About the Department

Haiti Program

Dept of Ob/Gyn Global Health Group

Duke International Center for Women’s Reproductive Health

Vision:

The vision of the “ Duke International Center for Women’s Reproductive Health” is to improve women’s reproductive health care in communities throughout the world.

Mission:

Duke International Center for Women’s Reproductive Health” plans to fulfill its vision by

…supporting the efforts of local communities to initiate and sustain culturally relevant programs that are designed to address reproductive health problems.
…helping these communities evaluate the success of efforts that are supported by the Center by collecting and analyzing relevant endpoints.
…working with international, national, and local partners to convert successful local community programs into sustainable health care/health service models.
…providing educational opportunities for learners to participate in the efforts of the Center.
…increasing public awareness of the health disparities relating to reproductive health issues.
…creating a forum for an ongoing ethical critique of the methods of interaction and support provided by the Center.

Efforts underway to accomplish the Center’s mission:

Cervical Cancer Prevention

Haiti (1993 – present)
Honduras (2006 – present)
Tanzania (2005 – present)

Urogynecology & Management of Obstetrical Fistula

Niger (2003 - present)
- International Conference on Ethics and Obstetric Fistula
  March 2007
  $50,000 Duke Provost Common fund Award
Nigeria Funding
- CO-PI on $50,000 grant from the Packard Foundation (applied for through IntrahHealth International) looking at the sociocultural and religious factors that influence Obstetric Fistula in Nigeria
Arizona (1999 - present)
- Urogynecology Surgery and Consultation
  Navajo Nation, Chinle

Emergency Obstetrics Education

Egypt
- Emergency Obstetrics Teaching (Advanced Life Support in Obstetrics)
  Schedule: West Bank 2003, Egypt 2004, Jordan 2005.
Niger
- Emergency Obstetrics Teaching (Advanced Life Support in Obstetrics)
  National Maternity Hospital

Vision for new efforts

Immediate Goals

Initiate a relationship with Michael H. Merson, M.D., director of the Duke Global Health Institute
Global Health Institute
Women’s Health Initiative
International Center for Women’s Reproductive Health
Publish a website for the center
Include vision, mission, accomplishments (hypotheses under investigation, current projects, publications, grants)
Bio of members of the group

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