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Dear all,
We are excited to be back with our regular newsletters to keep you up to date with the activities of the SPOT- studies. SPOT continues to work to improve the care for women with preeclampsia in Ghana.
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COVID-19 IMPACT ON SPOT
As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the SPOT study activities involving face-to-face contact were temporarily suspended on March 24, 2020. Given the COVID-19 developments in Ghana, the ethics committees allowed us fully resume activities in October 2020, with necessary protocols put in place to ensure the safety of study staff and participants.
For more information on COVID-19 in Ghana visit: https://ghanahealthservice.org/covid19/latest.php
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UPDATES
APECGH-SPOT webinars for health professionals In July, Action on Preeclampsia Ghana (APECGH) launched monthly webinars about hypertensive disorders of pregnancy. It was organized in collaboration with the SPOT studies. The July-September sessions focused on the management of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy. From October until December the sessions will focus on aspects of respectful maternity care.
All sessions can be joined for free. For health professionals, the webinars have continuous professional development (CPD) accreditation by the Ghana Medical and Dental Council and the Ghana Nursing and Midwifery Council.
All recordings are available online on the Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXq7RXc1GTq71vlNE1LWcrA and on the facebook page : https://www.facebook.com/apecgh
RMC webinar 1: The Patient Perspective (The African Situation) link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzFv-LO6Vrc
RMC webinar 2: The Theoretical Framework and Approach (WHO) link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0CMFISCXxOI
The next webinar will be held TODAY!
RMC webinar 3: The Midwives Perspective: Challenges & Wayforward on Tuesday, 24th November, 2020 at 5 pm GMT (see below for details)
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APECGH -SPOT PATIENT LEARNING SESSIONS
Action on Preeclampsia Ghana (APECGH) together with SPOT started a Patient Learning Series(PLS). The aim of the PLS is to educate and provide the general populace the basic knowledge of hypertensive disorders in pregnancy. It targets women and their families, students, health advocates and preeclampsia survivors. The first webinar was held on October 17th, 2020 and covered the nature, types, risk factors, signs and symptoms of and the myths about hypertensive disorders in pregnancy.
The PLS is free to join and recordings are available on facebook and Youtube. If you would like to join, please contact apecgh2@gmail.com for more information
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New SPOT team members!
We are pleased to introduce two new members of our team, a very warm welcome to
Emmanuella Salia and Katja Drechsel!
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Emmanuella Lebasaana Salia graduated with a BSc Human Biology and MBChB from Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana. She practiced clinical medicine prior to obtaining a Master of Public Health degree from Johns Hopkins University. As a post-doctoral research fellow in Dr Claire Simpson’s lab, she will be analyzing genomic and other -omics data with the latest genetic epidemiological and statistical tools. She will also provide support for the management of the biobank within the SPOT-BIO study and other related research infrastructure.
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Katja Drechsel is a Dutch medical student from Utrecht University. Katja joined us to work on a maternal near miss review, during a 12-week internship. She works under the direct supervision of Klaartje Olde Loohuis and Kwame Adu-Bonsaffoh, the internship will last until the end of November this year. Afterwards, she will start her final (clinical) internship and she hopes to pursue a future in the field of gynaecology/obstetrics
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SPOT-studies overview
- To externally validate the fullPIERS and miniPIERS prediction models, and develop a simple, user friendly, numeric Severe Pre-eclampsia adverse Outcome Triage (SPOT) score to assist clinical decision making in severe early pre-eclampsia (SPOT-VAL).
- To quantify the relationship between fetal (and maternal) APOL1 status and preeclampsia and assess whether this can predict pre-eclampsia (SPOT-BIO).
- To understand the views on ‘good care’ of various stakeholders in the care of Hypertension Disorders in Pregnancy (HDP): health professionals, health management and pregnant women themselves.
- To assess impact of SPOT-score combined with shared-decision making tool implementation (SPOT-impact).
- To assess the incidence of mental health disorders among women with pregnancies complicated by an early HDP.
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Meet the SPOT-studies team
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Ghana Health Services, Accra, Ghana
- Drs. Emmanuel K. Srofenyoh, MBChB MPhil FWACS
- Drs. Fred Pobee, MBChB FWACS
- Dr. Sylvia Deganus, MBChB MPH FWACS
- Dr. Hellen Akaba, MBChB MPH FWACS
- Dr. Ama Tamatey, MBChB FWACS
- Dr. Patrick Aboagye, MB-BCH MPH Dip. RH
- Dr. Kwame Anim-Boamah, MBChB MBA FWACS
- Prof. Dr. Irene Agyepong, MBChB PhD
- Dr. Evelyn K. Ansah, MBChB PhD
- Dr. Edward Antwi, MBChB PhD
- Drs. Phidelia Ladje Pinto, MBChB
- Drs. Maame Yaa Essel, MBChB
- Mr. Nana K.A. Ampofo, BSc
- M. Salim S. Wangabi, MPhil
- Dr. Faridatu Njelba Abdulai, MBChB FWACS
- Dr. Selorm Botwe, MBChB FWACS
UMC Utrecht, The Netherlands
- Dr. Joyce Browne, MD PhD
- Prof. Dr. Diederick Grobbee, MD PhD FESC
- Dr. Kerstin Klipstein-Grobusch, PhD
- Prof. Dr. Arie Franx, MD PhD
- Drs. Klaartje Olde Loohuis, MD
- Dr. Marcus Rijken, MD PhD
- Dr. Rieke van der Graaf, PhD
- Bridgett Pratt
- George Downward
- Daniel Boateng
- Jan Godthelp
KIT, Royal Tropical Institute
- Dr. Noor Tromp, PhD
- Drs. Irene de Vries, MD MA
Share-net
FIGO
- Prof. Dr. Gerard Visser, MD PhD
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Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital
- Drs. Kwame Adu-Bonsaffoh, MD MPhil FWACS, University of Ghana Medical School
- Mrs. Beatrice Dwumfour Williams (joint collaboration with APECGH)
University of British Columbia, Vancouver
University of Tennessee (APOL1 substudy)
- Dr. Claire Simpson, PhD
- Prof. Robert Davis, MD MPH
- Ms. Alana Tonya Smith, BSc, Sr. Research Assistant
- Ms. Winter Bruner, BSc, Graduate Research Assistant
- Drs. Emmanuella Salia, MD MPH
H3Africa Kidney Network
(APOL1 substudy)
- Dr. Vincent Boima, MBChB
- Dr. Dwoama Adu, MBChB
- Dr. Charlotte Osafo, MBChB
University of Ghana, Noguchi
- Dr. Mary Amoakoh-Coleman, MBChB PhD
- Dr. Daniel Arhinful, PhD
- Dr. Hannah Brown Amoakoh (joint affiliation with UMCU)
- Chris Andrew Yebuah
- Sedzro Kojo Mensah
- Martin Agbodzi
University of Amsterdam
(Quality of care)
- Dr. Bregje de Kok, PhD
- Dr. Trudie Gerrits, PhD
- Ms. Sasha Kruger, MA
Action on Preeclampsia Ghana
(APECGH)
- Mrs. Koiwah Koi-Larbi Ofosuapea
- Dr. Linda Ahenkorah Fondjo, PhD
- Dr. Dorotheah Oribi, PhD
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