Comment: Structural racism and iron deficiency anaemia
Professor Ian Roberts and Professor Camara Phyllis Jones comment in The Lancet on the link between postpartum haemorrhage, iron deficiency anaemia and structural racism.
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Severe anaemia linked to seven-fold increased risk of death or life-threatening bleeding after childbirth
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%.
International Clinical Trials Day: Q&A with Haleema Shakur-Still
Haleema Shakur-Still is Emeritus Professor of Global Health Clinical Trials at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and Co-Principal Investigator of the WOMAN-2 Trial.
Expert opinion: Heavy periods can kill and should be treated as a global health priority
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 …
Are you aware of what can happen during childbirth?
December 19 2009 was one of the best days of my life and also one of the worst. It was nearly the last day of my life. Early that morning …
Why don’t people talk about postpartum haemorrhage?
Dying in childbirth? It’s something I thought didn’t happen in the UK, that was, until it nearly happened to me. I gave birth to my fraternal twins and experienced a …
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WOMAN-2 Training: Aziz Bhatti Hospital, Gujarat
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Recruitment has started! Our first two patients were randomised to the WOMAN-2 trial on 24th Aug by the team at Holy Family Hospital!
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WOMAN-2 Training: Karachi, Larkana, Quetta (Aug 2019)
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