A paper published today in the Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis from authors based at Semmelweis University in Hungary and the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) shows …
Worldwide, half a billion women are anaemic. This video shows how anaemia affects the blood, causing it to clot less and flow faster, which can increase the risk of excessive …
Professor Rizwana Chaudhri and Professor Ian Roberts speak with The Lancet Global Health about research carried out by the WOMAN Trials collaborators investigating the link between maternal anaemia and postpartum haemorrhage.
Evidence from the WOMAN-2 Trial shows that pregnant women with anaemia are substantially more likely to suffer life-threatening bleeding after childbirth. This video shows how anaemia can increase risk of …
Professor Ian Roberts and Professor Camara Phyllis Jones comment in The Lancet on the link between postpartum haemorrhage, iron deficiency anaemia and structural racism.
The WOMAN-2 Trial found that a reduction in haemoglobin of 10 grams per litre of blood just before birth increased the risk of life threatening bleeding after childbirth by 23%.
Ian Roberts, Professor of Epidemiology and Co-Director of the Clinical Trials Unit at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, highlights the need to treat heavy menstrual bleeding as a …