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Alison Morgan

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Australian living in Washington DC, working in maternal and newborn health and systems strengthening at the Global Financing Facility, World Bank, opinions my own.

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Fantastic list thanks. Suggest adding ´Walk to Beautiful’ and also ´Birth Rites’ to this list. The first about obstetric fistula in Ethiopia and the second about birthing services for remote women in Australia and Canada with very different approaches…I use both in my teaching!

16.03.2025 00:54 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Most USAID staff cut from agency, marking end of world’s largest donor It’s the final gutting of an agency that two weeks ago, employed more than 10,000 people across the world.

I simply cannot wrap my mind around this

“gutting of USAID that two weeks ago, employed more than 10,000 people across the world”

www.devex.com/news/most-us...

05.02.2025 06:46 — 👍 41    🔁 16    💬 3    📌 0
A systematic review and meta-analysis of heat exposure impacts on maternal, fetal and neonatal health - Nature Medicine A systematic review and meta-analysis of studies covering 66 countries reported wide-ranging maternal, fetal and neonatal health harms associated with heat exposure, including increased risks of prete...

🧪 New study links heat exposure during pregnancy to risks like preterm birth, hypertensive disorders, and stillbirth.

Analyzing 198 studies across 66 countries, researchers urge integrating maternal health into climate policies amid rising global temperatures. 🩺 🛟

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

14.11.2024 16:25 — 👍 21    🔁 6    💬 1    📌 0

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