She is a courageous campaigner on behalf of womens health. Pdf on jan 1, 2009, i vergote and others published figo award for professor marleen temmerman find, read and cite all the research you need on researchgate. The magnitude and factors related to facilitybased. Submissions from 2020 pdf children are a blessing from god a qualitative study exploring the sociocultural factors influencing contraceptive use in two muslim communities in kenya, batula abdi, jerry okal, gamal serour, and marleen temmerman. Sofia castro lopes7,susanmann8,bejoynambiar8, tim colbourn8 and marleen temmerman1,9 abstract background. Sep 10, 2015 100 cases in obstetrics and gynaecology. Stillbirths count, but it is now time to count them all.
Professor marleen temmerman graduated in 1978 at the ghent university as medical doctor. Marleen temmerman was born in lokeren in belgium in 1953. For professor marleen temmerman, breaking gender stereotypes has always been a part of her life. The magnitude and factors related to facilitybased maternal mortality in mozambique. Womens health priorities and interventions the bmj. Obstetrics and gynaecology, east africa medical college, east africa january 20 limited effectiveness of hiv prevention for young people in subsaharan africa. Marleen temmerman2 and mario vaneechoutte1 address. Marleen temmerman european institute for gender equality. International federation of gynecology and obstetrics september 2016 3 will provide the same excellent support to my successor, johan, in the months and years to come.
Professor marleen temmerman, chair of obstetrics and gynaecology at aga khan university hospital, nairobi and chair ptbi symposium, explains, preterm birth has been identified as the leading cause of death among newborn babies in the subsaharan region and the second cause of death in children under five. An expert in womens health, marleen temmerman has managed to successfully combine politics and medicine to make a significant impact on health care. As a young student she was not allowed to study gynaecology in belgium because she was a woman and female physicians were advised to choose specialities which were are not too time consuming, in order to raise families. Reactive rapid plasma reagin rpr tests were titrated and confirmed with treponema. During my studies to be a doctor i was also interested in social things, political things, says marleen temmerman, professor of gynaecology and obstetrics at belgiums ghent university. Ferreira and tuangsit wataganara, cesarean section. Intimate partner violence ipv has consistently been found to afflict one in twenty pregnant women and is therefore considered a leading cause of physical injury, mental illness and adverse pregnancy. For sure, without her support, this thesis would not have been possible. Postpartum maternal and infant mortality is high in subsaharan africa and improving postpartum care as a strategy to enhance maternal and infant health has been neglected. I fly to vancouver shortly to attend the 28th international congress of paediatrics, which will. Professor temmerman is currently professor of obstetrics and gynaecology at ghent university in belgium, head of the obstetrics and gynaecology department at the ghent university hospital, and a.
Marleen temmerman, i do not have the best words to describe the efforts and time she speared for me. Although the first use of the term in obstetrics was from the seventeenth century, its early history is obscured by mythology. Neonatal outcomes of twins according to birth order. Patterns of contraceptive use among vulnerable populations. Demographic and historical information was obtained using a semi. Marleen temmerman department of urogynaecology ghent university prof. The impact of a referral cardbased intervention on intimate. Marleen temmerman professor obstetrics and gynaecology verified email at ugent. Effect of a syphilis control programme on pregnancy. From when i was very young i wanted to go into a social profession, i wanted to fight injustice. Background intimate partner violence ipv is very high in africa. Marleen temmerman, the new director of the who department of reproductive health and research october 15, 2012, presents her vision on the role of who collaborating centers. Out of 3564 firstvisit pregnant women receiving health.
Marleen temmerman professor aga khan university hospital. The vaginal microflora is important for maintaining vaginal health and preventing infections of the reproductive tract. As director of reproductive health and research at who, dr. Who statement on caesarean section rates ap betran, mr torloni, jj zhang, am guelmezoglu, for the who working group caesarean section and marleen temmerman ugent 2016 bjogan international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology. Ian askew doctoral thesis submitted to the faculty of medicine and health sciences, ghent university rhoune adhiambo ochako patterns of contraceptive use among vulnerable populations in kenya academic year. Head of department of obstetrics and gynaecology, ghent university hospital, belgium,20082012 director, international. Given her interests in womens rights and in developing countries, temmermans early decisions to specialise in obstetrics and gynaecology and. Temmerman was the first female professor of gynaecology in belgium. Marleen temmerman department of uro gynaecology ghent university prof. Obstetrics and gynaecology, east africa medical college, east. Recently, male involvement has gained considerable attention in family planning programs but the implementation thereof remains a challenge. Caesarean section has been recorded in history since ancient times in both western and nonwestern literature. Marleen temmerman born in lokeren, 24 march 1953 is a belgian gynaecologist, professor. To assess the impact of a syphilis control programme of pregnant women on pregnancy outcome in kenya.
Marleen temmerman ugent, rajat khosla, laura laski, zoe mathews and lale say organization. Prior she was the director of the department of reproductive health and research rhr at the world health. The flemish society of obstetrics and gynaecology is extremely proud that one of its members, professor marleen temmerman, received this award during the 24 th figo world congress of gynaecology and obstetrics, held in cape town south africa. The silent burden of gynaecological disease in low. Intimate partner violence and psychosocial health, a cross. In a message to the participants of irh and fhi360s recent interagency youth working group iywg. Sexual coercion among inschool adolescents in rwanda. Ronan van rossem 1, marleen temmerman 1, kristien michielsen 1 1 ghent university, belgium 2 hasselt university, belgium introduction. However, information obtained from the increasing number of african studies on ipv among pregnant women has not been scientifically analyzed. Marleen temmerman awarded 2010 bmj lifetime achievement. The flemish society of obstetrics and gynaecology is extremely proud that one of its members, professor marleen temmerman, received this award during the.
