In this episode, Alendrine, our Director of Strategy speaks to Nour El Arnaouta and Yousef Khaderb, from the Faculty of Medicine, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Jordan about digital maternal health initiatives they are working on, the impact of gender inequality, and the risks involved.
Nour El Arnaouta is the manager of the NGO initiative at the global health insitute, where she co-ordinates the institutes's E-Sahha programme focussed on e-health and digital health. She has more than 7 years experience in projects and programmes management, operational management and research, and leads the implementation of a large scale field based project in under served communities in Lebanon including refugee camps. She is working on a project called: The Gamification, Artificial Intelligence and mHealth Network for Maternal Health Improvement.
Yousef Khaderb is a professor of Epidemiology and biostatistics at the Faculty of Medicine at the Jordan University of Science and Technology, he is a fellow for public health at the royal college of physicians UK through distinction and has published more than 650 scientific papers in highly reputable journals. He is working on a project called: Governing Digital Personal Data to Strengthen Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn and Child Health Services Delivery in Fragile Settings in Palestine and Jordan.
Both projects are funded by IDRC.
Links
- Read more from Yousef and Nour about their projects, and gender and power in maternal health: https://ai-med.io/analysis/context-gender-power-and-choices/
- Read more about Nour's project: https://ghi.aub.edu.lb/esp/
- You can read more from Yousef in the below papers which he contributed to:
- Midwives and women's perspectives on family planning in Jordan: human rights, gender equity, decision-making and power dynamics: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34458635/
- Perceptions Toward the Use of Digital Technology for Enhancing Family Planning Services: Focus Group Discussion With Beneficiaries and Key Informative Interview With Midwives: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34319250/
- Do modern family planning methods impact women's quality of life? Jordanian women's perspective: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31615524/
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