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Pre-doctoral researcher at @SRHgroup_ITM | Maternal health, postnatal care, guidelines

Antwerp, Belgium
Joined October 2020
Photo by Aline Semaan (@semaaline)
Last week was really lovely at the #ECTIMH conference.🤩 Insightful talks, awesome speakers, and great #networking!! Lovely panel on #urban #maternalhealth with @lenkabenova, @semaaline & @cbirabwa3! Awesome meeting co-editor for #cesarean safety, @Thomasvdakker! Amazing brainstorming with @NicolasRay7! Beautiful rendezvous with my brother, @aaolaniran and first time meeting with @aiajayi (who Twitter did not warn me was so tall)😀
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🆕📢 Why is it hard to provide routine postnatal care to women according to guidelines? @ITMantwerp researchers together with colleagues summarised the evidence on facilitators and barriers. 🙏 @FWOVlaanderen and Journal of Global Health @JoGHRep jogh.org/2023/jogh-13-04176
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We were well-represented at @ectmih2023. It was fun to bring the #ITMFamily together and reconnect with our #ITMAlumni. Sessions were hosted, posters were presented, knowledge was exchanged… Another successful day for the #GlobalHealth community. 🚀 #ECTMIH2023
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We are proud to announce that our @ITMantwerp MPH graduate Dr Ayomide Agubosim has published her Masters thesis on family planning in Nigeria as a report. You can access it here: zenodo.org/record/8393340
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If you are in Antwerp, come to @ITMantwerp to the exhibition Kinderen van de Zorg itg.be/nl/evenementen/expo-k… Hear from five of our researchers about our work on newborn and child health and nutrition! (in Dutch)
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It's a wrap! We completed the face-to-face week in our DHS paper-writing course 2023. 13 participants are finalising analysis and paper writing. Stay tuned for their manuscripts! 🙏 to everyone for the energy, expertise and collegiality! Join us in 2024? shorturl.at/qGNO0
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Wonderful panel and a full house again! Enjoyed moderating the session on operationalizing WHO recommendations for a positive postnatal experience @anagportela @FHS_AUB @AUB_Lebanon #IMNCH2023
Implementing the 🆕 WHO postnatal care guidelines #IMNHC2023 ! More here 🎉➡️: who.int/publications-detail-…
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Honored to bring a snapshot of #postpartum women’s and frontline #providers’ stories to the discussion, and informing how to ensure a positive postnatal experience @WHO @HRPresearch @alignmnh
Reflecting on challenges of implementing the WHO postnatal care guidelines by listening to women, families and health providers. Aline Semaan presenting her PhD research from Guinea, Tanzania and literature. Fantastic to see the room was bursting at the seams! @ITMantwerp
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@semaaline from @ITMantwerp sharing stories of health providers experiences of delivering postnatal care @alignmnh conference @SRHgroup_ITM
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Challenges of implementing the postnatal care guidelines - stories from the field @SRHgroup_ITM #IMNHC2023 – at Cape Town, South Africa
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We are at the @alignmnh #IMNCH conference! @ITMantwerp
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🆕📢JOB ALERT! Postdoctoral research fellow vacancy @ITMantwerp in the field of HIV and sexual health. Is this you? - Clinical background - PhD - Strong profile in epidemiological research methods - French - Passion for teaching itg.be/en/jobs-and-research-… Deadline May 16th
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Aline Semaan retweeted
Can #MLalgorithms predict healthcare providers’ perception of workplace safety & risk during the pandemic? Using KoboToolbox & ML, this study identified factors contributing to perceptions of workplace safety among maternal & newborn healthcare providers. human-resources-health.biome…
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Aline Semaan retweeted
Neonatal & perinatal mortality in the urban continuum: a #geospatial analysis of the household survey, satellite imagery, & travel time data in #Tanzania See our new manuscript in @GlobalHealthBMJ A great collaborative/team effort dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-202…
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"We identified multiple challenges for maternal health care during and after #COVID19 in 6 African countries. The persistent ones include reduced quality of care and lack of available resources. These will need to be tackled on a systemic level." @semaaline at #colloq22
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Visiting the Ecole de Sante Publique (UNILU) and Provincial Ministry of Health in Lubumbashi 🇨🇩, where we are planning research to understand and address #Maternal and #newborn mortality in urban settings. This team is ready to rock! 🙏🏻 Prof Ntambue & team
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Have you booked your (virtual) seat to our annual scientific colloquium? Join the global exchange on #COVID19 to learn about how we can better control epidemics in the future, worldwide. 👉Register here colloq2022.be/
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📢We are thrilled to run this course again in 2023. Applications are open until Dec 16th and scholarships are available. Please help us spread the word. @CescaCava @kerrylmwong @semaaline @alichristou @BernieHensen @DHSprogram @hhpopsurvey @abankethomas @MARCH_LSHTM
Are you a researcher who needs support in analysing Demographic and Health Surveys, focusing on #reproductive #maternal #adolescent or #childhealth? You will be guided by a coach and complete a draft of a publishable research paper by end of training. 👉 edu.itg.be/courses/dhs
Glad to share our latest research on Machine Learning models to predict maternal and newborn healthcare providers’ perception of safety during the COVID-19 pandemic published with @SpringerNature in @HRH_Journal. Read more at rdcu.be/cT0aw
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Delphin Kolié and colleauges conducted a cross-sectional survey to describe experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic, and physical, psychological and economic impacts among maternal and newborn healthcare providers. plos.io/3p51v1W
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