CHARLOTTE E WARREN (2009) Population Council P.O. Box 17643 00500 Nairobi, KENYA Tel: +254 20 2713480 Fax: +254 20 2713479 Email: cwarren@popcouncil.org Expertise: Reproductive Health, Family Planning, Maternal and Newborn Health, Primary Health Care, Operations Research, Programme Management, Training and Quality Control, Monitoring and Evaluation, Emergency Public Health Summary of Experience: Experience working in health in developing countries over 20 year period, mainly focussing in the area of Reproductive Health, Maternal and Newborn Health, Family Planning, Primary Health Care and Emergency Public Health. Currently RH Associate based in Population Council s Nairobi office lead investigator on a number of studies for RH program focusing on postnatal care including postpartum FP and integration of HIV and FP. Success in fund raising - development and submission of proposals on RH to wide range of donors, ability to respond to time bound deadlines effectively. Demonstrated experience in policy development and planning with Ministries of Health (District, Provincial and National levels) and partners to influence policy through research and practice. Extensive experience in managing collaborative programmes with bilateral donors, UN organisations, Ministries of Health, academic institutions and international NGOs in Reproductive Health, Family Planning, Maternal and Newborn Health and Emergency Public Health. Principle Investigator in the following ongoing studies: Assessing the benefits and costs of integrating HIV and SRH services in Kenya and Swaziland (2008 2012); Evaluation of voucher-&-accreditation interventions for improving business models applied to reproductive health service delivery platforms (2009-2012) Lead investigator/project monitor on studies 2005 2007 in Repositioning Postpartum Care in a high HIV prevalence environment: Operations Research in Swaziland (2006-2007). Strengthening PMTCT through Postpartum FP in Lesotho (2006-2007) and in Kenya: Integrating tuberculosis case finding and treatment into FANC (2005 2007), Strengthening postnatal care services including early postpartum FP (2006 2008), and Taking critical services to the home: testing the feasibility and acceptability of home based maternal and postpartum care through private/community midwife networks in Kenya (2006 2007); In-depth assessment and documentation of UNFPA/MOH obstetric fistula and community midwifery initiatives in Kenya (2007-2008). National Community Based Safe Motherhood Survey in Ethiopia (2005) and reanalysis of 4 regions (2009) Experience in developing: M and E tools for RH, training curriculum, job aids, setting standards of care and using criterion-based audit for assessing quality of care. Member of Global Pre-Eclampsia/Eclampsia Policy and Advocacy Task Force 2009 Member of National Interagency Coordinating Committee for RH (ICC-RH) in Kenya and number of national working groups in FP, MNH, Community midwifery, Kenya roadmap for improving maternal and newborn health. Part of core group to develop RH Policy and Strategy and FP guidelines in Kenya, Member of WHO Technical Working Group for developing Standards for MNH 2002 to 2004 Member of WHO/AFRO Task force in Reproductive Health 2004 2006 assisted in development of the regional Road Map for Acceleration for the Reduction in Maternal and Newborn Mortality 1
Responsible for the implementation of the DFID-funded MNH projects between 2000-2006. Lead investigator on: Developed accreditation criteria and standards for Output based Approach for RH services in Kenya 2006. Employment Record: Population Council, Reproductive Health Program, Nairobi, Kenya May 2000 to date (Aug 2009): APO 2000 2001; Staff Associate 2001 2004; RH Associate: Jan 2005 to date. Responsibilities include: Design and Management of RH programs and investigating ways to integrate services (MNH, FP and HIV) and strengthening of health systems. Has expertise in developing concepts, designs, proposals and writing for OR in RH/FP. This includes design of interventions planning and implementation. Plays a leadership role in developing the Council s credibility in the areas of vouchers for financing and in promoting attention to newborn health within general postpartum care; Facilitated and coordinated the development of a wide range of training materials specifically postpartum BCS+ and mentorship framework for integrated HIV/SRH services; Continues to refine the package of care for MNH including long term family planning methods and HIV services. Regarded as an expert in the field of MNH is widely consulted in the region. Receives ongoing requests to make presentations in USA and SSA on PMTCT,FP MNH, integration on lessons learned at regional meetings. Member of the Eclampsia Task Force (Global Outreach) as well as a number of committees at national level. RH Inter-agency Coordinating Committee, (RH-ICC) the FP and MNH Working Groups and numerous Task Forces set up for specific assignments. Eg key contributor to the development of the Kenya National RH Policy and Strategy and revision of FP Guidelines. Coordinator for DFID s Know-How Project: Demonstrating the capacity of