Lynn Gertiser
Lynn Gertiser, Public Health Nurse, Certified Nurse-Midwife with a Master’s Degree in Science
Geneva Foundation for Medical Education and Research
lynn.gertiser@gfmer.org
Lynn Gertiser is a Public Health Nurse and a Certified Nurse-Midwife with a Master’s Degree in Science from Frontier Nursing University. Her emphasis is in women’s health, providing patient-centered care for women of all ages as well as their families. Her studies focused on sexual reproductive health: prevention and early detection of infections and cancers, family planning, and maternal and child heath. She believes in making evidence based care available to all demographics through public health and education.
She is currently working with the Geneva Foundation for Medical Education and Research (GFMER) on education for health care workers around the world to decrease maternal mortality rates through prevention and early treatment of postpartum hemorrhage.
Links
- Training Course in Sexual and Reproductive Health Research 2013 - GFMER Geneva Team
- GFMER Sexual and Reproductive Rights Think Tank
- GFMER Sexual and Reproductive Rights Country Information - Burkina Faso - Bruno Ki, Lynn Gertiser
- GFMER Sexual and Reproductive Rights Country Information - Democratic Republic of Congo - Karen Hobday, Lynn Gertiser
- GFMER Sexual and Reproductive Rights Country Information - Eritrea - Majdi Sabahelzain, Lynn Gertiser
- GFMER Sexual and Reproductive Rights Country Information - Namibia - Sari Laukkanen, Lynn Gertiser
- GFMER Sexual and Reproductive Rights Country Information - Spain - Sandy Savini, Lynn Gertiser
- GFMER Sexual and Reproductive Rights Country Information - Tanzania - Sari Laukkanen, Lynn Gertiser
- GFMER Sexual and Reproductive Rights Country Information - Uganda - Sari Laukkanen, Lynn Gertiser
- GFMER Sexual and Reproductive Rights Country Information - Uruguay - Jimena Villar de Onis, Lynn Gertiser
- Training Course in Sexual and Reproductive Health Research 2014 presented by Lynn Gertiser and Mirella Smith
- Training Course in Sexual and Reproductive Health Research 2014 - GFMER Geneva Team
- Training Course in Sexual and Reproductive Health Research - Geneva Workshop 2014
- GFMER picture of the week
- A cement manufacturing plant in Harare, Zimbabwe - Rutendo Gwendoline Bonde - GFMER picture of the week by Lynn Gertiser
- A class to Somali national nurses on neonatal resuscitation in South Central Somalia - Bisharo Maalim - GFMER picture of the week by Lynn Gertiser
- A coaching visit to a health facility in Bamyan province, Afghanistan - Abdul Fahim Ahmady - GFMER picture of the week by Lynn Gertiser
- A health education session attended by Turkana women in Northern Kenya - Peter Apondi Hagono - GFMER picture of the week by Lynn Gertiser
- A laparoscopy workshop in Beirut, Lebanon - Haneen Hijazi - GFMER picture of the week by Lynn Gertiser
- A medical team from Monash University working at medical camps in remote villages of Nepal - Suraj Bhattarai - GFMER picture of the week by Lynn Gertiser
- A panel of experts discussing antenatal care on Doordarshan (National Television) in India - A.G. Radhika - GFMER picture of the week by Lynn Gertiser
- A research methodology workshop held at the Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Egypt - Tarek Tawfik Amin - GFMER picture of the week by Lynn Gertiser
- A safe motherhood training for teachers in Kajiado County, Kenya - Peter Apondi Hagono - GFMER picture of the week by Lynn Gertiser
- A survey on lead poisoning in Niger State, Nigeria - Hauwa Muhammad - GFMER picture of the week by Lynn Gertiser
- A training workshop for GLOW (Girls Leading Our World) in Mafeteng District, Lesotho - Tsitsi Gwenzi - GFMER picture of the week by Lynn Gertiser
- A vesicovaginal fistula repair camp organised by Gulu Regional Referral Hospital, Uganda - Pebalo Francis Pebolo - GFMER picture of the week by Lynn Gertiser
- A walk in Gelephu, Bhutan - Jigme Zangmo - GFMER picture of the week by Lynn Gertiser
- A workshop for management of post-partum hemorrhage in Lahore, Pakistan - Rubina Sohail - GFMER picture of the week by Lynn Gertiser
