Bringing together researchers, policy makers & big tech to proffer solutions to challenges faced by expectant mothers and their caregivers
Joined March 2022
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Our newly published perspective in @FrontPubHealth launching the @OnTIME_C project funded by @GoogleHealth.
We are leveraging big data to estimate close to reality travel time to EmOC in urban LMICs doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2022.9…
Participate through our survey menti.com/afnnp8ska2/0
ALT An illustration of common approaches used to compute geographic access to health service providers in LMICs including (A), Euclidean distance, (B) network distance, (C) least cost path distance, and (D) gravity models.
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Why is UK maternity care in crisis with a caesarean section rate of over 40%? We show how multiple, well intentioned changes have come to together to create the perfect storm...
obgyn.onlinelibrary.wiley.co…
@RCObsGyn @NHSEngland @wesstreeting @livuninews @BICSoc @LiverpoolWomens
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24 Jun 2025
I am truly honoured to have delivered my plenary talk on counting #obstetric #fistula at the @RCObsGyn World Congress 2025. I used the platform to elevate voices of women suffering from this preventable condition, discussed the numbers and innovative action needed to get to ZERO.
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7 Apr 2025
Today, #WorldHealthDay, the latest figures of maternal deaths show slow progress. See what we are doing @MARCH_LSHTM to ensure "healthy beginning, hopeful futures" for #pregnantwomen and their #babies.
More than ever, they must be at the centre of research, policy, and action!
7 Apr 2025
🤱Mothers and newborns deserve a world where they can thrive.
🗣️On #WorldHealthDay, Dr Aduragbemi Banke-Thomas and Dr Hannah Blencowe @LSHTM discuss the importance of advancing research to inform action and improve the lives of pregnant women & their babies.
#HopefulFutures
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28 Mar 2025
My colleague @MbozuSipalo is fundraising for @MARCH_LSHTM as she runs the #London half marathon. Please check out Mbozu's @JustGiving page and donate if you can. Thank you! #JustGiving #Maternalhealth #NewbornHealth #adolescent #UHC justgiving.com/fundraising/m…
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21 Mar 2025
We have a simple yet powerful mission for our work in health: To harness @Google’s tools and technology to help everyone, everywhere live a longer, healthier life. At #TheCheckUp, Chief Health Officer Dr. Karen DeSalvo shared a vision of what’s possible: goo.gle/4hv7qpN
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18 Mar 2025
Are you tuned in? #TheCheckUp starts NOW! Stream the event live on @YouTube to hear the latest updates from @Google, @GoogleAI, @googlecloud, and more! Watch here: goo.gle/3FN48kl
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Accessing emergency obstetric care is a race against time for women worldwide. To address this, Google and @OnTIME_C launched a dashboard offering key insights into access to emergency care facilities.
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7 Mar 2025
📢New #Publication in @PLOSGPH, titled 'Unravelling the conundrums of social autopsy for #maternal #mortality in low- and middle-income countries'. In it, we discuss the need to rethink how we do #social #autopsy to ensure its utility and ethics remain. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph…
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5 Mar 2025
📢 The Check Up 2025 is almost here!
Join us on March 18 for an inside look at the latest AI innovations shaping the future of health. Don’t miss what’s next.
➡️ goo.gle/the-check-up
#TheCheckUp
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26 Feb 2025
Hosting Ghana Health Service (@_GHSofficial) and Ministry of Health Ghana (@mohgovgh) at the @OnTIME_C stakeholder briefing meeting and evidence dissemination for the #OnTIME #Ghana Project. #EmOC #MaternalHealth #PerinatalHealth #UHC #Accessibility #policy #EWENE
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18 Feb 2025
I was truly honoured to be hosted by @Nemsas_fmoh team led by the NPM, Dr Dumbulwa, and Head of Ops, Dr Doubra @sirbintes. I am really excited about what our collaboration holds for #savinglives of #pregnant women in #Nigeria through #RESMAT. @OnTIME_C @MARCH_LSHTM @GoogleHealth
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20 Feb 2025
🚨Big things are coming! 👀 The Check Up is happening on March 18! Find out how we’re bringing the best of Google to the world of health through new AI research & innovations, partnerships, & products.
Add it to your calendar! goo.gle/4b9dKBD
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4 Feb 2025
Our STAR intervention aims to transform respectful care for women & babies in South Africa (KZN) through learning & participatory action.
See *new* article on intervention design 👇tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.… @lovedaypk @MARCH_LSHTM
📸 from recent workshop
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27 Nov 2024
It was truly an honour for me to give the keynote address at the AXA European Works Council (@axa_ewc) earlier today in Paris. I was thrilled by the enthusiasm of thr audience on issues of access to critical #maternity care in #Africa. "Being a woman shouldn't be a risk!"#AXAEWC
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26 Nov 2024
So excited to be co-leading the REFRAME Collaboration that includes @LSHTM @TheIFS & @sheffielduni with @ipeet as part of the new @NIHRresearch #Maternity Disparities Consortium🙏🏾#MaternalHealth #NewbornHealth #UK #Inequalities #NHS #Research #Core20PLUS🔗lshtm.ac.uk/research/centres…
26 Nov 2024
⭐️@LSHTM joins the NIHR Challenge: Maternity Disparities Consortium.
The consortium aims to tackle #inequalities in #maternity outcomes & LSHTM will lead the REFRAME Collaboration, which includes @TheIFS & @sheffielduni
👉 lshtm.ac.uk/research/centres…
@NIHRresearch @shefunihealth
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11 Nov 2024
Generative AI for Healthcare is a 1-hour course that will teach you how to apply gen AI to your healthcare career through videos and a hands-on lab. Take the course for free by becoming a @googlecloud Innovator to receive 35 learning credits every month: goo.gle/4fIT2JW
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7 Nov 2024
Google Health partnered with @OnTIME_C on a new case study looking at geography and access to emergency obstetric care. Learn how AI can make healthcare more accessible and help to reduce maternal deaths: goo.gle/4hDjfvc
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1 Nov 2024
Join me at the inaugural @UMassChan's #GlobalHealth seminar on 13th November 2024, where I speak on 'Urban Inequalities in Accessing Emergency Obstetric Care in the Global South: State of Play and What is Needed for the Future'. Registration details below: #MaternalHealth #equity
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We launched the UrbanBirth Collective @ITMantwerp!
Working with teams & cities in Benin, DRC and Guinea, our mission is to conduct impactful, context-specific research that addresses the complex issues of maternal and newborn health in urban settings.
💫 urbanbirthcollective.org/
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