Below are a list of completed and ongoing maternal, neonatal and child health research projects and publications.

RESEARCH PROJECTS

  1. Global Leaders Network (GLN) for Modelling Women, Children and Adolescent Health in Eleven Countries (2024 - 2027): This project will support the development of dybamic mechanistic models to guide decision-making for 11 Heads of State to determine factors and pathways to decrease maternal, neonatal and adolescent mortality to reach SDG goals by 2030. The GLN is a network of Heads of State, chaired by President Cyril Ramaphosa, working to reach the SDG goals. Funder: GLN.

PUBLICATIONS

  1. Silal, S.P., Penn-Kekana, L., Bärnighausen, T. and Schneider, H., (2014). Local level inequalities in the use of hospital-based maternal delivery in rural South Africa. Globalization and health, 10(1), p.60. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12992-014-0060-1
  2. Silal, S.P., Penn-Kekana, L., Harris, B., Birch, S. and McIntyre, D., (2012). Exploring inequalities in access to and use of maternal health services in South Africa. BMC health services research, 12(1), p.120. (2012). https://doi.org/10.1186/1472-6963-12-120