Ndola Prata, M.D., M.Sc.
Associate Professor in Residence, Maternal and Child Health (Community Health & Human Development)
Scientific Director, Bixby Center for Population, Health and Sustainability
PHONE: (510) 643-4284
FAX: (510) 642-7969
LOCATION: 229 University Hall
E-MAIL: ndola@berkeley.edu
Courses
- PH 213A: Family Planning Population change and Health
- PH 212A: International Maternal and Child Health
- PH 212D: Global Health Core course
- PH 216E: The role of the private sector in health care in developing countries
- PH 181: Poverty and Population
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 abortion related services
- Maternal mortality in resource-scarce settings: measurement; what works; how to prioritize interventions; task shifting and sharing current projects
- The use of misoprostol to manage postpartum hemorrhage and treatment of incomplete abortion in developing countries
- Health care delivery systems that serve the poor
- Provision of long term contraceptive methods by community-based distributors
- Estimating maternal mortality using community base approaches
Research Description
Design, implementation and evaluation of maternal health interventions that make the best use of existing health care infrastructure and maximizes human resources in developing countries.
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
Ndola Prata, Passano P, Sreenivas A, Gerdts CE. Maternal mortality in developing countries: challenges in scaling-up priority interventions. Womens Health (Lond Engl). 2010 Mar;6(2):311-27.
Ndola Prata, Sreenivas A, Greig F, Walsh J, Potts M. Setting priorities for safe motherhood interventions in resource-scarce settings. Health Policy. 2010 Jan;94(1):1-13. Epub 2009 Sep 20. Review.
Ndola Prata. Making family planning accessible in resource-poor settings. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2009 Oct 27;364(1532):3093-9.
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.
Ndola 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.
Ndola 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.
Ndola 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: October 26, 2010