Maureen Dar Iang
Akademische Mitarbeiterin
She is a public health clinician with over twenty-five years of professional experience working in international health overseas. She has in-depth contextual and operational experience in health system reform and strengthening from working for more than twenty years in Nepal over a period of civil conflict, a large-scale earthquake, COVID-19 pandemic, and decentralisation towards a Federal State. She is currently working on the (1) Transdisciplinary Higher Education for Global Wellbeing (THE-GLOW), Erasmus Plus project. The project is developing a transdisciplinary course on climate change with three universities in Thailand and Maastricht University; (2) Covid-19 research in Yemen, "Assessing the health and wider societal impact of COVID-19 and related
control measures in Yemen".
Education
- Dr. med., Institute for Tropical Hygiene and Public Health (HIGH), Heidelberg University, Germany (1996-99)
- MSc. Community Health and Health Management in Developing Countries, Institute for Tropical Hygiene and Public Health (HIGH), Heidelberg University, Germany (1995-96)
- Diploma in Gynaecology and Obstetrics, Rotunda Hospital, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland (1994-95)
- MB BS, Institute of Medicine (1) Yangon, Myanmar (1982-88)
Contributions
Projects & Grants
- Transdisciplinary Higher Education for Global Wellbeing (THE-GLOW), European Union, Erasmus Plus project (2022-25) (as team member) https://theglow-project.org/
- Assessing the health and wider societal impact of COVID-19 and related
control measures in Yemen, DFG grant, (as team member)
Publications
Al-Aghbari AA, Hassan OEH, Dar Iang M, Jahn A, Horstick O, Dureab F. Exploring the Role of Infodemics in People’s Incompliance with Preventive Measures during the COVID-19 in Conflict Settings (Mixed Method Study). Healthcare. 2023; 11(7):952. doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11070952
Hassan OEH, Al-Aghbari AA, McGowan M, Dar Iang M, Basaleem HO, Al-Sakkaf KA, et al. Knowledge, attitudes, and practices toward COVID-19 prevention in Yemen: a community-based cross-sectional study. Frontiers in Public Health. 2023;11. doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1178183
Dar Iang, M.; Hassan, O.E.H.; McGowan, M.; Basaleem, H.; Al-Sakkaf, K.; Jahn, A.; Dureab, F. Clinical and Epidemiological Presentation of COVID-19 among Children in Conflict Setting. Children 2022, 9, 1712. doi.org 10.3390/children9111712
S. Mehata, Y. R. Paudel, M. Dariang, K. K. Aryal, B. K. Lal, M. N. Khanal, D. C. Thomas. Trends and Inequalities in Use of Maternal Health Care Services in Nepal: Strategy in the Search for Improvements. Published in BioMed research international 2017; doi.org/10.1155/2017/5079234
Y R Paudel, M Dariang, S.J. Keeling. S. Mehata e al (2016) Addressing the needs of people with disability in Nepal: the urgent need. Disability and Health Journal, Volume 9 , Issue 2 , 186 – 188. doi.org/10.1016/j.dhjo.2016.01.004
Y.R. Paudel, S. Mehata, D. Paudel, M Dariang, KK Aryal, P Poudel, S King and S Barnett (2015) “Women’s Satisfaction of Maternity Care in Nepal and Its Correlation with Intended Future Utilization,” International Journal of Reproductive Medicine, vol. 2015, Article ID 783050, 9 pages, 2015. doi.org/10.1155/2015/783050
S. Mehata, Y. R. Paudel, R. Mehta, M. Dariang, P. Poudel, and S. Barnett, “Unmet need for family planning in Nepal during the first two years postpartum,” BioMed Research International, vol. 2014, Article ID 649567, 9 pages, 2014. doi.org/10.1155/2014/649567
Hussein J, Bell J, Dar Iang M, Mesko N, Amery J, et al. (2011) An Appraisal of the Maternal Mortality Decline in Nepal. PloS ONE 6(5): e19898. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0019898
Jahn A, Dar Iang M, Shah U and Diesfeld HJ: (2000) Maternity care in rural Nepal: a health service analysis. Tropical Medicine and International Health 5: 9: 657-665, 2000. doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-3156.2000.00611.x
Dar Iang M: Assessment of antenatal and obstetric care services in a rural district of Nepal (1999). Peter Lang