Ndola Prata, M.D., M.Sc.
Assistant Adjunct Professor, Bixby Program in Population, Family Planning and Maternal Health
Community Health & Human Development
PHONE: (510) 643-4284
FAX: (510) 642-7969
LOCATION: 229 University Hall
E-MAIL: ndola@berkeley.edu
Research Interests
- Access and financing of reproductive health, family planning and maternal health services in developing countries
- The role of private sector
- Adolescent reproductive health services in developing countries
- Contraception and HIV
- Postpartum hemorrhage and maternal mortality in resource-scarce settings
Current Projects
- The use of misoprostol to manage postpartum hemorrhage in developing countries
- Health care delivery systems that serve the poor
- Provision of long term contraceptive methods by community-based distributors
Selected Publications
Prata N, Morris L, Mazive E, Vahidnia F, Stehr M (2006, December). Relationship Between HIV Risk Perception and Condom Use: Evidence from a Population-Based Survey in
Mozambique
. Int Fam Plan Perspect. 32(4):192-200.
Prata N, Hamza S, Gypson R, Nada K, Vahidnia F, Potts M (2006, August). Misoprostol and active management of the third stage of labor. Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 94(2):149-55.
Ndola
Prata, Farnaz Vahidnia, Malcolm Potts, and Ingrid Dries-Daffner (2005, December). Revisiting community-based distribution programs: Are they still needed? Contraception. 72(6):402-7.
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Prata, Farnaz Vahidnia, and Ashley Fraser (2005, December). Gender and relationship differences in condom use in
Angola
. International Family Planning Perspectives. 31(4):192-9.
Ndola
Prata, Godfrey Mbaruku, Martha Campbell, Malcolm Potts, and Farnaz Vahidnia (2005, July). Controlling postpartum hemorrhage after home births in
Tanzania
. International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics. 90(1):51-5.
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Prata, Dominic Montagu, and Emma Jefferys (2005). Private sector, human resources and health franchising in
Africa
. Bulletin of the World Health Organization. 83(4):274-279.
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Prata, Fiona Greig, Julia Walsh and Anna West (2004). Ability to pay for maternal health services: What will it take to meet WHO standards? Health Policy. 70(2):163-174.
Profile updated: February 8, 2007
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