CRIBS News

Three days of celebration, collaboration, and planning began this week as CRIBS Global welcomed midwives, doctors and researchers from across its global partnership to London for the inaugural CRIBS Global Conference, hosted at King’s College London. Delegates travelled from Sierra Leone, Zambia, Tanzania, Uganda, South ...

Kenneth is a PhD student in Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the University of Zambia, where his research is tackling one of the most under-recognised threats to maternal survival: pregnancy-related acute kidney injury (PrAKI). His work focuses on evaluating urinary biomarkers and point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) as ...

Congratulations, Professor Kate Bramham! CRIBS Global is delighted to celebrate the promotion of Dr Kate Bramham to Professor at King’s College London, effective 1 August 2026, a richly deserved recognition of years of dedicated clinical care, research leadership, and advocacy. Kate is a Consultant Nephrologist ...

Professor Andrew Shennan OBE, Professor of Maternal and Foetal Health at King’s College London and a leading figure across CRIBS Global’s research programmes, has today received the Fellowship of the Academy of Medical Sciences, one of the UK’s four national academies and the most prestigious ...

On 25 June 2025, Angola made history by hosting its first national conference dedicated to heart disease in pregnancy, organised by CRIBS Global’s Dr David Cohen and Dr Antonio de Marvao in partnership with King’s College London and Dr Gloria Mawete, President of the Angolan ...

Elfriede Mamie Fatmata Kormawa, known to her colleagues as Elfi, is a Research Fellow in Maternal Health at King’s College London. Based in Sierra Leone and working within the PAPAGAIO programme, she is undertaking a PhD through the NIHR PAPAGAIO scholarship, with a focus on ...