- A workshop on female condoms in Lusaka, Zambia - Gabriela Piriz - GFMER picture of the week by Lynn Gertiser
- Abdusemed Mussa conducting a monitoring visit at a rural household in Southern Ethiopia - GFMER picture of the week by Lynn Gertiser
- Alessandra Diehl activities in Sao Paulo, Brazil - GFMER picture of the week by Lynn Gertiser
- An ALSO (Advanced Life Support in Obstetrics) course in Sudan - Safa Elhassan - GFMER picture of the week by Lynn Gertiser
- An interactive session at Family Planning Association of India, Dharwad Branch - Rathnamala M. Desai - GFMER picture of the week by Lynn Gertiser
- Antenatal classes, Minia University, Egypt - Saad El Gelany - GFMER picture of the week by Lynn Gertiser
- Assisted hatching in Lagos, Nigeria - Paul Faduola - GFMER picture of the week by Lynn Gertiser
- Basic life support at the Mae La refugee camp on the Thailand-Myanmar border - Nan San Wai - GFMER picture of the week by Lynn Gertiser
- Campaign week for the surgical treatment of obstetric fistula, Mozambique - Marília Novais - GFMER picture of the week by Lynn Gertiser
- Checking the blood pressure in Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria - Fadeke Olusanya Abuworonye - GFMER picture of the week by Lynn Gertiser
- Clinical mentorship exercise in support of HIV/AIDS care services in a Bumasobo health centre in Uganda - Majid Batambuze - GFMER picture of the week by Lynn Gertiser
- Commemorating the World Menstruation Day in Makurdi, Nigeria – Barbara Akinbuwa - GFMER picture of the week by Lynn Gertiser
- Dr. G. Subhashini addresses the tribal women in a health education session in Anaikatti village, India - Subhashini Ganesan - GFMER picture of the week by Lynn Gertiser
- Dr. G. Subhashini assesses school children for nutritional status in Coimbatore, India - Subhashini Ganesan - GFMER picture of the week by Lynn Gertiser
- Dr. Ijeoma Nduka tutoring medical students of Abia State University Teaching Hospital, Nigeria - GFMER picture of the week by Lynn Gertiser
- Dr. Nazia Shekhaji -Karnataka Health Promotion Trust in Gulbarga, India - Nazia Shekhaji - GFMER picture of the week by Lynn Gertiser
- Dr. Nazia Shekhaji working as WHO External Monitor with the National Polio Surveillance Project in Gadag district, Karnataka, India - GFMER picture of the week by Lynn Gertiser
- Dr. Rose Mayerline Antoine attending a conference in Brussels - GFMER picture of the week by Lynn Gertiser
- Dr. Roy Ashim collecting data in Joypurhat district, Bangladesh - GFMER picture of the week by Lynn Gertiser
- Dr. Said Shamsul Islam chairing a White Ribbon Alliance Afghanistan board meeting - GFMER picture of the week by Lynn Gertiser
- Educational tour at Swaziland Christian University Department of Pharmacy - Alemayehu Lelisa Duga - GFMER picture of the week by Lynn Gertiser
- Evidence based family planning education, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran - Hamzehgardeshi Zeinab - GFMER picture of the week by Lynn Gertiser
- Families and children lining up for treatment at a refugee camp in South Sudan - Elizabeth Ekang - GFMER picture of the week by Lynn Gertiser
- First international congress of the Bolivian Society of Human Genetics in La Paz, Bolivia - Carlos Encinas - GFMER picture of the week by Lynn Gertiser
- Geneva Workshop 2014 - GFMER picture of the week by Lynn Gertiser
- Geneva Workshop 2015 - GFMER picture of the week by Lynn Gertiser
- GFMER team visiting a farm near Fribourg, Switzerland - GFMER picture of the week by Lynn Gertiser
- Health and nutritional status of the Santals ethnic community, Bangladesh - Monoarul Haque - GFMER picture of the week by Lynn Gertiser
- Health education session targeting reproductive health and family planning in Kenya - Peter Apondi Hagono - GFMER picture of the week by Lynn Gertiser
- Health training course for rural dispensary nurses in the Dinajpur region of Bangladesh - Edward Pallab Rozario - GFMER picture of the week by Lynn Gertiser
- HIV/AIDS prevention day in Cordoba, Argentina - Roxana Seminaro - GFMER picture of the week by Lynn Gertiser
