Department of Obstetrics And Gynaecology

Prof. Joseph Karanja makes a presentation on maternal deaths at the UoN/KNH Symposium.

Health practitioners have been urged to use available, simple technologies to reduce the rate of maternal deaths in the country.

Group photo of the workshop participants.( Prof Qureshi  1st ;second row from rigth and Dr. Gwako 1st third row from the right)

Prof. Zahida Qureshi and Dr. George Gwako attended the Stakeholder Engagement Workshop held on 28 September, 2018 at the African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC) Campus Nairobi.

The panel in the picture (From left to right Prof. Zahida Qureshi, Prof. Veronique Filippi, Dr. Ozge Tuncalp and Prof. Rodolfo Gomez) made presentations on the following;

Prof. Zahida Qureshi, Principal Investigator for Kenya GlOSS- Survey attended the meeting held in Rio, Brazil.

The purpose of the meeting held from 12-13 October, 2018 was to review and discuss the Gloss Study results from  the 53  participating countries.

Prof. Zahida Qureshi, Principal Investigator for the WHO- Global Maternal Sepsis Survey  Kenya Gloss Survey attended the symposium and presented on Maternal and Neonatal Sepsis; An audit of facilities in Nairobi. 

The MCS-A Africa PI meeting was held in Nairobi, Kenya from 25^th -27^th September 2018 at the Four Points by Sheraton, Nairobi.

The meeting agenda was to discuss the results of the survey, plan for secondary analyses  data and country dissemination ideas by country teams.

From L-R: Dr. Kireki, Dr. Kosgei, Prof. Cheserem, Dr. Bosire and Prof. Omondi Ogutu pose for a photo when they attended the conference in Dubai.

Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology staff attended the International Federation Of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (FIGO) Regional Congress of Middle East and Africa in Dubai, UAE from 11-13 April 2018.

The Kenya Obstetrical and Gynaecological Society (KOGS) held its 42^nd Annual scientific conference on Feb 21-23^rd 2018, at Sawela Lodge, Naivasha. During this conference the department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Nairobi had a strong presence led by the Chairman Prof. Omondi Ogutu, Prof. Qureshi, Prof. Ndavi, Prof. Cheserem, Dr. Osoti, and Dr. Gwako among others.

The first World Health Organization (HRP Alliance) - University of Nairobi Research Methods Course was hosted at the Silver Springs Hotel by the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the University of Nairobi. The 5-day course comprised Randomized Controlled Trials, systematic reviews and implementation science.

The WHO CHAMPION Trial Investigators meeting was held on 28^th – 29^th March, 2018 at the Women’s and Children’s Health Research Unit in Belgaum, India. Prof. Zahida Qureshi is the Principal Investigator for the WHO CHAMPION Trial in Kenya.

Prof. Zahida Qureshi attended the 2^nd International Conference on Maternal and Newborn Health at the KLE Centenary Convention Centre in Belgaum, India held on 26^th – 27^th March, 2018.

Prof. Zahida Qureshi attended the Annual Scientific Conference of Kenya Association of Muslim Medical Professions, held at the Nairobi Hospital Convention Center 10-11^th March, 2018.

The Theme of the conference was “Integrated Healthcare: Prevention to Rehabilitation” and she made a presentation on “Severe Maternal Outcomes”.

From 6-8^th December 2017 Dr Joshua Vogel (Technical Officer, Maternal and Perinatal Health and Preventing Unsafe Abortion in the Department of Reproductive Health and Research) from WHO conducted the preparatory training workshop at the Silvers springs hotel Nairobi.

Prof Zahida Qureshi, Dr. George Gwako and Dr. Alfred Osoti conducted a one day training in Nairobi for participating hospital coordinators for the GLOBAL MATERNAL SEPSIS STUDY (GLOSS) at Bonds Restaurant Nairobi on the 14/11/2017.

Prof Zahida Qureshi and Dr. George Gwako attended a Country Coordinators Training Workshop for Global Maternal Sepsis Study (GLOSS) in Istanbul Turkey 9-10^th October 2017

WHO CHAMPION TRIAL Sponsors from MERCK for Mothers made a site visit on 15th May 2017. The team comprised of Mary-Ann Etiebet (MD-Executive Director,), Scott Higgins (Director of Operations), Jeffrey Jacobs (MIM-Director of Product Innovation & Market Access), Prof. Gwyneth Helen Lewis (MSD for Mother Advisory Board Member).

