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Prof Joy Lawn

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Prof LSHTM | Paediatrician & Perinatal Epidemiologist | Parent | Passionate about change esp for women & #everynewborn | Widow of Prof Steve Lawn

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Joy Elizabeth Lawn is a British paediatrician and professor of maternal, reproductive and child health. She is Director of the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Maternal, Adolescent, Reproductive & Child Health (MARCH) Centre. She developed the epidemiological evidence for the worldwide policy and programming that looks to reduce neonatal deaths and stillbirths and works on large-scale implementation research. .. more

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Prof Joy Lawn @joylawn.bsky.social · 17d

Last call!!
Wonderfully inspiring applications over the last 8 years!!
Pls share and nominate!

TB Centre LSHTM @tb-lshtm.bsky.social · Sep 10

We have extended the closing date! Please send in nominations by the revised date of 24 September 2025.

TB Centre LSHTM @tb-lshtm.bsky.social · Aug 5

The Stephen Lawn TB-HIV Research Leadership Prize 2025 is currently open for nominations; closing date 10 September

Nominees for this prestigious award will be clinicians and/or researchers from any country who have completed post-graduate training (MPH, PhD, MD or post-doc)
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ISSAD.org @issadgbs.bsky.social · 19d

We are delighted to unveil ISSAD 2026 theme, “From Evidence to Action Accelerating GBS Prevention in a Changing World.”

👉 Register today: www.issad.org/registration

#theme #issad2026 #FromEvidencetoAction #GBS #research #maternalhealth #Global #health

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ISSAD.org @issadgbs.bsky.social · 22d

The ISSAD Board & Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC) invites you to submit abstracts for oral and poster presentations across a range of scientific and clinical topics related to GBS.

👉 issad.org/abstract-sub...

#issad2026 #FromEvidencetoAction #GBS #research #maternalhealth

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The Newborn Toolkit @newborntoolkit.bsky.social · 28d

📢 To mark #WorldSepsisDay, catch our webinar on AMR, babies and bugs in Africa!

• AMR’s impact on newborn care
• HCAI pathway Launch
• Outbreak responses across Africa
• Vaccine role in reducing antibiotics

🎥 Watch here: newborntoolkit.org/events/babie...

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TB Centre LSHTM @tb-lshtm.bsky.social · Sep 10

We have extended the closing date! Please send in nominations by the revised date of 24 September 2025.

TB Centre LSHTM @tb-lshtm.bsky.social · Aug 5

Stephen Lawn TB-HIV Research Leadership Prize 2025 | LSHTM

The Stephen Lawn Memorial Fund was established in 2016 through a global partnership between the TB Centre of the London, School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (UK), the Desmond Tutu HIV Centre in

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The Newborn Toolkit @newborntoolkit.bsky.social · Aug 29

📢 Join us for our upcoming webinar to mark World Sepsis Day!

🔎 “Babies and bugs in hospitals: Time to Act on Infections and AMR”
💭 with live French translation!
📆 9th Sept 2025
🕐 3pm EAT, 1pm WAT/BST, 8am EST
👉 buff.ly/K8kRKt0

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Prof Joy Lawn @joylawn.bsky.social · Aug 27

Exciting webinar on 9th Sept
#worldsepsisday #AMR #newborn
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The Newborn Toolkit @newborntoolkit.bsky.social · Aug 27

📢 With #WorldSepsisDay approaching, watch our webinar recap on infections in African neonatal units:

🦠 Bugs affecting babies
🔬 Detecting & preventing outbreaks
💊 AMR & stewardship

🎥 newborntoolkit.org/events/afric...

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The Newborn Toolkit @newborntoolkit.bsky.social · Aug 27

Prof Joy Lawn @joylawn.bsky.social · Aug 20

"The future of newborns is in Africa and we are the people who have to ensure they survive and thrive" Dr Alex Stevenson opening first conference of African Neonatal Association in Kigali

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Chido Dziva Chikwari @chidodc.bsky.social · Jan 20

Applications for the MSc in Sexual & Reproductive Health Policy and Programming are currently open…

The MSc is fully online with full time or part time study options.

There are also 50 Scholarship awards available for candidates from Africa!

www.lshtm.ac.uk/study/course...

MSc Sexual & Reproductive Health Policy and Programming | LSHTM

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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · Feb 10

👀 DOJ acknowledges making two significant errors during a court hearing last week on efforts to dismantle USAID

1) It said only 500 employees had been placed on leave. Actual number was 2,140.

2) Said only future contracts were stopped. Existing contracts were also stopped.

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The Lancet @thelancet.com · Mar 18

There's still time to register for the 2025 annual Stephen Lawn Memorial Lecture on 'Ending TB by 2030 - Challenges and Opportunities'

🗓️ 20 March 2025
🕔 17:30 GMT

Register to attend: www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/e...

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The Stephen Lawn Memorial Lecture 2025 | LSHTM

This lecture is held annually from 2017 to 2030 in honour of Professor Stephen Lawn. Steve was Professor of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine at LSHTM and an active member of the LSHTM TB

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Martin McKee @martinmckee.bsky.social · Mar 26

🧵1/ The U.S. has withdrawn from the World Health Organization (WHO) again in 2025. What does this mean for global health? As members of the editorial board of Int J Health Policy Management we've looked at the consequences in a new paper. ⬇️

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AlignMNH @alignmnh.bsky.social · Apr 6

For #WorldHealthDay, read about the new #PANSAA partnership between the Africa Neonatal Association and NEST360 that is working to accelerate progress for neonatal survival. @joylawn.bsky.social

#HopefulFutures

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Birth of the Partnership for Accelerating Neonatal Survival Across Africa (PANSAA) - AlignMNH

With a mission to drive down neonatal mortality across Africa, PANSAA aims to combine African-led innovation with powerful data to reshape the future of newborn care, while also incubating the next ge...

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WHO @who.int · Mar 14

If you don’t get your child vaccinated against measles, it can put them at a high risk of this serious infection, which can lead to severe complications or even death.

Make sure your child’s measles vaccination is up to date.

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AlignMNH @alignmnh.bsky.social · May 15

We are excited to announce #IMNHC2026! 🇰🇪

Join us 23-26 March in Nairobi, Kenya to help drive urgent action for the health of mothers and newborns and prevent stillbirths.

Learn more >> imnhc2026.org

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Martin McKee @martinmckee.bsky.social · May 24

🧵1/ The UK government plans to cut international aid while ramping up defence spending. But must we choose between defence or aid? In a new @bmj.com piece, @kentbuse.bsky.social & I argue that we must invest in both. Here’s why. 👇

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Eric Ohuma @ohumaeric.bsky.social · Jul 8

PUBLICATION ALERT: Changes in service readiness across 65 facilities in Kenya, Tanzania, Nigeria, and Malawi dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour... @joylawn.bsky.social @lshtm.bsky.social @lshtm-march.bsky.social

Small and sick newborn care: Changes in service readiness scoring between baseline and 2023 for 65 neonatal units implementing with NEST360 in Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, and Tanzania

Health Facility Assessments (HFAs) are important for measuring and tracking service readiness for small and sick newborn care (SSNC). NEST360 Alliance aims to reduce neonatal mortality in four countri...

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The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health @lancetchildadol.bsky.social · Jun 26

Comment 2: #Neonatology’s future: securing most impact where most
#newborn infants die by Msandeni Chiume @joylawn.bsky.social‬ & colleagues

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"Medical technology must advance hand in hand with system-wide attention to sustainability..."

A team of health-care workers receives training in neonatal care in Kenya.

Credit: NEST360-Kenya team

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