professionals, midwives, nursing and medical organisations to play a strategic role in safer RH/MNH through partnerships within and between countries Kenya and UK. Lead investigator on Study in Community aspects of Safe Motherhood among others. Department for International Development, Nairobi, DFID Associate Professional Officer (seconded to Population Council, Nairobi) May 2000 to Sept 2001 In addition to working on DFID Safe Motherhood Demonstration Project with Population Council, responsibilities include providing technical assistance to DFID Health Advisors managing other DFID RH projects in Kenya. Humanitarian Aid Department Oxfam, GB, Public Health Advisor, June 1999 - April 2000 Responsibilities include providing advice and guidance on a wide range of public health issues to the Oxfam Eastern Europe Team during the Balkans crisis in EPI, control of communicable diseases and child health. Assisting in the development of programme for displaced people in Kosovo and Macedonia; Providing Emergency Public Health Assessment in Mozambique in March 2000 during major flooding to assess the public health risks for displaced people (70,000) and developed proposals including malaria control; recruiting emergency health field staff for Albania, Macedonia, Kosovo, Serbia, Timor, Orissa, Sudan, Sierra Leone, Eritrea and Ethiopia; Reviewing malaria, and essential medicines guidelines and developing checklist for emergency assessment in line with Sphere guidelines (standards of care during emergencies). Save the Children Fund/DFID PHC Programme Officer, Angola July 1996 - Sept 1997 Responsibilities include advising Municipal and Provincial Health Teams in development of Primary Health Care system as part of Health Transition Project. Rehabilitation, equipment and support to 20 health facilities in three municipalities. This included a plan for improving PHC specifically maternal, neonatal care, EPI, Essential drug procurement, rationalisation and distribution; updating skills of health care providers in resource poor setting. Capacity building for MOH staff including training, management, planning, evaluation, information systems epidemiological surveillance and implementing health strategies in conjunction with WHO. Merlin: Field Nurse, Gisenyi, and Rwanda March 1995 to June 1995 2
Responsible for co-ordinating health activities based in Transit Camp for 12000 returnees from Zaire. This included providing maternity care to female returnees, curative care and re-instating the EPI programme, nutritional assessment. Also responsible for commodity procurement plan, recruitment and training of staff and rehabilitating and setting up the above services in three health centres. VSO: Nurse i/c PHC Programme, Suba District, Nyanza, Kenya. August 1986 to August 1988 Served as in charge of a health facility and outreach services for a lakeside/rural community. The main focus of work was on MCH -FP Services, EPI, curative care and health promotion. Save the Children Fund, UK: Field Nurse Refugee Camp Saffawa, East Sudan Feb Dec 1985 Served as in charge of feeding centres for 2000 children, set up paediatric unit and intensive feeding centre, EPI, nutrition surveys and health education Consultancy Experience: JSI(UK) Attended, reviewed and reported on Reduction in Maternal Mortality Symposium in the context of SWAp in Maputo, Mozambique on behalf of DFID November 2001. Oxfam, GB Emergency Public Health Assessor, Nicaragua November 1998 to December 1998 Responsible for conducting Emergency Health assessment, post "Hurricane Mitch" for risks of outbreaks of communicable diseases. Developed and initiated several projects to assist the communities affected by the hurricane. DFID, ELMT Health Coordinator, Sierra Leone, July 1998 to October 1998 and May 1999 Managed public health programme for DDR Programme involving 5000 de-mobilising soldiers. Coordinated public health activities: commodity procurement, preventive and curative care, involving all stakeholders in developing systems for re-integration of ex combatants and collaborating with MOH and World Bank. UK Experience Princess Margaret NHS Trust, Swindon UK, Community Paediatric Nurse January to June 1996 Assisted in setting up day care unit and co-ordinated, managed care of chronically sick children within the community and at home. Member PHC Team; General Practice, Wiltshire Family Health Authority Nurse Practitioner 1990 1994 and Sept 1997 - July 1998 Responsible for immunisation programme, triage in general practice, health promotion. Great Ormond St Hospital Staff Nurse for surgical paediatric ward 1983 1985 Education & Qualifications: 1999 Capacities for Managing Development one module from Open University Masters course in Global Development (merit) 1994 M.Ed - Specialist Programme in Primary Health Care, Bristol University, England The emphasis of this course was on the three pillars of primary health care with specific focus on developing health care approaches in resource poor settings. 1993 ENB Practice Nurse, Bath and Swindon College of Health Studies 1984 Tropical Medicine for Nurses, London School of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Keppel Street London. 3
