, State…

2018.12.06

Our latest scientific publication is Editor's Pick of the Month in International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics

The editor, Dr Richard M Adanu, writes: "The importance of clinical guidelines in obstetric care is…

2018.10.11

Use of the PartoMa guidelines and seminars appears associated with improved care and perinatal outcome among women with severe hypertensive disorders

These results are now published in International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics.

2018.07.02

PartoMa research dissemination and launching event

On Friday 29th June, the Zanzibar Ministry of Health’s continuation of the PartoMa project was…

2018.06.07

PartoMa Pocket Guide and Training Material Online

The PartoMa Pocket Guide 2.0, case stories for problem-based training, and a background document ar…

2018.05.25

Zanzibar Ministry of Health is taking over continuation of PartoMa in Zanzibar

We are happy to announce our new collaboration with Ministry of Health and UNFPA in Zanzibar.

2018.04.18

Donation by Soroptimist International, the Netherlands

We greatly appreciate their donation for printing of 300 PartoMa pocket guides.

2018.03.14

PartoMa seminars – Closing the gap between clinical guidelines and reality

Anthropologist and filmmaker Lara Meguid visited the PartoMa Seminars in December, and we are now…

2017.12.14

Pilot testing of PartoMa guidelines version 2.0 has started

PartoMa guidelines version 2.0 was launched at the 11th round of PartoMa seminars at Mnazi Mmoja…

2017.10.20

Use of the PartoMa guidelines are associated with reduction in stillbirths and increased health of the newborns

These results are now published in British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. The paper also…

2017.10.12

PartoMa Guidelines 2.0 under development

First internal review of version 2.0 is now completed, and the draft is ready for external…

2017.06.12

New scientific publication on the PartoMa study

A paper on the development process of the PartoMa guidelines and birth attendants’ perceptions afte…

2017.05.01

First PartoMa seminar on Pemba 

The PartoMa steering group at Mnazi Mmoja Hospital is still conducting the quarterly seminars with…

2016.11.11

New scientific publication on the PartoMa study

The PartoMa baseline study on Stillbirths and quality of care during labour is now published in BMC…

2016.10.28

Second year of PartoMa seminars is now finalized

The PartoMa steering group at Mnazi Mmoja Hospital conducted the seventh and eighth rounds of…

2016.06.23

Presentation of first results at the RCOG World Congress, Birmingham

Two posters were presented at the RCOG World Congress in Birmingham, 20th-22nd June 2016; baseline…

2016.04.22

Thanks to all participants at the sixth PartoMa Seminars

On 20th and 21st April, the PartoMa steering group at Mnazi Mmoja Hospital conducted the sixth roun…

2016.03.14

Presentation of the first results of the PartoMa study, Zanzibar

On 11 March 2016, the first results of the PartoMa study was presented for health providers and…

2016.03.08

The new PartoMa steering group at Mnazi Mmoja Hospital is now established

It is with great pleasure that we here present the new PartoMa steering group at Mnazi Mmoja…

2016.01.16

Thanks to all participants at the fifth PartoMa Seminars

On 13th and 14th January, we conducted the fifth round of PartoMa seminars on locally achievable…

2015.10.10

Thanks to all 83 participants at the fourth PartoMa Seminar

On 7th and 8th October, we conducted the fourth round of PartoMa seminars on locally achievable…

2015.07.02

Thanks to all 86 participants at the third PartoMa Seminars

The third PartoMa seminars on “locally achievable partogram-associated labour management” were…

2015.05.08

The PartoMa Guidelines were presented at the Day of the Midwife

On 5th May 2015, the Day of the Midwife was celebrated in Zanzibar.

2015.03.27

Thanks to all participants at the second PartoMa Seminars  

The second PartoMa seminars on “locally achievable partogram-associated labour management” were…

2015.02.25

The pilot testing of the PartoMa guidelines is now finalized

All 32 health care providers who were asked to fill in the written evaluation form found the…

2015.01.23

Pilot-testing of the PartoMa guidelines has now commenced

At the first PartoMa seminars, the pilot version of the PartoMa guidelines was launched.

2015.01.22

The first PartoMa Seminar was welcomed positively by nurse-midwives and doctors

The first PartoMa seminar on “locally achievable partogram-associated labour management” was carrie…

2015.01.19

Welcome to new research assistants

We are happy to welcome two new research assistants to the PartoMa study team

2015.01.04

First internal review of the PartoMa guidelines completed

The first internal review of the partogram-associated labour management guidelines has now been…

2014.10.13

The PartoMa study has now officially started

The study has now officially started and data collection has begun.

2014.10.07

Ethical clearance received

The Zanzibar Medical and Research Ethics Committee has completed their review of the PartoMa…

2014.05.28

Additional funding received

Additional project funding has been received from the Laerdal Foundation and the Augustinus…

2014.04.15

Research grant from the Lundbeck Foundation

Professor Ib Bygbjerg and Medical Doctor Nanna Maaløe at University of Copenhagen have been granted…