Jocie Fifield, MPH, is the Senior Technical Specialist and MAKLab Lead on the MOMENTUM Knowledge Accelerator project. In this role, she oversees strategy and implementation for MAKLab, an innovation lab for the USAID MOMENTUM suite of awards. Jocie has been working with MAKLab since 2020, supporting activity planning, research, and execution. She has also worked… Continue reading Jocie Fifield
Boston, MA – There is strong evidence that expanding health insurance increases access to care, improves health in a variety of ways, and reduces mortality, according to Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health researchers who analyzed a decade’s worth of evidence on the effects of insurance coverage on health. The review—the most current analysis… Continue reading Analysis indicates that insurance expansion improves access to care, health, and survival
Lauren Bobanski, MPH is a Senior Project Manager on the BetterBirth team supporting a portfolio of projects. When Lauren joined Ariadne Labs four years ago she worked on the BetterBirth trial testing the WHO Safe Childbirth Checklist in Uttar Pradesh India. Following the study completion Lauren’s primary role is to sheppard projects born out of… Continue reading Lauren Bobanski
The BetterBirth team announced the findings of its childbirth quality-of-care research trial to the scientific community gathered at the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists World Congress in Cape Town in March. The gathering of more than 2,500 maternal health clinicians and academics from around the world offered a first look into the data of… Continue reading BetterBirth team shares results at RCOG scientific conference
Ariadne Labs Executive Director Atul Gawande delivered a keynote address at the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists World Congress in Cape Town. The March 21 address drew more than 2,500 maternal health clinicians from around the world. In his talk, Dr. Gawande explored how a simple tool – a checklist — can transform the… Continue reading The Checklist Effect: From Surgery to Childbirth
Guide to support implementation of the WHO Safe Childbirth Checklist.
Tool to improve the quality of essential childbirth practices and communication around the time of delivery.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media contact: Deborah O’Neil O: 617-384-5588 C: 305-215-5675 E: doneil@ariadnelabs.org BOSTON, MA (Jan. 26, 2017) — Even though the hospital where a woman gives birth may be her biggest risk factor for having an unnecessary C-section, a new study by Ariadne Labs suggests most women don’t factor hospital quality into their decision… Continue reading Most women don’t value hospital C-section rates in choosing where to give birth, according to new study