Year: 2025
International Clinical Trials Day: how our experts are improving women’s health through inclusion
To mark International Clinical Trials Day, experts at LSHTM’s Clinical Trials Unit explain why including more women in their work is essential to improving maternal health and women’s health, more generally. Credit: LSHTM. Professor Nike Bello, WOMAN Trials National Coordinator for Nigeria, examines a patient at University College Hospital Ibadan. Involve more pregnant women
DetailsInternational Clinical Trials Day: An interview with I’M WOMAN Trial nurse Sumaira
The I’M WOMAN Trial team includes many nurses as we assess whether giving intramuscular tranexamic acid is as effective as giving it intravenously. Nurses are critical to the trial team – they ensure the safety of women involved in the trial, record their data and address any health concerns women may have before participating. Sumaira
DetailsFrom nursing to clinical research: interview with Professor Haleema Shakur-Still
On International Nurses’ Day, 12 May, the I’M WOMAN Trial team highlight the importance of nursing in clinical research to improve maternal health outcomes worldwide. In this interview, Professor Haleema Shakur-Still, Emeritus Professor of Global Health Clinical Trials and Co-Principal Investigator of the WOMAN-2 Trial, reflects on her nursing experiences and how it has influenced
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How a simpler way to treat postpartum haemorrhage could improve maternal healthcare in communities
In celebration of International Day of the Midwife, 5 May, we show how midwives are critical in every crisis that women may face when giving birth in their communities. Midwives are trusted and well-known in their communities for providing emergency obstetric care. Administering a life-saving drug like tranexamic acid intramuscularly would significantly enhance their ability
DetailsChallenging discrimination in maternal healthcare: interview with Dr Abiola Akiyode-Afolabi
In 2002, Nigerian lawyer and civil rights activist, Dr Abiola Akiyode-Afolabi, founded the Women Advocates Research and Documentation Center (WARDC), with two female lawyers in Nigeria seeking justice to prevent maternal deaths. WARDC primarily provides pro bono legal services to women who have experienced violence. The organisation has partnered with the I’M WOMAN Trial team
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The I’M WOMAN Trial team celebrates recruiting 10,000 women
The I’M WOMAN Trial teams in Nigeria, Pakistan and Tanzania have recruited a total of 10,000 women. The trial is currently one third of the way to achieving its target of 30,000 women. The I’M WOMAN Trial is recruiting women to explore faster, simpler ways to give tranexamic acid (TXA) to reduce postpartum haemorrhage –
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Improving women’s health: stories from the I’M WOMAN Trial team
On 11 February, International Day of Women and Girls in Science, we celebrate the trial team’s dedicated research in Nigeria, Pakistan, Tanzania and Ethiopia in reducing global maternal deaths. The I’M WOMAN Trial is led by a multidisciplinary and international team of leading scientific experts, many of whom are women. Their expertise includes data science,
DetailsThe I’M WOMAN Trial assess the benefits of intramuscular TXA in Tanzania
The I’M WOMAN Trial team at LSHTM visited Tanzania in October 2024. The trial is collaborating with the University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania’s National Coordinating Centre for the trial, alongside six regional referral hospitals, two regional hospitals and one national hospital. Dr Amy Brenner, Principal Investigator of the I’M WOMAN Trial at LSHTM, said:
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