Ms Birgit Kerstens

Birgit Kerstens is an old acquaintance for ICRH Belgium, because she passed here several times since 2007 as a consultant for research applications and in 2011-2013 as project administrator of the FP7 project MOMI. She likes to work in an international context and she prefers a hands-on approach and 'things (or projects) that move forward'.  
Birgit is the project manager of the HIGH Horizons research project, or in full: Heat Indicators for Global Health (HIGH Horizons): monitoring, Early Warning Systems and health facility interventions for pregnant and postpartum women, infants and young children and health workers. The project is funded by Horizon Europe, is carried out by 11 partners in Europe and Africa and runs for four years, till August 2026.