UIC-JNMC Women's & Children's Research Unit

伊利诺伊大学芝加哥分校医学院妇女健康司(产科和妇科)与新生儿科(儿科)正在申请成立一个全球妇女和儿童健康网络研究股。与我们的国际合作伙伴--位于印度卡纳塔克邦贝尔高姆的尼赫鲁医学院一道，我们建议：1)扩大和加强印度现有的研究基础设施，提高妇幼保健领域的公共卫生能力；2)在JN医学院和UIC之间现有合作关系的基础上再接再厉，提供合作研究的机会，重点关注妊娠和幼儿发病率和死亡率的主要原因。与建立全球网络研究单位的目标一致，我们承诺设计、实施和评估循证干预措施，并支持我们的国际合作伙伴JNMC开展基础生物医学和行为研究、临床和转化研究以及相关的评估性研究，以改善印度母亲、幼儿和家庭的健康状况。我们最初的合作努力将是进行一项针对产后出血问题的前瞻性研究。我们的研究将在贝尔高姆区(卡纳塔克邦)进行，并测试分娩后给妇女服用米索前列醇可以减少产后出血和相关不良后果的假设。此外，我们将对出现在研究地点并随后死亡的妇女和产后出血存活的妇女进行病例比较，以确定两组之间是否存在差异。

The Division of Women's Health (Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology) in conjunction with the Division of Neonatology (Department of Pediatrics), College of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago (IJIC) are applying for a Global Network for Women's and Children's Health Research Unit. Together with our international partner, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College located in Belgaum, Karnataka, India, we propose: 1) to expand and strengthen the existing research infrastructure in India and to increase public health capabilities in the area of maternal and child health, 2) to build on the collaborative relationship existing between JN Medical College and UIC and to provide opportunities for collaborative research that focuses on leading causes of morbidity and mortality in pregnancy and early childhood. Consistent with an objective for establishing Global Network Research Units, we have a commitment to designing, implementing, and evaluating evidence-based interventions and supporting our international partner, JNMC, in carrying out basic biomedical and behavioral research, clinical and translational research, and associated evaluative research that will improve health status for mothers, young children, and families in India. Out initial collaborative effort will be to conduct a prospective study directed at the problem of postpartum hemorrhage. Our study will be carried out in the Belgaum District (State of Karnataka) and test the hypothesis that the administration of misoprostol to women after delivery can reduce postpartum hemorrhage and related adverse outcomes. Additionally, we will do a case comparison of women presenting to study sites with hemorrhage and subsequently dying and women who survive postpartum hemorrhage to determine if there are differences in the two groups.