To ensure the highest standards of maternal and reproductive healthcare for women and girls in low-income communities.
What we do
We deliver programs and generate evidence that facilitates access to equitable, high quality and respectful health care for women and girls in low-income communities in partnership with national and local governments and private health care providers.
We train health workers and improve medical education, working with medical, midwifery, nursing, pharmaceutical organizations and other related training bodies by incorporating the best evidence and evaluation of training received and integrating training into pre-service and in/post-service training.
We develop advocacy for strengthening healthcare delivery systems through research and policy development that deliver high-impact and sustainable outcomes for women and girls.
We provide health financing support for institutional interventions and care delivery at the grassroots to women using traditional and innovative finance vehicles in partnership with public, private and development sector players.
Here’s Our Strategy
Maternal and Reproductive Health Advocacy
At MRHR collective, we develop and deliver holistic programs by ensuring we incorporate the voice of women and their communities into all interventions and collaborate with the breadth of stakeholders that influence the health system. Our programs leverage and generate rigorous evidence that refines our programming so that we can ensure healthcare is equitable, respectful, responsive and of high quality.
Training Health Workers
We design training and supervision programs drawn on best practices in clinical education, community feedback to improve the knowledge and skills of clinical and other primary healthcare workers to enable greater performance. We center women in our training and emphasize the need for patient centered respectful care which we define in conjunction with the community
Improving Medical Education
We collect high quality data from the health system and women to monitor and evaluate our work, build the local evidence base on what works, advocate for best practices emerging from our experience and policies that can improve women’s health outcomes and their experience of healthcare
Strengthening Health Systems
We work with the government and agencies managing the public and private health system to build and sustain high quality health systems that are responsive to the needs of women in their community. We advocate for test out strategies to improve service delivery, continuity of care in the community, referral between facilities, and the collection and utilization of routine health data.
Meet our people
Prof. Bosede Afolabi (Founder/Chairperson)
Professor Bosede Afolabi, the founder and visionary behind MRHRC. She is also the Board Chair. She is a Professor and Consultant of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the College of Medicine, University of Lagos and Lagos University Teaching Hospital respectively. Her commitment to preserve every woman’s right to life before, during and after pregnancy is the foundation of MRHRC.
Board of Directors
Prof. Ngozi Orazulike
Director
Ngozi Orazulike is a professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital. Through extensive research in Fetomaternal medicine and assisted reproduction...
Temitayo Etomi
Director
Temitayo Etomi is a Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Nigeria, a marketing consultant and a social entrepreneur. She is a member of the National ...
Dr. Olajumoke Oladipo
Director
Olajumoke Oladipo, MD, is a board-certified Clinical Pathologist at Penn. State. Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Centre in Hershey, PA. She is also a board...
Maryam Aliko Mohammed
Director
Maryam is an accomplished professional with over 12 years in senior management positions and leadership of over 200 employees.
Associate Members
Dr. Ochuwa Babah
Clinical Research
Dr Ochuwa Babah is a Senior Lecturer and an Honorary Consultant in Lagos State, Nigeria. She has a keen interest in teaching, research, and community service.
Chisom Obi-Jeff
Associate Member
Chisom Obi-Jeff is a Global Health Researcher and Implementation Scientist with demonstrated expertise in designing and conducting operational, socio...
Dr. Zubaida Ladan Farouk
Associate Member
Dr. Zubaida Ladan Farouk is the Deputy Director, Center for Infectious Diseases Research, Bayero University, Kano and a recipient of the Fogarty...
Dr. Onikepe Owolabi
Research and Strategy Lead
Dr. Onikepe Owolabi is the Senior Global Director MNCH/FP at IntraHealth International. Previously the Program Director of the Data Driven Policy Initiative at...
Dr Ejemai Eboreime
Associate Member
Dr Ejemai Eboreime is a physician and implementation scientist with over 10 years of conducting implementation and operational research in maternal and child health...
Dr Mobolanle Balogun
Research Lead, Public Health
Dr Mobolanle Balogun is a fellow of the National Postgraduate Medical College of Nigeria, the West African College of Physician and the Foundation for Advancement...
Dr. Banke-Thomas
Research Lead, Health Systems
Dr Aduragbemi Banke-Thomas is an Associate Professor in Maternal Health and Principal Investigator of the Google funded, OnTIME project.
Dr Olawunmi Adaramoye
Programme Lead
Dr Adaramoye Victoria Olawunmi is a specialist in Obstetrics and Gynecology. She utilises system change best practices in monitoring, evaluating, improving and...
Fundraising Team
Funke Iroko
Team Lead
She is a Social Development professional that has worked with different teams and organisations across the private and public sectors in driving fundraising efforts...
Chiamaka Uwalaka
Program Manager
Chiamaka Uwalaka is a Public Health professional specialising in Epidemiology and Disease Control. Together with the Founder and Chairperson, She oversees...
Administrative Team
Blessing Babatunde
Administrative Manager
Blessing Babatunde is the administrator at MRHR Collective. In this position, she works closely with the founder & chairperson, providing necessary ...
Our Partners
