The PRECISE Network: Deep phenotyping of pregnancies in Africa

Investigating placental disorders of pregnancy in sub-Saharan Africa: addressing the gap in a neglected area of research

Authors: France Donnay, Mai-Lei Woo Kinshella, Meriel Flint-O’Kane, Peter von Dadelszen, Laura Magee and Marianne Vidler

The PRECISE (PREgnancy Care Integrating translational Science, Everywhere) Network’s first protocol: deep phenotyping in three sub-Saharan African countries

The PRECISE (PREgnancy Care Integrating translational Science, Everywhere) Network is a new and broadly-based group of research scientists and health advocates based in the UK, Africa and North America.

Authors: Peter von Dadelszen, Meriel Flint-O’Kane, Lucilla Poston, Rachel Craik, Donna Russell, Rachel M. Tribe, Umberto d’Alessandro, Anna Roca, Hawanatu Jah, Marleen Temmerman, Angela Koech Etyang, Esperança Sevene, Paulo Chin, Joy E. Lawn, Hannah Blencowe, Jane Sandall…

The PRECISE (PREgnancy Care Integrating translational Science, Everywhere) database: open-access data collection in maternal and newborn health

In less-resourced settings, adverse pregnancy outcome rates are unacceptably high. To effect improvement, we need accurate epidemiological data about rates of death and morbidity, as well as social determinant...

Authors: Laura A. Magee, Amber Strang, Larry Li, Domena Tu, Warancha Tumtaweetikul, Rachel Craik, Marina Daniele, Angela Koech Etyang, Umberto D’Alessandro, Ofordile Ogochukwu, Anna Roca, Esperança Sevene, Paulo Chin, Corssino Tchavana, Marleen Temmerman and Peter von Dadelszen

PRECISE pregnancy cohort: challenges and strategies in setting up a biorepository in sub-Saharan Africa

PRECISE is a population-based, prospective pregnancy cohort study designed for deep phenotyping of pregnancies in women with placenta-related disorders, and in healthy controls. The PRECISE Network is recruiti...

Authors: Rachel Craik, Donna Russell, Rachel M. Tribe, Lucilla Poston, Geoffrey Omuse, Patricia Okiro, David Chege, Mathurin Diatta, Abdul Karim Sesay, Inocencia Cuamba, Carla Carrilho, Esperança Sevene, Meriel Flint-O’Kane and Peter von Dadelszen

The contribution of qualitative research within the PRECISE study in sub-Saharan Africa

The PRECISE Network is a cohort study established to investigate hypertension, fetal growth restriction and stillbirth (described as “placental disorders”) in Kenya, Mozambique and The Gambia. Several pregnanc...

Authors: Marina A. S. Daniele, Melisa Martinez-Alvarez, Angela Koech Etyang, Marianne Vidler, Tatiana Salisbury, Prestige Tatenda Makanga, Peris Musitia, Meriel Flint-O’Kane, Tanya Wells Brown, Brahima Amara Diallo, Helena Boene, William Stones, Peter von Dadelszen, Laura A. Magee and Jane Sandall

Harnessing the PRECISE network as a platform to strengthen global capacity for maternal and child health research in sub-Saharan Africa

It is widely acknowledged across the global health sector that research programmes need to be designed and implemented in a way that maximise opportunities for strengthening local capacity. This paper examines...

Authors: Meriel Flint-O’Kane, Peter von Dadelszen, Prestige Tatenda Makanga, Esperança Sevene, Anna Roca, Peter Dukes, Saba Hinrichs-Krapels, Rachel Craik, Laura A. Magee and Marleen Temmerman