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A woman holds a baby close to her chest.
Anaemia / Postpartum haemorrhage / Research

Tranexamic acid cuts life-threatening bleeding after birth, but anaemia prevention is critical, studies show 

Two papers from the WOMAN Trials Collaborators, published in The Lancet today, reveal important evidence on the effects of the drug tranexamic acid (TXA) on postpartum haemorrhage (PPH) and life-threatening …

A smiling woman holds a newborn baby
Anaemia / Postpartum haemorrhage / Research

Looking ahead: What next for WHO’s roadmap to fight PPH and WOMAN Trials research to reduce maternal deaths  

This article was written by the WOMAN Trials team.   A year ago today, the WHO released its first roadmap to combat deaths from postpartum haemorrhage (PPH) – a condition …

The WOMAN Trials Writing Committee
Milestones / Research

Discussions on data, drafts and dissemination: The WOMAN Trials writing committee meeting  

“Some of the most disadvantaged women took part in the WOMAN-2 Trial. They shared their experiences with us so that we could learn from them.   “This is why we’ve been …

Professor Bukola Fawole speaking in 2017.
Anaemia / Postpartum haemorrhage

“Our women are different”: The link between anaemia and maternal mortality in Nigeria

In this film, LSHTM Professors Haleema Shakur-Still and Ian Roberts reflect on their late colleague Professor Bukola Fawole. While working on the WOMAN Trial, he presciently recognised the significance of …

Staff Sehar Kanwal gives a dose of tranxamin to Waeema Abdullah, a patient suffering from postpartum haemorrhaging in the labor room at Holy Family Hospital on March 6, 2019 in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. Saiyna Bashir © Wellcome Trust
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Tranexamic acid can reduce surgical bleeding and blood transfusions   

Wider use of tranexamic acid (TXA) in surgery would improve surgical outcomes, avoid unnecessary blood transfusions and conserve blood stocks, according to an article published today in the British Medical …

Professor Nike Bello says: "I would like that my life's work in research has been useful."
Anaemia / Postpartum haemorrhage / Research

Clinical Trials Day: Celebrating the trailblazers seeking to make childbirth safer  

On 20 May, Clinical Trials Day (ICTD), we celebrate the trailblazers among us who are making an impact through their research. Trailblazers are those who power the advancement of human …

Nurses clean twin babies minutes after their delivery in Adeoyo maternity hospital, Ibadan.
Anaemia / Postpartum haemorrhage

Comment: why do so many women die giving birth in Nigeria?

Written by Professor Ian Roberts, Professor of Epidemiology at LSHTM and co-lead of the WOMAN-2 Trial. I read with interest Kasia Strek’s article in the Guardian this week, “Pregnancy is …

Utako and Shosuke Okamoto working in the laboratory
Postpartum haemorrhage

Celebrating Utako Okamoto: a pioneer of science and inventor of tranexamic acid

On 21 April, we mark the eight-year anniversary of the passing of Utako Okamoto, a Japanese medical doctor who discovered tranexamic acid in the 1950s in her quest to find …

Professor Nike Bello examines a pregnant patient in a hospital bed.
Anaemia / Postpartum haemorrhage

World Health Day: Women’s basic right to health is not being upheld

Written by Professor Ian Roberts, Professor of Epidemiology at LSHTM and co-lead of the WOMAN-2 Trial. Access to quality health services is a basic human right. This is reflected in …

A mother kisses her son on the forehead.
Anaemia / Postpartum haemorrhage / Research

International Women’s Day: Why are the most vulnerable women excluded from clinical trials?

Written by Professor Ian Roberts, Professor of Epidemiology at LSHTM and co-lead of the WOMAN-2 Trial. Equality, diversity and inclusion are social justice issues at the heart of International Women’s …

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