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Challenging 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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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,
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16 pledges from I’M WOMAN Trial clinicians in Tanzania
In October, the I’M WOMAN Trial team exchanged knowledge in Tanzania on the benefits of tranexamic acid (TXA) for severe bleeding in women after childbirth, to prevent maternal deaths. Practising clinicians in obstetrics and gynaecology, including doctors, nurses and midwives involved in recruiting women to the I’M WOMAN Trial, pledged to advocate for the
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