Veronique Filippi
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Researching global maternal health and epidemiology. Based at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
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Climate change’s hidden cost:

Rainfall instability may cause 290 under-five child deaths per 10,000 every year. Stability in rain is vital for children’s survival.

See: Rainfall variability and under-five child mortality in 59 low- and middle-income countries www.nature.com/articles/s44...
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📢 Short-term teaching role in Sexual & Reproductive Health !

Join our award-winning MSc @lshtm.bsky.social as a Research Fellow (Education) (maternity cover).

Full-time role until December 2025

Apply: EPH-DPH-2025-08-R – jobs.lshtm.ac.uk

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Jobs at LSHTM
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Why does the maternal mortality ratio (MMR) only include live births? 🤔
In our study using 46 DHS surveys, we explore what happens when stillbirths & pregnancy losses are included.
We suggest an alternative: MMR+
Led by Ursula Gazaley & Hallie Eilerts Spinelli.
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Accounting for stillbirths in maternal health metrics: a cross-country analysis
Live birth is only one of four potential pregnancy outcomes, alongside stillbirth, miscarriage, and induced abortion. While morbidity and mortality as…
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🌟Our STAR South Africa project has created a respectful-care intervention for mothers & babies via improving the culture of organisational learning.
Baseline results👇@lshtm-march.bsky.social
Organisational learning culture in maternity units: A mixed-method stu... sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Organisational learning culture in maternity units: A mixed-method study in rural district hospitals in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Building organisational learning in health facilities is a health system strengthening strategy that has particular relevance for rural health workers…
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Some good news—but already outdated in light of recent foreign aid cuts that could severely impact maternal mortality? 🤔The progress in this report is incredibly fragile.
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WHO @who.int · Apr 7
Maternal health in Africa: there’s progress, but challenges remain 🚨

The region bears a disproportionate burden of maternal mortality, counting for 70% of global maternal deaths in 2023.

bit.ly/42cK1VT
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🎉New Grant Alert: Excited to start a new body of research with #BenWeobong on impacts of climate change 🌦️ on mental health in children, adolescents and women.
Even more so to meet fellow awardees in our first @medresfdn.bsky.social Equitable Partnerships week in Ghana.
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In some countries, more than one in three mothers have lost a child younger than five
A global map shows the share of mothers aged 20–44 who have lost a child under five years old. The data is categorized into four ranges: less than 1% (light yellow), 1% to 5% (yellow), 5% to 10% (orange), 10% to 30% (dark orange), and more than 30% (red). Higher rates are concentrated in Sub-Saharan Africa and parts of South Asia, while lower rates are seen in North America, Europe, and parts of East Asia. Data is sourced from Smith-Greenaway et al. (2021) and reflects single-year estimates between 2010 and 2018.
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Want to learn the basics of statistical analysis for observational & experimental research?

If you're an epidemiologist, biostatistician, or health researcher, master the essentials on this short course.

Running online, 17 - 19 June 2025.

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Our STAR intervention aims to transform respectful care for women & babies in South Africa (KZN) through learning & participatory action.

📸 from recent workshop

Full article on intervention design : www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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🙂Intéressant ; tu as raison : "revue de portée" n’est pas facile à comprendre, et "revue exploratoire" communique sans doute mal la rigueur des scoping reviews?
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Trump hits NIH with ‘devastating’ freezes on meetings, travel, communications, and hiring
Researchers facing "a lot uncertainty, fear and panic"

Hard to understand this. Could be terrible. But any new director would want scientists to work

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Trump hits NIH with ‘devastating’ freezes on meetings, travel, communications, and hiring
Researchers facing
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glad to know the translation of scoping review!
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✒️🗓️ Sign up now for our March 3rd 🌍 🩺 @climatehealthcafe.bsky.social pre-conference workshop on climate measurement.

Led by researchers from HIGH Horizons and @lshtm.bsky.social, facilitated by @debrajacksonnole.bsky.social.

➡️ Register: climatehealthcafe.org/conference-w...

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Thank you to the study’s authors: Georgios Charvalis, Michalis Koureas, @chlobrim.bsky.social, Chara Bogogiannidou, Fani Kalala, Varvara Mouchtouri, Christos Kadjichristodoulou, and the HIGH Horizons Study Group. 🧵6/6

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Act now to improve bereaved mothers' mental health globally:
1️⃣ Raise awareness of challenges after stillbirths/neonatal deaths
2️⃣ Train healthcare professionals in communication
3️⃣ Campaign to reduce stigma
See our commentary: obgyn.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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OBGYN
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⚡ OUT NOW ⚡

1️⃣st comprehensive study on health and climate change in small island developing states shows lack of climate action is endangering lives and livelihoods - despite island states spearheading international attention on climate and health

www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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RECRUITING: Could you lead our work on health and climate change in Africa?

🌍 Steer the direction of our research in Africa
👥 Build regional representation in upcoming centre
📝 Inform a health-centred climate change response

Find out more: lancetcountdown.org/news/vacancy...
Vacancy: Become the new Director of the Lancet Countdown Africa - Lancet Countdown
Could you be the next Director of the Lancet Countdown Africa regional centre?
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