Ramatou Ouedraogo

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Ramatou Ouedraogo

Research Scientist

ABOUT Ramatou Ouedraogo

Ramatou works under the Population Dynamics and Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (PDRH) unit on two projects : Quality post-abortion care services in Burkina Faso, Kenya and Nigeria, and the In Their Hands Evaluation Project in Kenya. She holds a PhD in Social Anthropology from the University of Bordeaux (France), and a Master Degree in Sociology from the University of Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso).

Before joining APHRC, she served as a post-doctoral fellow at the Fondation Maison Sciences de l’Homme (FMSH) and as a Project coordinator at the Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM) both in Paris (France).

Ramatou is driven by the conviction that offering better living conditions to African people can’t be reached without research. Her research interests include sexual and reproductive health issues (abortion, prostitution, family planning, infertility, infanticide), infectious diseases (HIV, Ebola), health systems, young people dynamics and transition to adulthood, gender and inter-generational relationships.

She got fellowship from the Department of Cooperation and Cultural Action of French Embassy for her master study, and from the University of Oslo for her PhD study. Ramatou is member of the Association for the Anthropology of Social Change and Development (APAD).

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

Journal Articles
‘‘I wasn’t ready’’ abortion decision-making pathways in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

November 3, 2021

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Journal Articles
“I was tricked”: Understanding reasons for unintended pregnancy among sexually active adolescent girls

April 21, 2021

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Journal Articles
Cocreated regional research agenda for evidence-informed policy and advocacy to improve adolescent sexual and reproductive health and rights in subSaharan Africa

April 22, 2021

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Briefing Papers
Expériences de l’avortement au Bénin : déterminants sociaux et parcours de soins dans le département de l’Atlantique

January 18, 2022

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Technical Reports
Expériences de l’avortement au Bénin: déterminants sociaux et parcours de soins dans le département de l’Atlantique

January 18, 2022

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Briefing Papers
Financial Cost of Maternal Near-Miss and Potentially Life Threatening Complications in Kenya

October 14, 2021

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Technical Reports
Incidence and Cost of Maternal Near-Miss in Kenya

October 18, 2021

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General
Infanticide in Senegal results from an exploratory mixed methods study

January 21, 2020

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Technical Reports
Lived experiences and pathways to abortion in Kilifi County, Kenya

December 10, 2021

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Briefing Papers
Lived experiences and pathways to abortion in Kilifi County, Kenya

December 17, 2021

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Journal Articles
Mapping adolescent sexual and reproductive health research in Sub-Saharan Africa: Protocol for a scoping review

November 2, 2021

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Technical Reports
Qualité des Soins Après Avortement au Burkina Faso: Résultats d’une étude nationale

July 1, 2021

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Briefing Papers
Qualité des soins après-avortement au Burkina Faso

July 1, 2021

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Briefing Papers
Qualité des soins après-avortement au Burkina Faso

October 14, 2021

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Technical Reports
Quality of Post-Abortion Care in Burkina Faso

June 30, 2021

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Technical Reports
Quality of Post-Abortion Care in Kenya

December 2, 2020

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Technical Reports
Quality of Post-Abortion Care in Nigeria

June 30, 2021

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Journal Articles
Research priorities to support evidence-informed policies and advocacy for access to safe abortion care in sub-Saharan Africa

May 6, 2021

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Technical Reports
Technical Report: Baseline Assessment From Homa Bay and Narok Counties

July 19, 2019

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Briefing Papers
The Status of Post-Abortion Care in Kenya

October 14, 2021

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Technical Reports
Ethnographie de l’infanticide au Sénégal: Expériences et Mécanismes de Pénalisation

October 14, 2023

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Briefing Papers and Policy brief
Facteurs et expériences vécues de l’infanticide au Sénégal : Résultats d’une étude qualitative

November 10, 2023

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RECENT PROJECTS

ONGOING PROJECT
Action to empower adolescent mothers in Burkina Faso and Malawi to improve their sexual and reproductive health (PROMOTE)
In Burkina Faso and Malawi, as in many countries in…
ONGOING PROJECT
Challenging the politics of social exclusion (CPSE)
Africa’s young people and women continue to bear a huge…
ONGOING PROJECT
Evaluation of in their hands program
The In Their Hands (ITH) program aims to increase adolescents’…