Jane Namasasu
Deputy Director of Clinical Services., Malawi
Biography
Jane Namasasu, retired civil servant in the Ministry of Health, is an expert in qualitative research using focus group discussions, in-depth interviews and observations. Her passion is in improving lives in Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH) especially maternal and neonatal health, adoloscent health and Family planning. She has vast experience in programming of SRH. This includes designing & planning of SRH services, coordination of partners and guiding the implementation of SRH services, Policy development and training service providers in SRH in Ministry of Health. Her expertise has earned her awards in Leardiship in Health, A woman of distinction in maternal health and best family planning proposal. She has played an instrumental role in co-founding the centre for reproductive health (CRH) at College of Medicine in Malawi, planning and conducting the National Basic Emergency Obstetric Care in 2005 which led to the development of the Malawi Roadmap to Accelerate the Reduction of Maternal and Neonatal Mortality and Morbidity by 2015, the first of its kind in Malawi. She establishing Reproductive Health Unit (RHU) where all the SRHcomponents were developed and are housed. This unit is now called the Reproductive Health Directorate.
Abstract
Abstract : Neonates deaths a measure of quality of services: maternal death reviews in five districts in malawi