Sadia Malick is a Consultant Obstetrician & Gynaecologist and the driving force behind Ammalife's life saving transport project in the mountain villages of Pakistan. Amie Wilson is Ammalife's first PhD researcher and her meta-analysis of research on transport, women's groups, Clinical Officers' roles and Traditional Birth Assistants' roles is transforming our understanding of how we work [...]
On Friday 1st November the GLOW Conference 2013 brought together over 140 professionals from around the world to share their experiences and guide the future development of research and clinical policy in the field of global women’s and newborn health. A symposium busy with presentations and posters from committed specialists disseminated astute and exciting insights to [...]
It's not too late to book your place at Friday's GLOW Conference but be quick! It's going to be a great opportunity to share thinking about where we go Beyond the Millenium Goals; how we can promote Respectful Maternity Care; what the latest international strategies are from the Royal College of Midwives and Royal College of [...]
Today sees the launch of the new Global Health Strategy from the Royal College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists. With members in over 100 countries, the strategy aims to mobilise expertise and resources to tackle reproductive health and cancer in low and middle income countries. The detailed strategy document outlines the College's aspirations until 2017. Read it [...]
The Medical School at the University of Birmingham has a new student society thanks to 3rd year student, Clara Treharne. If you want to know more, Clare is hosting a welcome event next Tuesday, 22 October between 6.30-7.30pm in LT3 in the Medical School. Come along and bring a friend too.
On Tuesday, Ammalife's contribution to the At Our Mother's Feet campaign was acknowledged at a reception at the House of Commons. Ammalife supported the AOMF campaign, run by MADE in Europe, with specialist knowledge and advice over the last 3 years. The campaign has succeeded in pushing women's reproductive health further up the agenda of 15 [...]
Amie Wilson, Ammalife's PhD researcher, has just returned from a visit to Sudan and Ethiopa. In Sudan she met up with Dr Sophie Webster on her Flight for Every Mother mission. In Ethiopa's capital, Amie spoke to delegates at FIGO's Congress about her research on transport in pregnancy. Her research has recently been published by FIGO.
If you have first hand experience of working on a Labour Ward in a low resource setting, your opinion matters to a team of researchers from Bristol & Birmingham Universities. Dr Jo Crofts is eager to find out what you think so that she can design a clinical trial to find out what works in implementing [...]
Soha leaves Malawi to return to her work in the UK after a life changing 10 months volunteering in Malawi. Here she sends us some pictures which sum up that time.
Soha is nearing the end of her time working in Malawi. Catch up with her news here. She tells us about her struggle to save the life of a mother with severe sepsis. Please read it & see why Ammalife needs to exist. In another post, Soha tells us about how the basic equipment & training [...]
