Author: Ruth Hudson
“Hospitals can’t improve maternal health unless they know what is happening”: Sir Sabaratnam Arulkumaran on preventing maternal deaths
As global health leaders across Africa renewed commitments in July to prevent deaths from postpartum haemorrhage, the UK was also confronting its own failings in maternity care. Sir Sabaratnam Arulkumaran, known to many as Arul, has spent decades working to improve maternal health, from practising obstetrics in large maternity units to advising the UK government
DetailsWEBINAR: How to make TXA affordable and available to all women diagnosed with postpartum haemorrhage
Breaking down barriers: How to make TXA affordable and available to all women diagnosed with postpartum haemorrhage 9 July 2026 13:00 BST | Online Tranexamic acid (TXA) is a proven, life-saving treatment that reduces deaths from severe postpartum bleeding, yet too many women still cannot access it because it is unavailable or unaffordable. This is
DetailsHow the I’M WOMAN Trial recruited 30,000 pregnant women
Over 30,000 women across Tanzania, Nigeria and Pakistan have participated in the I’M WOMAN Trial in just over two years. This International Clinical Trials Day, we share how clinical trialists, researchers and the women who participated contributed to this milestone. The study has now expanded to include 40,000 participants, with a further 10,000 women expected
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Community approaches to improving maternal health
We can look at maternal deaths when demanding better maternal healthcare for women. Frame the story where it resonates – would you accept a commuter van full of people crashing every day? That is the reality: a van full of women is dying every single day.” – Dorah Kiconco Musinguzi, Raising Voices, community advisor Preventing
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Women and Girls in Science Day: Amber Geer on the women behind the data in maternal health clinical trials
Dr Monica Arribas, Senior Trials Manager and Amber Geer meet women at a village hall outside of Ibadan, Nigeria. For International Day of Women and Girls in Science, Clinical Trials Data Manager Amber Geer shares the impact of data science in maternal health, her research on the I’M WOMAN Trial and seeing firsthand how the
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How community engagement in Nigeria is promoting access to tranexamic acid
Tranexamic acid is a life-saving drug shown to reduce deaths from severe bleeding after birth – postpartum haemorrhage – and is recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO).* Yet, it remains understocked in pharmacies, underused by clinicians and largely unknown to the women who need it most. Founding Director of WARDC, Dr Abiola Akiyode-Afolabi speaks
DetailsMaternal health advocates in Nigeria: Meet Badejo Abisola
The field officers at Women Advocates Research and Documentation Centre (WARDC) are committed to tackling maternal deaths in their communities by speaking to women and families directly about the dangers of postpartum haemorrhage. In this series, we share how WARDC’s field officers are speaking with women at the grassroots to reduce Nigeria’s high rates of
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Maternal health advocates in Nigeria: Meet Christianah Olanike MicTaiwo
The field officers at Women Advocates Research and Documentation Centre (WARDC) are committed to tackling maternal deaths in their communities by speaking to women and families directly about the dangers of postpartum haemorrhage. In this series, we share how WARDC’s field officers are speaking with women at the grassroots to reduce Nigeria’s high rates of
DetailsMaternal health advocates in Nigeria: Meet Ambassador Alhaji Lateef Kayode Akinborode
The field officers at Women Advocates Research and Documentation Centre (WARDC) are committed to tackling maternal deaths in their communities by speaking to women and families directly about the dangers of postpartum haemorrhage. In this series, we share how WARDC’s field officers are speaking with women at the grassroots to reduce Nigeria’s high rates of
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Meet the I’M WOMAN Trial team: Leyla Constantino
Clinical Trial Assistant Leyla Constantino is one of the newest members of the I’M WOMAN Trial team. Before joining the team, she studied midwifery at the University of Leeds, which led her to work as a clinical trial assistant at Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust (CHFT) on the reproductive health and childbirth portfolio. What
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