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 Celebrating 16 Months of the PAPAGAIO Trial in Brazil
The PAPAGAIO team in Brazil has marked sixteen months of trial delivery with a well-earned celebration, complete with a custom parrot-themed cake. The Brazilian team brought colleagues together to mark this milestone. Brazil was the first country to open recruitment for PAPAGAIO, and the team’s ...
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CRIBS News Strengthening Preterm Birth Prevention: Simulation Training and Cerclage Roadshows Needed Across Africa
Cape Town, South Africa: Preterm birth remains the leading cause of neonatal death worldwide, with 13.4 million babies born too soon in 2020. Sub-Saharan Africa carries the heaviest burden, with nine of the eleven countries most affected located in the region. Against this backdrop, clinicians ...
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CRIBS News A Drop of Blood, a World of Difference: PAPAGAIO and Lepzi trial a Rapid Fingerstick Test for Preeclampsia
Preeclampsia is one of the leading causes of maternal death worldwide, yet in many settings, diagnosing it still depends on lab equipment and turnaround times that pregnant women and clinicians simply don’t have. A new point-of-care test aims to change that, and last week it ...
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