Bottom-up Creation of a Research Agenda for High Blood Pressure during Pregnancy in Ghana
Diseases associated with high blood pressure during pregnancy, also known as hypertensive disorders of pregnancy such as preeclampsia, are among the major causes of maternal and neonatal mortality globally.
Research is vital to improve the quality of care and improve the health of pregnant women and their babies. However, the priorities of women and health professionals are not always reflected in the research agendas set.
Therefore, between January and August 2024, the Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy Priority Setting Partnership (HDP PSP) is taking place in Ghana. This is a HDP patient and survivor-led initiative that together with health professionals, policy makers and researchers will collaborative determine a research agenda through a priority setting process that is mostly informed by HDP patients, their carers and clinicians. In addition to various Ghanaian partners, the researchers of the UMC Utrecht/Utrecht 木瓜福利影视 Medical Faculty are involved as well. For more information, please contact: d.l.vanduijvendijk@students.uu.nl. For more information about the global health activities at UU & UMC Utrecht, visit our website.
Joyce Brown, Dora van Duijvendijk (medical student UU), Jeffrey Arhin (PhD student) and Koiwah-Koi Larbi (from Action on Preeclampsia Ghana, a patient & survivor advocacy group for women who have had high blood pressure related diseases during pregnancy from Ghana).