SABAR

A baby dies before, during, or soon after birth every 16 seconds, leaving a tremendous impact on the parents. Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia account for the majority of these deaths, although little research has been done in these regions. In order to address this avoidable tragedy, the new NIHR Unit will bring together top maternal and newborn health professionals to produce internationally renowned research and solutions. In low- and middle-income nations, the Unit will concentrate on lowering avoidable deaths and improving supports for impacted families. To achieve this, it will pool resources and experience to create and execute better, more considerate maternity and newborn care plans.

NIHR Global Health Unit includes 9 workstreams, with a diverse range of studies conducted in 8 countries

Workstreams and Leads

To adapt and finalize a co-produced intervention to improve immediate care in facilities and postnatal support after stillbirth or early neonatal death for women and families in India and Pakistan and assess the feasibility of a full-scale evaluation to assess effectiveness.

Pakistan is involved in:

  1. Work Stream 5 Parental Involvement
    (India, Pakistan, Tanzania)
  2. Work Stream 6 Bereavement care
    (Kenya, Uganda, India, Pakistan)
  3. Work Stream 9 Core Outcome sets

WHAT IS HAPPENING

Latest Updates

CEI Activities in Pakistan

Community Engagement and Involvement (CEI) meeting with CEI members of SABAR project that aims to develop a multi-component intervention to improve care and support for parents after stillbirth or neonatal death in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. This was led by Mrs Faryal Sultan (CEI lead). The meeting was also attended by Dr. Tracey A. Mills (Chief Investigator), Dr Natalie Tate (Research Team), Prof Nasim Chaudhry (Principle Investigator) and Pakistan SABAR team on 12 December 2022.