AMREF Health Africa, Kenya held a two day annual retreat for its board members. Prof. Qureshi is a Board Member of AMREF Health Africa - Kenya.

The retreat was held from 4^th – 5^th May 2017, at the Enashipia Lodge Naivasha as part of team building activities.

Prof. Omondi Ogutu, Chairman Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, UoN, at the 1^st World Congress on Maternal Foetal Neonatal Medicine Congress in London, from 24^th to 27^th April 2017.

The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists held its 2017 world congress in South Africa.
The University of Nairobi was represented in this congress by Professor Zahida Qureshi, Professor James Kiarie (WHO), and Dr. Anne-Beatrice Kihara, Dr.Stephen Ochiel and Dr.George Gwako.

The World Health Organization held a two day training to equip trainees with technical skills for the application of the Odon device. This was done in preparation for the roll-out of a multicountry, multisite study to evaluate the feasibility and safety of the Odon device for assisted vaginal delivery. In Kenya the study will be done at KNH.

Among the trainers was Professor Zahida Qureshi, one of the local PIs. Dr. George Gwako, another local PI and Mark Sigei, the Data Manager in the study were trained.

The WHO’s champion trial, a phaseIII , randomized multicountry, multisite non inferiority clinical trial using Carbetocin room temperature stable for prevention of PPH following vaginal delivery, recently held a collaborators meeting in Cape town.

The University of Nairobi was represented in this meeting by Professor Zahida Qureshi, the Kenyan PI in the trial.

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The Royal College Of Obstetricians And Gynaecologists:Cape Town South Africa
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Professor Omondi Ogutu, Chairman Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, with teaching staff and colleagues at the 41^st KOGS Annual Scientific Conference held at the PrideInn Paradise Beach Resort and Convention Centre, Mombasa.

Prof. Zahida Qureshi attended the WHO Multi-Country Survey Abortion Regional training meeting for Anglophone countries in Accra Ghana 1-3^rdNovember 2016 at the Crowne Plaza hotel Accra.

WHO plans to carry out a survey on abortion in Africa, Asia and Latin America.

Prof. Omondi Ogutu at the ISSHP Conference in Sao Paulo-Brazil.

The International Society for the Study of Hypertension in pregnancy held their 20^th biannual congress in the city of Sao Paulo from October 23-26^th at the Maksoud Hotel.

Group Photo of International Collaborators with the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Team members at meeting held at Hilton Euston hotel 21-22^nd September 2016.

Professor Zahida Qureshi the Principal Investigator of the WOMAN Trial in KENYA participated in the “The Woman Trial Writing Committee Meeting” held in London 21-22^nd September 2016.

Professor Stuart Weiner, a professor of maternal fetal medicine from Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, visited the University of Nairobi Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology from 12^th to 16^th September 2016.

Dr. Rose Kosgei's wedding.

Members of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology attended the wedding of one of their own Dr. Rose Kosgei.

The team presented gifts to the newly-wed couple and wished them a blessed marriage.

Meshack Juma in front of the congress venue the Palmeraie palace in Morocco.

Mr Meshack Juma, a chief technologist at the University of Nairobi, College of Health Science, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology attended the 17^th International Union of Sexually Transmitted Infections (USTI) World Congress in Marrakesh Morocco.

Obstetrics and Gynaecology Department held an Obstetric Skills Seminar for Level IV MBchB students.

This is a simulated skills training meant to equip trained doctors with skills in labour monitoring, delivery and immediate neonatal care.

Having been nominated by The Kenya Obstetrical and Gynaecological society, Prof Qureshi was selected to receive a FIGO award in Recognition of Women Obstetricians/Gynaecologists at the XXI FIGO World Congress in Vancouver, Canada .She was one of 22 women gynaecologists from all over the world who received this prestigious award, which was presented by the FIGO president   PROF SIR SABARATNAM ARULKUMARAN.