Jane Namasasu
Ministry of Health, Malawi
Biography
Jane Namasasu is a Former Deputy Director of Clinical Services, Ministry of Health, Malawi. She is a retired civil servant in the Ministry of Health and 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, adolescent health and family planning. She has vast experience in programming of SRH. This includes designing and 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. 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
Abstract
Abstract : Neonates death, a measure of quality of services: Maternal death reviews in five districts in Malawi