Background

• Gianna has completed her Master of Public Health at the University of Melbourne in 2017.

• Her particular interest lies within qualitative & intervention research and the promotion of sexual, reproductive, maternal and child health of vulnerable populations.

• She has previously been involved in various research projects addressing the protection needs of female, child refugees and asylum seekers. Including a comprehensive situation assessment at the WHO Regional Office for Europe and evaluated the EU’s response to the protection needs of female refugees during the European migration crisis (2015-2016).

• She joined the Burnet Institute in 2018 as an International Health Project Officer/Research Assistant at the Maternal and Child Health/ Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Program. Her work focuses on the protection and promotion of maternal and neonatal health in Papua New Guinea.

Positions

• 2018: International Health Project Officer/ Research Assistant, Maternal and Child Health

• Past Position - Development Officer at Shan Women’s Action Network (SWAN), Chiang Mai, Thailand

Qualifications

• 2017: Master of Public Health, University of Melbourne, Australia
• 2013: Bachelor of Applied Sciences (Human Biology & TCM), RMIT, Australia

Projects (1)

Current (1)

• Evaluating the WHO Labour Care Guide in clinical settings
  A mixed-methods study in six countries evaluating the “next generation” partograph for managing labour and childbirth.

Publications (3)

2019 (1)

• Maternal and newborn health indicators in Papua New Guinea - 2008-2018.
  Robbers G, Vogel JP, Mola G, Bolgna J, Homer CSE
  Sex Reprod Health Matters. 2019 Dec; 27(1):1686199

2017 (1)

• Programme potential for the prevention of and response to sexual violence among female refugees: a literature review.
  Gianna Maxi Leila Robbers, Alison Morgan
  Reprod Health Matters. 2017 Nov; 25(51):69-89

2016 (1)

• Sexual violence against refugee women on the move to and within Europe.
  Robbers G. Lazdane, G. Dinesh, S.
  EntreNous - Copenhagen: WHO Regional Office for Europe,. 2016 Jul; 84:26-29