- Immunization activities of pregnant women and children in a remote village on the border of eastern Chad and the Darfour region of Sudan - Bonheur Dounebaine - GFMER picture of the week by Lynn Gertiser
- Integrating Family Planning with Maternal and Child Health and HIV services, at Adare Hospital, Hawassa, Ethiopia - Metasebia Admassu - GFMER picture of the week by Lynn Gertiser
- Mahdi Mohamud Sahal receiving a scientific research course certificate in Karachi, Pakistan - GFMER picture of the week by Lynn Gertiser
- Making a difference as a champion in his community: breaking the silence, ending abortion stigma in Cameroon, September 28, 2013 - Gwewasang Che Martin - GFMER picture of the week by Lynn Gertiser
- Marian Becherano (Hospital Angeles Lomas in Mexico City) teaching contraception - Marian Becherano - GFMER picture of the week by Lynn Gertiser
- Maternal and child health training in Bafoussam, Cameroon - Tsawo Paulin Castro - GFMER picture of the week by Lynn Gertiser
- Medical outreach program at Kwali Local Government Council in FCT, Nigeria - Mfonobong Ekwere - GFMER picture of the week by Lynn Gertiser
- National stop transmission of polio (N STOP) campaign in Northern Nigeria - Aishatu Abubakar-Sadiq - GFMER picture of the week by Lynn Gertiser
- Obstetric fistula camp organized by Kenyatta national hospital and partners in Nairobi, Kenya - Louise Mapleh Kpoto - GFMER picture of the week by Lynn Gertiser
- Office bearers of the National Association of Reproductive and Child Health of India, Delhi chapter (2014-16) - A.G. Radhika - GFMER picture of the week by Lynn Gertiser
- Pap smear camp in Tonshinggang village, Bhutan - Yeshey Zangmo - GFMER picture of the week by Lynn Gertiser
- PAHO/WHO Leaders in International Health Program - Lima, Peru, 2015 - Kathya Lorena Cordova Pozo - GFMER picture of the week by Lynn Gertiser
- Postgraduate education on the prevention and treatment of postpartum haemorrhage in Burkina Faso - Bruno Ki - GFMER picture of the week by Lynn Gertiser
- Postnatal assessments in the Reproductive and Child Health Unit of St. Dominic Hospital in Akwatia, Ghana - Elizabeth Martine Ahiamadjie - GFMER picture of the week by Lynn Gertiser
- Postnatal home care in the district of Dagana, Bhutan - Tashi Tshomo - GFMER picture of the week by Lynn Gertiser
- Practical evaluation at the Nurses Site Lab, Madonna University Teaching Hospital, Nigeria - Ngwibete Atenchong - GFMER picture of the week by Lynn Gertiser
- Practicing the umbilical cord catheterization procedure in a Singapore General Hospital simulation room - Yeshey Zangmo - GFMER picture of the week by Lynn Gertiser
- Preventing mother-to-child transmission of HIV at a health center in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia - Desiyalew Habtamu - GFMER picture of the week by Lynn Gertiser
- Providing refugees with reproductive health services in Gorom Refugee Camp, South Sudan - Wycliff Katwesige - GFMER picture of the week by Lynn Gertiser
- Providing technical assistance for community based organization members in Nghe An province, Vietnam - Dang Hong Manh - GFMER picture of the week by Lynn Gertiser
- Raising women's awareness about sexual and reproductive health services in Malakal, South Sudan - Emmanuel Benjamin - GFMER picture of the week by Lynn Gertiser
- Science day in Ukraine - Olena Getsko - GFMER picture of the week by Lynn Gertiser
- Sexual and reproductive health, Cochabamba, Bolivia - Kathya Lorena Cordova Pozo - GFMER picture of the week by Lynn Gertiser
- Shoklo Malaria Research Unit, Mae La Refugee Camp, Thailand - Thet Wai Zin - GFMER picture of the week by Lynn Gertiser
- Students in the delivery room, Tehran, Iran - Mehrandokht Nekavand - GFMER picture of the week by Lynn Gertiser
- Supervision of fieldwork concerning drug abuse in Benghazi, Libya - Fayek Elkhwsky - GFMER picture of the week by Lynn Gertiser
- Teaching antenatal and postnatal care to the community people of Sunsari District, Nepal - Neha Shrestha - GFMER picture of the week by Lynn Gertiser
- Teaching at the Joypurhat Nursing Training Institute, Bangladesh - Ashim Roy - GFMER picture of the week by Lynn Gertiser
