Introduction: Clare Taylor - African Alliance for Maternal Mental Health

18 January, 2022

Dear HIFA

I have just joined the HIFA network having already joined HIFA-Zambia [*]. I am an epidemiologist specialising in maternal mental health and have a PhD from the UK and have recently completed a postdoc in Canada. I am currently helping out an organisation called the African Alliance for Maternal Mental Health and am reaching out to organisations in Zambia who might have interest in maternal mental health. These include NGOs, hospitals and healthcare organisations, educational institutions and professional associations.

The African Alliance for Maternal Mental Health is an alliance of organisations working to improve and advocate for the mental health of mothers across the Africa. It is registered as a Non Governmental Organization in Malawi and are aiming to expand across the continent by partnering with organizations in various disciplines, including those covering mental health, reproductive and maternal and child health, women’s rights, people with lived experience, etc. This we hope will facilitate networking within and between countries and eventually we hope that countries will form their own alliances. We are part of the Global Alliance for Maternal Mental Health, a coalition of international organisations committed to improving the mental health and wellbeing of women and children during pregnancy and the first postnatal year throughout the world (globalalliancematernalmentalhealth.org)

I would welcome any ideas for contacting larger NGOs in particular such as Oxfam or Save the Children, as we have found it best to have contact names within organisations and to email people personally rather than sending emails to generic email addresses.

Kind regards and I look forward to interacting on this forum

Clare Taylor

HIFA profile: Clare Taylor is a research epidemiologist with a PhD in perinatal psychiatry from the UK, currently working with the African Alliance for Maternal Mental Health African Alliance for Maternal Mental Health (aammh.org). The African Alliance for Maternal Mental Health is an alliance of organisations working to improve and advocate for the mental health of mothers across the Africa. clarabella18 AT hotmail.com

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