Sanam Roder-DeWan

Improving health system quality, MNCH, PHC, World Bank, Ifakara, Harvard PH, Family doc, Muslim feminist, Mom to two hilarious kids.

[Dr. Kimberly Noble @KimberlyGNoble]

What a week! So grateful for the immense privilege to share our science with the world. We never imagined when we conceived #BabysFirstYears a decade ago that initial findings would be released when unconditional cash support to low-income families would be so actively debated.

[Sanam Roder-DeWan @SanamRoderDeWan]

@MHTF @BrizuelaVanessa @DrCarlaMD @ersacks Thanks for this great summary - supporting families to get patients to the right facilities at the right time should be a core function of a high-quality health systems.

[MHTF @MHTF]

@BrizuelaVanessa, @DrCarlaMD, and @ersacks discuss how the already challenging situation of maternal/neonatal transport is exacerbated by the #COVID19 pandemic. They advocate for building better transport systems to achieve better health outcomes.

https://t.co/GpSGnkEZiX

[Quality Commission @HQSSCommission]

The HQSS work is continuing, adapting and growing! Follow the QuEST Network and join the launch May 18-20.

[David Evans @DaveEvansPhD]

"In children’s books commonly found in US schools and homes over the last century... there is a persistent disproportionate representation of males, particularly White males, and lighter-skinned people relative to darker-skinned people." https://t.co/5HkYVbUNb1 by @AAdukia et al.

[Ngozi @udnore]

‼️Out today in @NatureMedicine

In our open letter to international funders of science & development in Africa, we call on funders to invest in #African institutions, empower #local capacity & enable equitable partnerships

Authors: @IfyAniebo @allyeko @CKyobutungi @Fredros_Inc

[Samyra R. Cox @SamyraCox]

On World TB Day, sharing our new paper demonstrating the link between unhealthy alcohol use and poor TB treatment outcomes. Alcohol reduction interventions must be integrated into TB care! @HopkinsCCGHE @golubJHUTB @SachinAtre3 @rbollin1 #WorldTBDay2021 https://t.co/cadlXfa64J

[Lisa Hinton @LisaHinton4]

This is an important article, ‘quality’ checklists and their unintended consequences, thanks @gbrgsy for highlighting

[Sanam Roder-DeWan @SanamRoderDeWan]

Let's not forget about essential services for our most vulnerable babies during this pandemic. KMC is lifesaving, systems and HR to support it are critical.@UNICEF @joylawn @FatimaGohar786 https://t.co/tBMdCM0Tq6

[Sanam Roder-DeWan @SanamRoderDeWan]

We are hiring. Be part of something truly transformative - Boston's first freestanding birth center, BIPOC led, driven by a vision for high-quality care for all, advancing equity one birth at a time! @BirthCenterBOS #highquality #midwives https://t.co/CgyimTWxFR

[Nana Twum-Danso @Ntwumdanso]

Exciting development #COVID19 #VariantsOfConcern #Ghana

[Sanam Roder-DeWan @SanamRoderDeWan]

@johnlimouze So perfect. Thanks, brother.

[Shams Syed @Shams_Syed]

Opening remarks from @DrTedros. "The technical package we are introducing today provides tools to improve quality of care in fragile, conflict-affected & vulnerable settings".

[Sanam Roder-DeWan @SanamRoderDeWan]

Great summary and comparison of PHC process quality measurement approaches from @rjlilford @HPP_LSHTM. No one size fits all. https://t.co/WPKTliSR9F

[Helen Branswell 🇨🇦 @HelenBranswell]

This is a spectacularly beautiful piece about how the people of Canada's Northwest Territories dodged #Covid19. "You need to put in the restrictions early on," said Chief public health officer Kami Kandola. And they did. https://t.co/YQdE1BK6r9

[Michael L. Barnett @ml_barnett]

There was a totally overlooked trial in @NEJM this week with jaw-dropping results. The question: how should we diagnose diabetes in pregnancy?

23,792 pregnant women randomized to receive either 1-step or 2-step screening for gestational diabetes.

https://t.co/MaasVV2dw6

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[Pia Engstrand @PiaEngstrand]

OMG.

[The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health @LancetChildAdol]

We're sharing profiles of influential Black colleagues in health & medicine during #BlackHistoryMonth , and we want to highlight the tireless work of Grace Imru to reduce Kenya's under-5 mortality rate @ProfIrimu https://t.co/CU4DadGpen

[Nicholas A. Christakis @NAChristakis]

The most amazing thing I have seen on twitter all year.

[Rachel Maddow @maddow]

This, please. If you or anyone you know is COVID +, has mild symptoms in the past 10 days, and is either age 65+ and/or has a pre-existing condition. Lives on the line.