.@NHSEngland Maternity Transformation Team are recruiting Service User Representatives with experience of maternity and neonatal services to help make care safer, more personalised and more equitable.
Find out more👉https://t.co/nD3PfAePRq @TeamCMidO
🌟Apply by Wed 28 July🌟
Obstetric fistula is a little-known but truly devastating childbirth injury. It has been eradicated in wealthier nations, but still affects women in many countries worldwide 🌍. Find out more about about it in this excellent little thread by @FIGOHQ#EndFistula#IDEOF2021
This Sunday 23rd of May will mark the International Day to End Obstetric Fistula.
#Obstetricfistula is a neglected public health and human rights issue. Here is key information about the condition around the world: a thread (1/6)
#StJohnPeople are playing an essential role at vaccination centres across the country, by administering injections and caring for people before, during and after their jabs. We are incredibly proud of how they’re assisting the @NHSEngland COVID-19 vaccination programme.
1 more time for the people in the back: All women have the right to companionship during labor & birth:
🫂 Better care experiences
📈 Improved health outcomes
👩🏾🤝👩🏽Feeling confident, safe & strong
Time to advocate, change policy & support research to implement companionship for ALL
Obstetric fistula is a devastating childbirth injury, and a neglected public health and human rights issue.
Read about FIGO's work on #ObstetricFistula here: https://t.co/pep2nFl328
#womenshealth#SRHR#EndFistula
The incredible work of the Fistula Committee at FIGO sets a standard for how we need to lead in global women's health. Support this important work!
https://t.co/lWItv7ADxs
I was delighted to come 2nd in the @NALACS_NL Master Thesis Award 2018-2019 recently, for my thesis on women's agency in response to mistreatment during maternity care in El Alto, Bolivia - if you fancy reading a summary https://t.co/BaSpqt4f24
Such a fantastic documentary & included importance of keeping girls in school to prevent overpopulation - indeed #SRHR for all women and girls is vital to saving #OurPlanet and ourselves 🦜🐆🐋🦥🌿
I am so delighted to be working with @FIGOHQ Fistula Fellows all over the world - find out more about the fantastic work of our five Fellows in the DRC!
Our FIGO Fellows (trainee fistula surgeons) live and work all over the world. Check out this piece which looks at some of the work being done by our FIGO fellows in the Democratic Republic of Congo!
https://t.co/8XepLxIYnd
#EndFistula#womenshealth#SRHR
FIGO works with leading health bodies around the world, including the World Health Organisation in the fight against fistula. They have trained an amazing 66 surgeons from 22 affected countries, including Ethiopia with Fellows at Hamlin Fistula Ethiopia💜 #EndFistula
We are exposed to toxic chemicals on a daily basis. Especially during and after pregnancy, this can be a scary thought. FIGO, @UCSF_PRHE & @HealthandEnv are bringing you 10 easy tips on #HowToAvoidToxicChemicals
https://t.co/pclu86EEuV
So looking forward to watching some of the brilliant programme for #WOWGlobal24 this weekend, a pretty good substitute for not being at #GlastonburyFestival as planned 🌻
Black women are 3X more likely to die from complications of pregnancy & childbirth than white women - regardless of education, income or socioeconomic factors. We must address systemic injustices that are putting black mothers at greater risk. #BlackMamasMatter#BlackOutTuesday
“Currently, 49 in 50 women with #ObstetricFistula will never have access to treatment” @FistulaGillian presenting in MAMM's Institute of Fistula and Women's Health #IDEOF2020 Webinar
We describe #obstetricfistula as “the worst thing you’ve never heard of,” because so many people – even in areas where it’s prevalent – don’t understand why it happens, or feel shy talking about it because they find it embarrassing #IDEOF#EndFistula