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ARPAN is a unique collaborative network strengthening reproductive, maternal and newborn research across the Asia-Pacific region
ARPAN is a unique collaborative network strengthening reproductive, maternal and newborn research across the Asia-Pacific region
The COVID-19 pandemic significantly impacted on women’s and newborn’s health across the Asia-Pacific region, with three years of major disruptions in health services. Disruptions in essential services and reduced use of life-saving interventions have worsened maternal and newborn health. The next few years provide a critical window for intensifying efforts – regaining the progress lost to COVID-19 and ensuring SDG maternal and newborn mortality targets are reached by 2030. Research that drives improvement in women’s and newborn’s health services in the Asia-Pacific region will not only save lives, but lead to healthier communities, greater civil stability and better economic opportunities.
The Accelerating Research and Progress in maternal And Newborn health: A Centre for Research Excellence (ARPAN CRE) is a unique collaborative network that aims to improve outcomes for women and newborns by strengthening reproductive, maternal and newborn research and researchers across the Asia-Pacific region. The ARPAN CRE creates evidence and grows international and cross-disciplinary partnerships to drive improvements in women’s and newborn’s health.
ARPAN CRE addresses the major gaps across the Asia-Pacific region to improve outcomes for women and newborns. These gaps include:
The ARPAN CRE builds on more than 20 years of our team’s collective efforts which have generated real improvements in women and newborn health in the Asia-Pacific region and other low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). We bring together researchers, clinicians, policymakers and parent advocates to identify problems, co-create solutions and strengthen local research and translational capacity. We build on our existing strong linkages with key organisations including the World Health Organization (WHO), WHO Collaborating Centres in India, Thailand and Australia, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), global professional associations, and consumer and advocacy organisations.
Our vision is to drive improvements in reproductive, maternal and newborn healthcare services across the Asia-Pacific Region through building and sustaining research, knowledge translation and capacity strengthening.
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