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A member of the QUALI-DEC project, she successfully defended her doctoral thesis on 21 November 2024 on the theme: “Mode of delivery in low- and middle-income countries: non-clinical factors influencing decision-making”. Camille Etcheverry (midwife and member of the Quali-Dec project) has just been awarded her PhD in Public Health/Epidemiology from the Université Paris Cité, crowning …

Congratulations to Camille Etcheverry! Université Paris Cité has just awarded her the title of DOCTOR in Public Health/Epidemiology! Read More »

A high-level meeting took place on 1 November between our teams and the Thai Ministry of Health, which marked a major step forward and recognition at political level of the Quali-Dec project as a way of helping to reduce non-medically justified caesarean sections. A very constructive dialogue took place between our teams and the various …

EVENT (November 1, 2024 in Thailand): meeting between the Quali-Dec team and the Thai Ministry of Public Health to discuss issues and solutions for reducing the use of unnecessary caesarean sections! Read More »

The QUALI-DEC team is pleased to announce the publication by LIEPP – Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire d’Evaluation des Politiques Publiques (Sciences Po research platform), of an article based on an interview with Alexandre DUMONT (gynecologist-obstetrician, director of research at IRD, epidemiological researcher at Ceped-Université Paris Cité and scientific coordinator of the Quali-Dec project). Discover the contents of …

👉 PUBLICATION LIEPP/SCIENCES PO: “Reducing the practice of unnecessary caesarean sections: the Quali-Dec project”. Read More »

These medico-tropical scientific days have been organized by GISPE – groupe d’intervention en santé publique et épidémiologie – since 2012. This year, they are devoted to two themes: – Sport and health in tropical environments; – Impact of crises on the health of local populations. Armed conflicts, disasters and health crises constitute a public health …

EVENT: invited by “les XXIXèmes Actualités du Pharo” to be held on October 2, 3 and 4, 2024 in Marseille, Alexandre DUMONT (gynecologist-obstetrician, director of research at IRD and coordinator of the QUALI-DEC project) will speak on Thursday October 3 on the theme: “Impact of conflicts, disasters and health crises on obstetric care for women in resource-limited countries”. Read More »

This is the topic addressed by 5 SciDev.net journalists (Idelette Bissu’u, Maghene Deba, Mardochée Boli, Julien Chongwang and Sandrine Gaingne) in their latest article dated 14/05/2024. This publication highlights the growing concern about Caesarean delivery in sub-Saharan Africa. In particular, we learn that while the proportion of deliveries by caesarean section in countries on the …

“Health policy may be contributing to the rise in Caesarean sections in Africa”. Read More »

Discover the SCIENTIFIC ARTICLE published on 23/03/24 in Midwifery: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.midw.2024.103979 Principal author: Camille Etcheverry, midwife and doctoral student in epidemiology within the QUALI-DEC project – March 2024  In the field of women’s choice and preference of mode of delivery, the latest scientific article published in Midwifery highlights the survey work of the international multidisciplinary QUAL-DEC team, which shows that, …

Women’s caesarean section preferences: A multicountry cross-sectional survey in low- and middle-income countries Read More »

Invited by the Catalan Society of Obstetricians, the Quali-Dec team took part in their information day on February 23, 2024 in Barcelona, bringing together over 300 obstetricians, gynecologists and midwives to present the Quali-Dec project based on the Robson Classification. The QUALI-DEC research project aims to reduce the number of non-medically justified caesarean sections by …

Quali-Dec team meets the Catalan Society of Obstetricians in Barcelona Read More »