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Prof Joy Lawn @joylawn.bsky.social · 15d

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

TB Centre LSHTM @tb-lshtm.bsky.social · 28d

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 · 20d

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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ISSAD.org @issadgbs.bsky.social · 17d

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

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

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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
@gardp.bsky.social @lshtmamrcentre.bsky.social

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...

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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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...

dx.plos.org

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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

buff.ly/IcuIW03

"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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Prof Joy Lawn @joylawn.bsky.social · Jun 23

📢 TUES!! Pls share widely!

🔎 Launch #BornTooSoon Supplement: progress, priorities + pivots for preterm birth. Hosted by PMNCH

Opening Dr Tedros
Many exciting speakers!

Live Fr + Spanish translation!

📆24 June 2025
🕐 3pm EAT| 1pm WAT/BST| 8am EST |2pm CET

👉 newborntoolkit.org/events/born-...

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The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health @lancetchildadol.bsky.social · Jun 4

In our Reflections section, an Essay by Anne Kamphuis, Lungile Jafta, and Tom Jacobs on behalf of the Penta Youth Trials Board

💫 Empowering young voices in clinical research: co-creation of an educational video to support informed assent

Read👉 buff.ly/96JEBnK
Watch 👉 buff.ly/8e6bTyd

Empowering young voices in clinical research: co-creation of an educational video to support informed assent

Thabo's eyes flicker as he steps into the familiar room of a clinic he has been visiting for as long as he can remember. He sees doctors and nurses like usual, but he doesn't quite understand why he's...

buff.ly

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The Newborn Toolkit @newborntoolkit.bsky.social · Jun 3

It's #ToolkitTuesday! 🛠️

This week, we take a look at the paper that inspired our Research Funding Map: a systemic analysis of levels and trends in research funding for newborn health and stillbirths.

Find out more 👉 newborntoolkit.org/reading/rese...

- SSNC Implementation Toolkit

newborntoolkit.org

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Prof Joy Lawn @joylawn.bsky.social · May 26

Great video of #IPA2025
7000 delegates fr 1 million #Pediatricians around 🌎
Congrats Naveen Thacker + team.

Priviledge to speak on 2 plenaries + 1 parallel session.

Many colleagues + friends and get a taster of Mexico

www.facebook.com/share/v/1Bjt...

@lancetchildadol.bsky.social

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Prof Joy Lawn @joylawn.bsky.social · May 24

False dichotomy of defence spending vs development investment

Thoughtful, eloquent piece by @martinmckee.bsky.social @kentbuse.bsky.social in @bmj.com

Hope is read by politicians as well as us who see the impact every day of rapid cuts in aid

Please share widely @peterstefanovic.bsky.social

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

War on science
War on peace

Neil deGrasse Tyson @neildegrassetyson.com · May 19

If a foreign adversary snuck into our Federal budget and cut science research and education the way we’re cutting it ourselves — strategically undermining America’s long-term health, wealth, and security — we would likely consider it an act of war.

Prof Joy Lawn @joylawn.bsky.social · May 15

Calendar highlight for 2026!
2nd International Maternal Newborn Health Conference.
Looking fw to this in Nairobi Movement not a moment..
#IMNHC2026 @newborntoolkit.bsky.social @gatesfoundation.bsky.social @ciffchild.bsky.social @who.int

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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The Newborn Toolkit @newborntoolkit.bsky.social · May 15

📢 Happy World KMC Day!
To mark #WorldKMCDay, we hosted a dynamic webinar on high-quality KMC!

🔹 Latest updates from WHO
🔹 Launch of the KMC Quality Action Pathway - newborntoolkit.org/action-pathw...
🔹 Practical country examples&more!

🎥 Watch & get slides: buff.ly/3eU4y7c

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The Newborn Toolkit @newborntoolkit.bsky.social · May 15

On #WorldKMCday, meet Dr Sheila Oyella — a Ugandan paediatrician who became a preemie mum overnight when her baby arrived 11 weeks early, weighing just 1390g.

Her story shows the power of Kangaroo Mother Care 💛

Learn more: newborntoolkit.org/in_practice/...

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Prof Joy Lawn @joylawn.bsky.social · May 1

Trump2.0 1st 100 days.
Last days for 1000s around world with #HIV due to PEPFAR demise.
Even more for newborns, children with programmes slashed even more.
Plus deaths in USA with sliding vaccine protection.
More unconsciable then crashing the economy even if gets less news

The Nation Magazine @thenation.com · May 1

"The millions who will die due to this administration’s policies have lives, names, friends and family who love them. Let them not just be figures in scientific papers—let their memorial be the whole earth." — @gregggonsalves.bsky.social

Trump's Legacy Will Be the Countless People Killed by His Policies

Millions across the world could die because of the choices Trump has made in his first 100 days.

www.thenation.com

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The Newborn Toolkit @newborntoolkit.bsky.social · Apr 30

📢 Join us for our next Newborn Toolkit webinar!

🔎 “Kangaroo Mother Care with quality: Duration, Nutrition and Data That Matter” With Live French translation!
📆13th May , 2025
🕐 3pm EAT| 1pm WAT/BST| 8am EST

👉 newborntoolkit.org/events/maxim...