Ms Anna Galle
Post-doctoral Researcher
Anna Galle is a postdoctoral researcher with over ten years of expertise in maternal health. Her PhD dissertation focused on involving men in maternal health care services and the provision of respectful maternity care. She has a background in midwifery and has hands-on experience in providing sexual and reproductive health services in different contexts. She has conducted both qualitative and quantitative research and developed expertise in participatory research. Currently, she is supporting different projects at ICRH and the country coordinator for Imagine Euro. She is also involved in the advanced master program nursery & midwifery at Ghent University and linked to the WHO Collaborating Centre for Primary Care and Family Medicine at Ghent University.
Publications of Anna
2024 Undergraduate teaching in family medicine within the PRIMAFAMED networkRobert Mash, Innocent Besigye, Anna Galle
2023 Van ongepaste opmerkingen tot een knip zonder toestemming: geweld tijdens de bevalling ontrafeldAnna Galle, Ines Keygnaert, Kristien Roelens
2023 Belgium's health care system : the way forward to address the challenges of the 21st century ; comment on 'Integration or fragmentation of health care? Examining policies and politics in a Belgian case study'Jan De Maeseneer, Anna Galle
2023 Measures to assess quality of postnatal care : a scoping reviewAnna Galle, Allisyn C. Moran, Mercedes Bonet, Katriona Graham, Moise Muzigaba, Anayda Portela, Louise Tina Day, Godwin Kwaku Tuabu, Bianca De Sá é Silva, Ann-Beth Moller
2023 Systematische knip en gebrek aan communicatie: wie bevalt in Europa krijgt niet altijd respectvolle zorgAnna Galle
2023 Utilisation of services along the continuum of maternal healthcare during the COVID-19 pandemic in Lubumbashi, DRC : findings from a cross-sectional household survey of womenAnna Galle, Gladys Kavira, Aline Semaan, Francoise Malonga Kaj, Lenka Benova, Abel Ntambue
2022 Engaging men and boys in maternal health : results from a participatory film project in Maputo provinceAnna Galle, Tina Krüger, David Aguacheiro, Bonga Abdul, Adão João Paia, Cristiano Macuamule
2022 The impact of COVID-19 on the provision of respectful maternity care : findings from a global survey of health workersAnteneh Asefa, Aline Semaan, Therese Delvaux, Elise Huysmans, Anna Galle, Emma Sacks, Meghan A. Bohren, Alison Morgan, Michelle Sadler, Saraswathi Vedam, Lenka Benova
2021 ANSER : five years of global academic collaboration building evidence for sexual and reproductive health and rights policiesOlivier Degomme, Emilie Peeters, Hedwig Deconinck, Alban Ylli, Albana Fico, Gentiana Qirjako, Dorina Ttocaj, Sara De Meyer, Kristien Michielsen, Anna Page, Wina Baeha, Kristi Praptiwi, Miranda van Reeuwijk, Beatriz Manuel, Elin C. Larsson, Carmen Ortiz, Bernardo Vega, Monserrath Jerves, Simukai Shamu, Annemiek Seeuws, Anna Galle, Anne Nobels, Ines Keygnaert, Hazel Barrett, Nina Van Eekert, Tammary Esho, Els Leye, Carles Pericas Escale, Samuel Thuo Kimani, Sofie Thielemans, Dara De Schutter, Remi Moerkerke, Louis De Backer, Viola N. Nyakato, Elizabeth Kemigisha, Wei Hong Zhang, Marleen Temmerman, Lina Hu, Shangchun Wu, Kaiyan Pei, Charlotte Neves de Oliveira, Argyro Chatzinikolaou, Eva Lievens
2021 Systematic review of the concept ‘male involvement in maternal health’ by natural language processing and descriptive analysisAnna Galle, Gaëlle Plaieser, Tessa Van Steenstraeten, Sally Griffin, Nafissa Bique Osman, Kristien Roelens, Olivier Degomme
2021 Towards a global framework for assessing male involvement in maternal health : results of an international Delphi studyAnna Galle, Sally Griffin, Kristien Roelens, Olivier Degomme
2021 A double-edged sword : telemedicine for maternal care during COVID-19 : findings from a global mixed-methods study of healthcare providersAnna Galle, Aline Semaan, Elise Huysmans, Constance Audet, Anteneh Asefa, Therese Delvaux, Bosede Bukola Afolabi, Alison Marie El Ayadi, Lenka Benova
2021 Respectful maternity care and the role of male partners in Mozambique : practices, obstacles and conceptualisationAnna Galle
2021 Telehealth use in antenatal care? Not without women's voicesAnna Galle, Aline Semaan, Anteneh Asefa, Lenka Benova
2020 A qualitative study on midwives' identity and perspectives on the occurrence of disrespect and abuse in Maputo cityAnna Galle, Helma Manaharlal, Sally Griffin, Nafissa Osman, Kristien Roelens, Olivier Degomme
2020 Pregnancy and childbirth in Mozambique : men as decision makers and women as caretakers?Anna Galle, Helio Cossa, Nafisa Osman, Kristien Roelens, Sally Griffin, Olivier Degomme
2020 A cross-sectional study of the role of men and the knowledge of danger signs during pregnancy in southern MozambiqueAnna Galle, Malico De Melo, Sally Griffin, Nafissa Osman, Kristien Roelens, Olivier Degomme
2019 Disrespect and abuse during facility-based childbirth in southern Mozambique : a cross-sectional studyAnna Galle, Helma Manaharlal, Emidio Cumbane, Joelma Picardo, Sally Griffin, Nafissa Osman, Kristien Roelens, Olivier Degomme
2019 Policymaker, health provider and community perspectives on male involvement during pregnancy in southern Mozambique : a qualitative studyAnna Galle, Helio Cossa, Sally Griffin, Nafissa Osman, Kristien Roelens, Olivier Degomme
2018 Opportunities for linking research to policy : lessons learned from implementation research in sexual and reproductive health within the ANSER networkEmilomo Ogbe, Dirk Van Braeckel, Marleen Temmerman, Elin C Larsson, Ines Keygnaert, Wilson De los Reyes Aragón, Feng Cheng, Gunta Lazdane, Diane Cooper, Simukai Shamu, Peter Gichangi, Sónia Dias, Hazel Barrett, Anne Nobels, Kaiyan Pei, Anna Galle, Tammary Esho, Lucia Knight, Hanani Tabana, Olivier Degomme