- Teaching breastfeeding and lactation management at Scarborough General Hospital in Tobago - Agbai Dimgba - GFMER picture of the week by Lynn Gertiser
- Teaching family planning in Northeast Nigeria - Halima Mukaddas - GFMER picture of the week by Lynn Gertiser
- Teaching maternal health at Mekelle University, Ethiopia - Araya Abrha Medhanyie - GFMER picture of the week by Lynn Gertiser
- Teaching STIs in Lahore, Pakistan - Asma Viqar - GFMER picture of the week by Lynn Gertiser
- The Birthing Center of Jigme Dorji Wangchuck National Referral Hospital, Thimphu, Bhutan - Yangden Paki - GFMER picture of the week by Lynn Gertiser
- The Conference of the Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Pakistan in Islamabad - Rubina Sohail - GFMER picture of the week by Lynn Gertiser
- The Daughters of Charity in Bethlehem, Palestine – Vida Bannoura - GFMER picture of the week by Lynn Gertiser
- The Early Infant Diagnosis Clinic at the Infectious Disease Institute of Makerere University in Uganda - Isabella Kyohairwe and Annet Onzia - GFMER picture of the week by Lynn Gertiser
- The Faculty of Medical Sciences, Universidad Nacional del Comahue, Neuquen, Argentina - Gabriela Luchetti - GFMER picture of the week by Lynn Gertiser
- The Ifakara Health Institute commemorates World Malaria Day in Ikwiriri, Tanzania - Angelina Mtowa - GFMER picture of the week by Lynn Gertiser
- The Islamic Azad University in Firoozabad, Iran - Paymaneh Shokrollahi - GFMER picture of the week by Lynn Gertiser
- The Maternity Hospital in Maridi, South Sudan - Elestina Yvonne Phuka - GFMER picture of the week by Lynn Gertiser
- The Mzima Project of the Ifakara Health Institute, Tanzania - Angelina Mtowa - GFMER picture of the week by Lynn Gertiser
- The Nairobi Health Hackathon, September 2015 - Ameyo Bonventure Masakhwe - The picture of the week by Lynn Gertiser
- The National School of Nursing and Midwifery, Autonomous National University of Mexico, Mexico City – Hugo Tapia - GFMER picture of the week by Lynn Gertiser
- The obstetrics unit at Maternité Issaka Gazoby in Niamey, Niger - Kadri Alzouma - GFMER picture of the week by Lynn Gertiser
- The second International Conference of Public Health, Colombo, Sri Lanka - Duha Abuobaida - GFMER picture of the week by Lynn Gertiser
- The Tagadom Pediatric Hospital in Port Sudan - Ahmed Darreer - GFMER picture of the week by Lynn Gertiser
- The Third Annual Ethiopian Society of Emergency Medicine Professionals Conference, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia - Engida Yisma - GFMER picture of the week by Lynn Gertiser
- The Yaounde Gynaecology-Obstetrics and Pediatrics Hospital in Cameroon - Lilian Ngwongem Ngwana Banmi - GFMER picture of the week by Lynn Gertiser
- Training in obstetric and neonatal emergency care in Sevare (Mopti/Mali) - Ousmane Sylla - GFMER picture of the week by Lynn Gertiser
- Training on EmONC for primary emergency care diploma students in Yangon, Myanmar - Khin Latt - GFMER picture of the week by Lynn Gertiser
- Training students in a primary health care facility in Belo Horizonte, Brazil - Mariana Felisbino-Mendes - GFMER picture of the week by Lynn Gertiser
- Une mission de sensibilisation dans le district sanitaire de Youwarou, Mali - Ousmane Sylla - GFMER picture of the week by Lynn Gertiser
- Using hanging puppet art as an intervention for discussing adolescent knowledge and attitude regarding HIV/AIDS in Singkawang, Indonesia - Agus Fitriangga - GFMER picture of the week by Lynn Gertiser
- Village health team elections in Uganda - Assy Charles Sendawula - GFMER picture of the week by Lynn Gertiser
- Visit to a hospital in Kabul - Mohammad Basir Farid - GFMER picture of the week by Lynn Gertiser
- Women’s perception about contraceptive utilization and related benefits in Sidama Zone, Ethiopia - Abraham Alano Ali - GFMER picture of the week by Lynn Gertiser
- World Malaria Day celebration in Gbekuba, Oyo State, South West Nigeria - Ottan Abd'Lateef - GFMER picture of the week by Lynn Gertiser
- Youth orientation about sexual and reproductive health issues in emergency situations, Kathmandu Valley, Nepal - Ramesh Neupane - GFMER picture of the week by Lynn Gertiser