February 2026

CRADLE B launches in Zambia – setting the path for a five-year journey of transforming maternal cardiovascular health outcomes across Africa

At a gathering of women, community partners, midwives, doctors and government policymakers in Lusaka, Zambia, CRIBS Global launched CRADLE B (Community-based Research, Assessment for the Detection and management of hypertension after pregnancy for LifetimE Benefits). This programme aims to co-develop and evaluate a targeted, community-based postnatal intervention for women with hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDP), […]

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CRIBS Global visit with FCDO in Lusaka

Members of CRIBS Global visited the British High Commission in Lusaka, Zambia  recently and met with Dr Sarah Goldsmith, Regional Health Adviser, Africa Programmes and Expertise Department (APEX). The FCDO are funding an exciting new programme (CRADLE SMART) (Community empoweRment Approaches to Develop Local, Early Sustainable MAteRnity care with co-developed Technology), designed to strengthen early,

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Kidney Kind Champion Award made at PrAKI workshop in Zambia

At a CRIBS Global workshop for participants from Zambia, Sierra Leone and South Africa, the Global PrAKI Academy held a workshop on emergency peritoneal dialysis for pregnancy associated acute kidney injury (PrAKI). At the workshop, PrAKI co-founder Dr Katherine Clark, presented Professor Concepta Kwaleyela, President of the Midwives Association of Zambia with the Kidney Kind

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CRADLE SMART Launches in Zambia: Making the First Contact in Pregnancy Count

The CRIBS Global team recently convened in Zambia to launch CRADLE SMART (Community empoweRment Approaches to Develop Local, Early Sustainable MAteRnity care with co-developed Technology), an FCDO-funded programme designed to strengthen early, community-centred maternal and perinatal care. The programme is led in Zambia by Professor Bellington Vwalika as Principal Investigator, with Professor Andrew Shennan and Dr Kate Bramham as Chief Investigators,

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