QURESHI ZAHIDA P

QURESHI ZAHIDA P

Professor Qureshi is the current Head of Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. She has interests in safe motherhood, management of pregnancy complications and postpartum bleeding.

M.BchB, M.Med (Obs/ Gyn)

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Prof. Zahida P Qureshi

Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

School of Medicine College of Health Sciences

P.O. Box 19676-00202 Nairobi Kenya Telephone

Department 2726300 Ext. 43372 or 2726360

Mobile: 0733605140 or 0721310750

Permanent Address P.O. Box 47625-00100,

Nairobi Email: qureshi@uonbi.ac.ke or zahida@qureshi.co.ke

Recent publications

1. Obimbo MM, Zhou Y, McMaster MT, Cohen CR, Qureshi Z, Ong’ech J, Ogeng’o

JA, Fisher SJ. Placental Structure in Preterm Birth Among HIV-Positive

Versus HIV-Negative Women in Kenya. JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune

Deficiency Syndromes. 2019 Jan 1;80(1):94-102.

2. Danielly S. Santana, Carla Silveira, Maria L. Costa, Renato T. Souza, Fernanda

G. Surita, João P. Souza, Syeda Batool Mazhar, Kapila Jayaratne, Zahida

Qureshi, Maria H. Sousa, Joshua P. Vogel, José G. Cecatti and on behalf of the

WHO Multi-Country Survey on Maternal and Newborn Health Research Network

Perinatal outcomes in twin pregnancies complicated by maternal

morbidity:evidence from the WHO Multicountry Survey on Maternal and

Newborn Health BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth (2018) 18:44

https://doi.org/10.1186/s12884-018-2082-9

3. Widmer, M., Piaggio, G., Nguyen, T.M., Osoti, A., Owa, O.O., Misra, S.,

Coomarasamy, A., Abdel-Aleem, H., Mallapur, A.A., Qureshi, Z. and

Lumbiganon, P., 2018. Heat-Stable Carbetocin versus Oxytocin to Prevent

Hemorrhage after Vaginal Birth. New England Journal of Medicine. N Engl J

Med August 2018; 379:743-752. DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa1805489

4. Muhula,S., Opanga, Y., Kuyo, M., Qureshi, Z., Memiah, P. and Ndirangu M. Use

of performance dashboards in health care project management: a case of

an international health development organization in Kenya. Africa Health

Agenda International Journal. June 2018; 1:41.

5. WHO Odon Device Research Group. Odon device for instrumental vaginal

deliveries: results of a medical device pilot clinical study March 2018

Reproductive Health 2018 15:45 DOI:10.1186/s12978-018-0485-8

6. Pulei, A.N., Shatry, N.A., Sura, M.K., Njoroge, M.W., Kibii, D.K., Mwaniki, D.K.,

Teko, H.P., Maranga, O., Ogutu, O., Vogel, J.P. and Qureshi, Z., Mar 2018.

Updating of a clinical protocol for the prevention and management of

postpartum haemorrhage at Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi,