Implementing solutions to reduce mother and baby mortality and build research capacity in low and middle-income countries
CRADLE B, CRADLE Smart, PAPAGAIO and CRIBS
CRIBS Global
CRIBS Global is driving a bold vision: to save mothers and babies through Capacity Research, Innovation and Building maternity Systems (CRIBS). There is a focus on developing local leadership and international collaborative learning. Each project in its portfolio tackles a critical aspect of maternal health and includes a comprehensive strategy for impact.
Current Programmes
- Funder: NIHR
- Amount: £2.82 million
- Duration: 2024-2027
(Brazil, India, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Zambia)
- Prepare for PAPAGAIO
- PAPAGAIO Diagnosis
- PAPAGAIO Delivery
- PAPAGAIO Biobank
- PAPAGAIO Validation
- PAPAGAIO Spark
- Funder: Various
- Amount: Fundraising ongoing
- Duration: Until 2030
(global)
- PrAKI Toolkit
- Global PrAKI Survey
- Core Outcome Set
- Global PrAKI Snapshot
- Kidney Kind Champion Networks
- Saving Mothers lives – Acute Peritoneal Dialysis programme.
- Funder: NIHR
- Amount: £4.914 million
- Duration: 2025-2030
(Sierra Leone, South Africa, Zambia)
- Workstream 1
- Workstream 2
- Workstream 3
- Funder: FCDO
- Amount: £4.992 million
- Duration: 2025-2027
(Sierra Leone, Zambia)
- Screen Smart: Guava; Okra
- ACT Smart: Cradle Ace; Pikin; Cradle Save; Cradle P
CRIBS News & Events
CRIBS News From London to Lusaka, Botacatu to Baulgaum: CRIBS Global Unites with one vision for Maternal Health
CRIBS Global Conference 2026: Eight Countries. Innovation, Community, Leadership: Inside the CRIBS Global Conference 2026 8–10 July, King’s College London From 8 to 10 July, researchers, clinicians, funders and community partners from across the CRIBS Global network gathered at King’s College London for three days ...
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CRIBS News Spotlight On Jenie Sparkes: From Home Births to Research Midwifery
Jenie Sparkes qualified as a midwife in 2001, aged just 25. Looking back, she describes herself at the time as “very young, very naive”, but with an instant passion for clinical care that would shape the next two decades of her career. This Is How ...
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CRIBS News Still Teaching, Still Learning: Spotlight on Dr Sebastian Chinkoyo
For over two decades, Dr Sebastian Chinkoyo has been a leading figure in obstetrics and gynaecology in Zambia and for more than ten years, a vital part of the CRIBS Global family. As Principal Investigator for PAPAGAIO projects at the Ndola site in Zambia and ...
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