MAHE

Maternal and Adolescent Health Equity

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Across 534,000+ births in 47 countries, caesarean birth was linked to a modestly higher rate of respiratory infection in kids under 5.
Read more: https://t.co/RddGUVxBvf
@ZohraLassi
Engida Yisma Derbie
@AdelaideSPH
@RobsInstitute

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New paper out now from our team.
We asked migrant and refugee youth and professionals what SRH research matters most in Australia.
The twist: they often disagreed.
Youth voices matter. Read it here: https://t.co/HNovF8Dr4Q
@ZohraLassi
Ahmed Shabbir
@AdelaideSPH @RobsInstitute

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Vitamin K at birth isn't a vaccine, it's a vitamin. One shot prevents rare but life-threatening bleeding in newborn. Yet coverage is falling in Australia, the US and Sweden. Read from A/Prof @ZohraLassi & Dr Engida Derbie: https://t.co/6YF44rlndz
@AdelaideSPH
@RobsInstitute

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Congratulations to Shafaq Mahmood & @Negin_MDamabi, awarded PHAA Women's Health SIG Conference Attendance Scholarships, supporting Shafaq at #APHC in Geelong and Negin at the GIN Conference in Kuala Lumpur.
@AdelaideSPH
@RobsInstitute

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🎉 Congratulations to A/Prof @ZohraLassi, , named a Finalist for the Leadership Award at the 2026 Women of Colour in STEM Awards! A well-earned honour for her outstanding leadership in advancing Maternal and Adolescent Health Equity.
@AdelaideSPH
@RobsInstitute

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Who's more at risk of female sexual dysfunction: Australian or foreign-born women?
Most would bet on migrant women. Our new paper found something more surprising:
🔗file:///C:/Users/a1877164/Downloads/frph-8-1855626.pdf
@Negin_MDamabi @ZohraLassi @AdelaideSPH @RobsInstitute

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Congratulations to @PatienceECas on the Graduate Women SA Trust Scholarship for the World Public Health Congress in Cape Town, and to Shafaq Mahmood on the SYPPH Professional Development Grant.
Well deserved!
@AdelaideSPH
@RobsInstitute

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CALD men in Australia are:
🔻 30% less likely to see a specialist
🔻 53% less likely to access mental health care
🔻 STI testing: 0.5% vs 3.6%

https://t.co/zuhTtnFknj
@PatienceECas
@ZohraLassi
@AdelaideSPH
@RobsInstitute

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New paper out in Clinical Nutrition ESPEN:
More dietary fibre = 14% fewer depressive symptoms, before COVID-19.
During the pandemic? That protection vanished for men. It persisted for women.

🔗 Read more: https://t.co/8DKBqqS9Jb

@ZohraLassi
@AdelaideSPH
@RobsInstitute

[MAHE @MAHENetwork]

New publication on sexual health research with migrant and refugee communities in South Australia. What worked, what didn't, and who we still failed to reach.
Read more: https://t.co/pgyepXok70
@Negin_MDamabi @PatienceECas @ZohraLassi
@AdelaideSPH
@RobsInstitute

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Huge congratulations to our brilliant colleague Dr. Engida Yisma Derbie on receiving a CASS Travel Award to attend the 18th World Congress on Public Health 2026! 🌍🎉 So proud to have you on the team. Go show the world what you've got!
@AdelaideSPH
@RobsInstitute

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Congratulations to Shafaq Mahmood, 2026 @HDA_SA /PHSA PhD Excellence Award winner! Her research builds a Women's Empowerment Index examining mental health outcomes in Australian women and girls.
@AdelaideSPH
@RobsInstitute
@ZohraLassi

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⚠️Publication Alert:
Extreme heat raises low birth weight risk by up to 91% in Pakistan, with 1.24 million cases attributable to heat between 2008 and 2017, and it's projected to get worse by the 2060s.

Read more: https://t.co/YUbJvoCmqr
@AdelaideSPH
@RobsInstitute
@ZohraLassi

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Publication Alert: We searched 129 studies to map what we know about South Asian migrant health in Australia.
Some domains well-documented. Others barely researched.
The evidence is patchy.
Read more: https://t.co/b5FOnYz8rU
@AdelaideSPH
@RobsInstitute
@ZohraLassi

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Congrats to our team member @ZPadhani on the HDA PhD Publication Award 2025! Her BMJ Public Health study found that while adolescent mortality in Australia declined faster than OECD average, disease burden barely changed.
@AdelaideSPH
@RobsInstitute
https://t.co/gUsMVKAiD4

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Fantastic news from our research group!
Huge congratulations to @Negin_MDamabion, Farina Gul and Nimali Mani their recent School of Public Health funding successes!
Brilliant achievements all round! 🎓
@GradSchoolUofA
@AdelaideSPH
@RobsInstitute

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Our research protocol is investigating how national policies address SRH for migrants & refugees.
Read: https://t.co/RIkPkFU2ry
@Negin_MDamabi, @PatienceECas, Zelalem Mengesha, @ZacMunn, Mumtaz Begum, @Jodie_Avery, Salima Meherali, @ZohraLassi Lassi
@AdelaideSPH
@RobsInstitute

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Congratulations to @BereketMichaelG for winning the HiPPP EMR-C International Awards 2025 for Best Postgraduate Student Publication! 🎉
Read paper here: https://t.co/skKYfP5yzU
@ZohraLassi
@UniofAdelaide
@RobsInstitute
https://t.co/6bnvhDUhtR

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New research on youth mortality in Australia: we've made progress, but 1,321 young lives lost in 2021 tells us there's still urgent work to do.
Read more: https://t.co/6f4klF4NIS
@ZPadhani
@Jodie_Avery
Salima Meherali
@Giz_tessema
@ZohraLassi
@AdelaideSPH
@RobsInstitute

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One truth: we can't counsel away poverty, but we can prevent childhood wasting with the right interventions. https://t.co/fSIn6U61Tb https://t.co/eSuIHyh093 https://t.co/72tNBg9viZ
@ZohraLassi
@AdelaideSPH
@RobsInstitute