This document summarizes the career and work of Dr. Marleen Temmerman, including: - Her background in medicine, public health, and research focused on women's health and HIV in Africa. - The establishment of the International Centre for Reproductive Health in 1994 to conduct research on sexual and reproductive health. - The expansion of the Centre's work over time to include projects in multiple African countries and areas like gender-based violence prevention. - Her roles with organizations like WHO and current work to establish centers of excellence for women's and children's health in East Africa through partnerships.

1. Vrouwen gezondheid en vrouwenrechten in een
globale wereld
Prof dr Marleen Temmerman
SOCIUS 2018, GENT

2. Korte biografie
• Opleiding: arts, gynaecologe,
tropische geneeskunde en
volksgezondheid
• Academisch; Universiteiten
Gent, Nairobi, ITG
• Politiek: Senator
• WHO Director Reproductive
Health and Research
• Aga Khan University, East
Africa

4. University of Nairobi 1985- Prof Peter Piot, Ndinya-Achola,
Job Bwayo

5. Onderzoeks agenda 1986
• Kunnen vrouwen besmet
worden met het HIV virus?
• En wat is het impact op
zwangerschap en kind

6. Kenia 1985
• Bevolking: 22 miljoen
• Groei 1.27%
• Levensverwachting 47 jaar
• Vruchtbaarheid 4.5
kind/vrouw
• Zuigelingensterfte 68/1000
• HIV/AIDS 14%
• Onder armoedegrens 42%

9. Tekort aan material en
overbezette bedden

11. HIV onderzoek

12. Opleiding en onderzoek
Pumwani Maternity Hospital

18. © Lieve Blancquaert

20. International Centre for Reproductive Health
• A research centre established in 1994 in response to the
International Conference on Population and Development
(ICPD, Cairo, 1994)
• Multidisciplinary centre within Faculty of Medicine and Health
Sciences at Gent University.
• Focus on sexual and reproductive health and training
• Satellite NGO in Kenya, Mozambique, South-Africa, Ruanda
• WHO collaborating centre for research on sexual and
reproductive health

21. Founding Director International Centre Reproductive Health 1994

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26. Growth of ICRH during the years 2000: projects and offices in Kenya, Mozambique, China,

28. ICRH is now a stable, professional organization, with a
proven track record in research,
while displaying social responsibility.

29. Coast General Hospital, Mombasa

30. OFFICIAL OPENING of the GBVRC,
Mombasa
First public hospital GBV clinic was opened on May 25th 2007; PPP
GPGH and ICRH

31. GBVRC- CPGH
• Medical exam & forms
• Immediate trauma counseling, follow-up
appointments
• Lab tests, follow-up treatment if required
• VCT and PEP; Emergency Contraception
• Police statement & forms
• Legal follow-up care
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32. Community involvement

33. GBVRC 2017
• Over 7300 survivors
• 85% women and girls
• 80% under 18, more than half younger than
15 years old
• 75 % neighbours or family
• 169 court cases- 5 convictions

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47. WHO HQ Geneva

48. World Health
Organisation
• Human Reproduction and
Family Planning
• Adolescents and at risk groups
• Maternal and Newborn Health
• Violence against women and
girls
• Traditional Harmful Practices
• STI/HIV
• …

49. Quality of care in RMNCHealth
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Tuncalp et al. Quality of Care for pregnant women and newborns- the WHO vision.
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51. "We will spare no effort to free our fellow men,
women, and children from the abject and
dehumanizing conditions of extreme poverty,
to which more than a billion of them are currently
subjected."
United Nations Millennium Declaration
September 2000

52. Millenium Development Goals

54. The MDGs and the Global Strategy 2010-15
The UNSG’s 2015 progress report:
• Health of women and children is now higher on the political
agenda
• Over 300 stakeholders from all constituencies made 400
commitments
• US$45 billion in new financing, almost 60% (US$ 34.2 billion)
disbursed
• New global initiatives were launched
• 1000 innovations have been selected and supported
• More Research has been carried out
• Landmark accountability framework for women and children’s
health

55. MDG 5: Improving maternal health
Since 1990 the global maternal mortality has dropped over 40%

56. No
newborn
born to die
303,000 die
No child
dying or
stunted
2.7 million die
Almost 9 almillion deaths of women and children, 6 million related to pregnancy and birth
Progress slower than
for child or maternal mortality
At the end of the Millennium Development Goals era…
No
baby
stillborn
No woman
should die
while giving
life
303,000 die 2.6 million die 2.7 million die 3.2 million die
Almost 9 million deaths of women and children, 6 million related to pregnancy and birth

58. "Women are not dying of
diseases we can't treat. ...
They are dying because
societies have yet to make the
decision that their lives are
worth saving.“
Mahmoud Fathalla

59. Two Key Interventions to save Women’s lives

60. IN 3 DEATHS
COULD BE AVOIDED IF
ALL WOMEN HAD ACCESS
CONTRACEPTIVES

61. MATERNAL DEATHS
13% UNSAFE ABORTIONS
47,000
DEATHS
©PATH/EricBecker

62. Quality of care at Childbirth: a
triple return on investment!
Reducing Maternal and
Newborn Mortality, preventing
Stillbirths

63. REBIRTH
18,000
S
IN 35 YEARS
© PATH / Amy MacIver

64. GIRLS AND WOMEN
LOST THEIR LIVES
72DUE TO PREGNANCY AND
BIRTH COMPLICATIONS
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© PATH / Eric Becker

65. MDG 5: Improving maternal healthMaternal mortality has nearly halved since 1990
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70. Boeken en verhalen

71. The AKU East-Africa Centre of Excellence for
Women and Child Health

72. Aga Khan University Hospital

75. The AKU East-Africa Centre of Excellence for Women
and Child Health

76. • Training effective and relevant health care professionals,
capable of leadership at all levels of the health system.
• Appropriate models for clinical care and planning for
national, regional and global policy in RMNCH.
• Appropriate, cutting edge research and advocacy to
promote effective interventions in urban and rural settings,
as well as probing the frontiers of knowledge.
• Appropriate models for monitoring and evaluation to
support progress in RMNCH.
Centre of Excellence in
Women and Child Health,
including Adolescent Health

77. Partnerships

79. Yes, we can, if we care!
“ It takes two to make a
child but a village to raise
a child”.
We are all part of that
global village!

80. Marleen Temmerman Fund
at Ghent University
The Marleen Temmerman Fund will help to structure and
attract donations that will benefit projects such as
• Gender based Violence in Mombasa, Kenya
• Family Planning programs in many African sites
• An Internship Programme for African researchers
More information and online donations:
www.fondsmarleentemmerman.ugent.bewww.fondsmar
leentemmerman.ugent.be
www.fondsmarleentemmerman.ugent.be