1983 RSCN/RN/ON A combined course: paediatrics at Hospitals for Sick Children, Great Ormond St; Adult nursing at Middlesex Hospital, Mortimer St; Obstetrics at Queen Charlottes Maternity Hospital London. Selected Publications: Warren, C, Mwangi, A, Oweya E, Kamunya R and Koskei N, Safeguarding maternal and newborn health: improving the quality of postnatal care in Kenya International Journal for Quality in Health Care Nov 2009 G. Mazia; I. Narayanan; C. Warren; M. Mahdi; P. Chibuye; A. Walligo; P. Mabuza; R. Shongwe; M. Hainsworth Integrating quality postnatal care into PMTCT in Swaziland Global Public Health May 2009 Warren C, Care seeking for maternal health: challenges remain for poor women (Ethiopia) for publication in Ethiopian Journal of Public Health 2009 Warren C Care of the Newborn: community perceptions and health seeking behaviour (Ethiopia) for publication in Ethiopian Journal of Public Health 2009 Warren Charlotte and Tekle-Ab Mekbib Maternal mortality in rural Ethiopia: causes and contributing factors (submitted to Ethiopian RH Journal 2009) Warren, C., S Phafoli, B Majara and T Tsukulu Extending PMTCT through Postpartum FP in Lesotho Frontiers in RH, Population Council 2008 Mwangi A. and Warren C Taking Critical Services to the Home: Scaling-up Home-based Maternal and Postnatal Care, including Family Planning, through Community Midwifery in Kenya Frontiers in RH, Population Council 2008 Mwangi, A. C Warren, N. Koksei, H Blanchard Strengthening Postnatal Care Services Including Postpartum Family Planning in Kenya Frontiers in RH, Population Council 2008 Warren C and Mwangi A Integrating Tuberculosis Case Finding and Treatment into Focused Antenatal Care in Kenya Frontiers in RH, Population Council 2008 Warren Charlotte and Annie Mwangi Obstetric Fistula: Can Community Midwives make a difference? Population Council Nairobi and UNFPA- Kenya 2008 Liambila W, Warren C et al Feasibility, Acceptability, Effect and Cost of Integrating Counseling and Testing for HIV within Family Planning Services in Kenya Frontiers in RH, Population Council 2008 Warren Charlotte., Pat Daly, Lalle Tour, Pyande Mongi Postnatal Care in Opportunities for Africa s Newborns Edited by Joy Lawn and Kate Kerber PMNCH Cape Town 2006 Editor for Essential Obstetric Manual for Health Care Providers in Kenya 2001 Co author/compiler: Standards for Maternal Care in Kenya 2001 and Clinical Audit Manual 2002 Warren C, Chege, J. Askew, I Baseline report for Kenya Adolescent Reproductive Health Programme, Frontiers, Population Council 2001 Selected oral presentations Warren C and Annie Mwangi, Improved provider counseling increases earlier uptake of postpartum FP FIGO conference Cape Town October 2009 Warren Charlotte, Annie Mwangi, Saumya RamaRao and Ian Askew Assessing the Quality of Comprehensive Postnatal Care at workshop on postpartum family planning Washington DC May 2009 4
Warren C Care seeking for maternal health: Findings from a community based safe motherhood study at the workshop on Addressing Community Maternal and Neonatal Health in Ethiopia: Evidence-based Recommendations for Increased Demand, Access to and Use of Services in Addis Ababa May 2009 Warren Charlotte Taking services to the community, the community midwifery model at the WHO/AFRO Regional RH Task Force in Addis Ababa Oct 2005 and in AFRO/Brazzaville Feb 2006 Warren Charlotte Repositioning Postpartum Care in Kenya 12 th RH Priorities Conference South Africa October 2005 Warren Charlotte Health Systems Approach to Safe Motherhood 11 th Reproductive Health Research Conference, South Africa, October 2004 Warren Charlotte and Wilson Liambila Safe Motherhood Demonstration Project Western Province: approaches to providing quality maternal care in Kenya Population Council 2004 Warren C. Experiences and Lessons from Safe Motherhood Initiatives in Kenya for Regional Meeting for Development of a Road Map for Maternal Mortality Reduction, WHO AFRO, Harare, Zimbabwe, Feb 2004 Selected poster presentations Understanding obstetric fistula findings from four districts in Kenya FIGO conference Cape Town Oct 2009 Systems wide approach to delivering Maternal and Newborn Health in Kenya, IUSSP France July 2005 Approaches for improving Safe Motherhood and Neonatal Health in Kenya at the Global Implementing Best Practices Conference Entebbe Uganda, June 2004 Approaches to Safe Motherhood 10 th Reproductive Health Research Conference, Johannesburg, South Africa, October 2003 Various Presentations on Safe Motherhood at KOGS annual scientific conferences 2001-2006 (UK) Professional Membership and Affiliations NMC Pin: 78L0213E 8 Member of Inter Agency Co-ordinating Committee for RH, Kenya (and working groups) Member of WHO/AFRO RH Task Force 2004 to 2006 Member of Healthy Newborn Partnership, 2004 Member of WHO Technical Working Group for Standards for Maternal and Neonatal Health 2002 4 Languages: Speak Read Write Portuguese Reasonable Reasonable Reasonable French Basic Basic Basic Dhluo (Kenya) Very basic Nationality: British Telephone: +254 733 800120 Fax: E-mail: cwarren@popcouncil.org 5
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