June 2026

Elfriede Mamie Fatmata Kormawa, known to her colleagues as Elfi, is a Research Fellow in Maternal Health at King’s College London. Based in Sierra Leone and working within the PAPAGAIO programme, she is undertaking a PhD through the NIHR PAPAGAIO scholarship, with a focus on strengthening the management of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, including pre-eclampsia, […]

Muito Obrigado, Brasil: Inside PAPAGAIO’s Brasília Team Meeting This June, members of the PAPAGAIO team travelled to Brasília for a landmark week, combining a Trial Update Meeting with attendance at the 58th Congress of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of the Federal District (SGOB), hosted by the Brazilian Society of Gynaecology and Obstetrics. Science on the stage

Published in The Lancet Obstetrics, Gynaecology & Women’s Health, the review, led by researchers at King’s College London and CRIBS Global, finds that biomarker testing could transform pre-eclampsia diagnosis in resource-limited settings, but that major barriers to access must be urgently addressed. Pre-eclampsia kills an estimated 42,000 mothers and 500,000 babies every year, with 92%

Dr Mukape Mukape is a Research Fellow in Maternal Health at King’s College London, pursuing his PhD through the NIHR PAPAGAIO scholarship. On study leave from the University of Zambia, where he lectures in Obstetrics, Gynaecology, and Human Anatomy, he also serves as a Senior Registrar at the University Teaching Hospital in Lusaka. Within CRIBS