Veronique Filippi DDG DISP PhD

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Background

Veronique is the deputy director for the DFID funded Research Programme Consortium 'Towards 4+5' on maternal and neonatal health which is focused on improving maternal, neonatal and child survival and health, the targets of Millenium Development Goals 4 and 5. Veronique has studied political sciences, demography, and epidemiology. Her research interests include methods for measuring reproductive and maternal morbidity in developing countries; long term health, social and economic consequences of obstetric complications; learning from near-miss events in health services; and improving quality of obstetric care through audit. Most of her research is in West Africa.

Teaching

Veronique is Research Degree Director for the department of EPH (a position shared with Susan Filteau). She organises a study unit on current issues in safe motherhood and perinatal health. She is a member of the Institute for Learning and Teaching in Higher Education and the International Union for the Scientific Study of Population.

Research

Her current research activities include the analysis of longitudinal studies of the health and psychosocial consequences of obstetric complications in Benin and Burkina Faso funded by WHO and Immpact; an extended follow-up of the Burkina Faso cohort to examine the impact of complications and their cost on the social and economic wellbeing of women and their families with funding from Hewlett Foundation/ESRC; calculation of the burden of ill-health associated with obstetric complication ( a CHERG activity funded by the Gates Foundation); the effectiveness of birth prepareness to improve the uptake of skilled birth attendance

Selected publications

• Collin, S.M.; Baggaley, R.F.; Pittrof, R.; Filippi, V.; Could a simple antenatal package combining micronutritional supplementation with presumptive treatment of infection prevent maternal deaths in sub-Saharan Africa? BMC Pregnancy Childbirth, 2007; 7:6
• Filippi, V.; Ronsmans, C.; Campbell, O.M.; Graham, W.J.; Mills, A.; Borghi, J.; Koblinsky, M.; Osrin, D.; Maternal health in poor countries: the broader context and a call for action. Lancet, 2006; 368(9546):1535-41
• Collin, S.M.; Marshall, T.; Filippi, V.; Caesarean section and subsequent fertility in sub-Saharan Africa. BJOG, 2006; 113(3):276-83
• Filippi, V.; Brugha, R.; Browne, E.; Gohou, V.; Bacci, A.; de Brouwere, V.; Sahel, A.; Goufodji, S.; Alihonou, E.; Ronsmans, C. How to do (or not to do) ... Obstetric audit in resource-poor settings: lessons from a multi-country project auditing 'near miss' obstetrical emergencies Health Policy and Planning, 2004; 19(1):57-66
• Filippi, V.; Ganaba, R.; Baggaley, R.F.; Marshall, T.; Storeng, K.T.; Sombié, I.; Ouattara, F.; Ouedraogo, T.; Akoum, M.; Meda, N.; Health of women after severe obstetric complications in Burkina Faso: a longitudinal study. Lancet, 2007; 370(9595):1329-37
• Baggaley, R.F.; Ganaba, R.; Filippi, V.; Kere, M.; Marshall, T.; Sombié, I.; Storeng, K.T.; Patel, V.; Short communication: Detecting depression after pregnancy: the validity of the K10 and K6 in Burkina Faso. Trop Med Int Health, 2007; 12(10):1225-9
• Storeng, K.T.; Baggaley, R.F.; Ganaba, R.; Ouattara, F.; Akoum, M.S.; Filippi, V.; Paying the price: The cost and consequences of emergency obstetric care in Burkina Faso. Soc Sci Med, 2007; 66(3):545-57
• Bang, R.A.; Bang, A.T.; Reddy, M.H.; Deshmukh, M.D.; Baitule, S.B.; Filippi, V.; Maternal morbidity during labour and the puerperium in rural homes and the need for medical attention: A prospective observational study in Gadchiroli, India BJOG, 2004; 111(3):231-8

Full publications listing (since 2001)