In that capacity, she was a member of the european parliamentary forum and chair of the hivaids advisory group of the interparliamentary union. Building on the unfinished agenda, marleen temmerman and colleagues elaborate actions needed to improve the health and wellbeing of women and girls around the world over the past decades, governments have taken steps towards improving womens health in line with commitments made in key international summits. Evect of a syphilis control programme on pregnancy outcome. As this newsletter goes to print, i am preparing for some final trips. Marleen temmerman born in lokeren, 24 march 1953 is a belgian gynaecologist, professor and former senator, currently heading the centre of excellence in women and child health at aga khan university, nairobi, kenya. Department of uro gynaecology ceased 1102018 keywords systems, developingcountries, maternal mortality, care. Identification and genotyping of bacteria from paired. Figgoo gynecology and obstetrics international federation of.
Effect of a syphilis control programme on pregnancy outcome. Even when i was 12 or my mother tells me i wanted to do something for the developing world. Family planning contributes substantially in achieving the millennium development goals. Professor geoffrey chamberlain asked me to assist him with the combining of the original wellestablished separate lecture notes on obstetricsand lecture notes on gynaecology by joining him as editor of this textbook aimed at undergraduate medical, midwifery. Figo award for professor marleen temmerman europe pmc. Intimate partner violence ipv has consistently been found to afflict one in twenty pregnant women and is therefore considered a leading cause of physical injury, mental illness and adverse pregnancy outcome.
Professor temmerman is currently professor of obstetrics and gynaecology at ghent university in belgium, head of the obstetrics and gynaecology department at the ghent university hospital, and a senator in. To establish whether the rectum can serve as a possible bacterial reservoir for colonisation of the vaginal econiche, we cultured vaginal and rectal. Choi wah kong and william wing kee to, the predicting factors and outcomes of caesarean section of the second twin, journal of obstetrics and gynaecology, 37, 6, 709, 2017. Because many women deliver at home, hivinfected women are provided with a tablet of 200 mg nevirapine for themselves, and with 0. This paper studies determinants of participation in a peerled schoolbased hiv prevention intervention in rwanda. In that context, our study aimed at measuring the effect of a sixmonthlong family planning education program on male involvement in family planning, as well as on.
Limited effectiveness of hiv prevention for young people in. In december 2015, professor dr marleen temmerman joined the aga khan university east africa as chair of the department of obstetrics and gynaecology. Opportunities to improve postpartum care for mothers and. Conscientious objection and reproductive health service delivery in subsaharan africa, v. Agius, marleen temmerman, winnie wangari, and stanley luchters. Obstetrics and gynaecology, east africa medical college. A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext.
The dynamics of intimate partner violence during pregnancy and linkages with hiv infection and disclosure in zimbabwe simukai shamu doctoral thesis submitted to the faculty of medicine and health sciences ghent university phd supervisors. A nonsignificant trend in reduction of abnormal bleeding was observed among levonorgestrel intrauterine system users taking 5 mg ulipristal acetate per day for 5 days compared with placebo. Figo award for professor marleen temmerman pubmed central pmc. A hypothesis illustrated by a case report, gynecologic and obstetric investigation, 73, 1, 82, 2012. Author thomas m dhooghe and marleen temmerman ugent organization.
Gynaecology and obstetrics, university of nairobi, kenya g karanja correspondence to. The impact of a referral cardbased intervention on. Professor marleen temmerman winner of this years award professor marleen temmerman cofounded the international centre for reproductive health, based in ghent and kenya. All journal articles featured in journal of obstetrics and gynaecology vol 37 issue 4. From the beginning of her career she had a keen interest in diseases in women of the developing world. Professor temmerman is currently professor of obstetrics and gynaecology at ghent university in belgium, head of the obstetrics and. Characteristics of participants in an hiv prevention. From when i was very young i wanted to go into a social profession, i wanted to. Gynaecology the association of pretreatment hpv subtypes with recurrence of vin giorgio bogani, fabio martinelli, antonino ditto, mauro signorelli, francesca taverna, claudia lombardo, valentina chiappa, umberto leone roberti maggiore, dario recalcati, cono scaffa, stefania perotto, ilaria sabatucci, alice indini, domenica lorusso, francesco. Whats happening december 2016 aga khan university hospital. To identify risk factors for human papillomavirus hpv infection and squamous intraepithelial lesions sil of the cervix, and to measure the impact of concurrent hiv. Women who came to deliver to pumwani maternity hospital pmh between april 1997 and march 1998 were tested for syphilis.
In 2007, marleen temmerman was elected as a senator in the belgian parliament where she was member of the commission on social affairs, and chair of the commission on foreign affairs. Dec 30, 2009 an expert in womens health, marleen temmerman has managed to successfully combine politics and medicine to make a significant impact on health care. Sexual and reproductive health and rights of refugee women in europe national policies on sexual and reproductive health for asylum seekers and refugees survey analysis june 2005 kristin janssens marleen bosmans prof. As professor of obstetrics and gynaecology at the university hospital in belgium, head.
Chavane, leonardo, martinho dgedge, olivier degomme, osvaldo loquiha, marc aerts, and marleen temmerman. Risk factors for human papillomavirus and cervical. The rectum has been suggested as the major source for the colonisation of the vaginal econiche. Data on coverage are provided from antenatal records and delivery registers. Women were studied at a family planning clinic in nairobi, kenya. Keygnaert, ines, jessika deblonde, els leye, and marleen temmerman. She started working in 1978 as a general pracitioner, and took a course at the institute for tropical medicine in antwerp.
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