Ending preventable #maternal mortality & #fistula remains an urgent unfinished agenda for the poorest women & girls in Bangladesh. We must ensure every pregnant woman has a midwife at her side & access to emergency care to end this tragedy

🇦🇺 remains committed to promoting safe motherhood, access to healthcare and empowerment of women and girls across Ethiopia. Through our Direct Aid Program (#DAP), the @AusEmbET is supporting Hamlin’s work in preventing and treating obstetric fistula in the Oromia region.

Research shows that midwifery care can prevent 60% of maternal & newborn deaths. Midwives also help prevent obstetric fistula. That's why we support @WHO’s call to expand midwifery care—because it's every woman’s right to give birth safely. 🔗 https://t.co/GaMFtG7luV #EndFistula

Today, WHO & partners launch new guidance to help expand access to trusted midwives for women & babies around the world. Midwifery care is critical for saving lives, improving health, empowering women & families, and building #HopefulFutures for all. 🌟 https://t.co/EJHCGeg6Df

Meet Blen—a Hamlin-trained midwife making a life-saving difference in rural Ethiopia. 🌿 In a region with high maternal health risks, Fedis is ensuring more women can access skilled, respectful care close to home. Read her story: 🔗 https://t.co/j11rVidRJB #EndFistula

From patient to purpose. 💛 After her personal experience with #obstetricfistula, Likyelesh has devoted her life to supporting women on their path to healing at @HamlinFistulaHQ. Her compassion and strength is transforming lives. 📘Read more via @UNFPA:

This #IDEOF, we reaffirm our commitment to a bold, achievable vision: ZERO obstetric fistula in Ethiopia. ✅ ZERO suffering ✅ ZERO shame ✅ ZERO fistula At Hamlin, we are chasing zero because we know a fistula-free Ethiopia is possible. https://t.co/1SZLamJ1ry #EndFistula

📢 Today is the International Day to End Obstetric Fistula (23 May) — a a solemn call to action for the global community to recognise the suffering of women living with this devastating condition. Gillian Slinger, who helped establish this global day of action, reflects on 20

🤰🏿Obstetric fistula occurs due to prolonged obstructed labour. Half a million women and girls suffer from this devastating condition, facing isolation and pain. See how @UNFPA—the @UN sexual and reproductive health agency—is taking action to #EndFistula: https://t.co/yHhP7Vv5hN

Obstetric #fistula is a debilitating injury that causes disability for #women. It is also preventable childbirth injury that often leads to the traumatic loss of the baby. On Int’l Day to #EndFistula, see what @‌UNFPA is doing across #AsiaPacific to ensure no mother endures such

Happy #InternationalNursesDay2025 to all the wonderful nurses out there. Thank you for everything you do often in very difficult circumstances. We see you. We salute you. @BurnetInstitute @acn_nursing @WHO @utsSoNM

On International Day of the Midwife, UNFPA recognizes midwives as more than health workers - they are champions of safe motherhood, dignity, and equity, especially in hard-to-reach communities!

A great meeting - thank you all. Great to support the brilliant work of @HRPresearch

L-Arginine and L-Citrulline for Prevention and Treatment of Pre-Eclampsia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis published in @BJOGTweets https://t.co/Wl1umo86gY @MaureenMakama @BurnetInstitute @josh_vogel @DrAMcDougall @jennyvcao @RoxanneHastie @AnneAmmer

DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) 101: DEI policies and programs are intended to foster equality of opportunity. They help create a more level playing field, in which everyone, regardless of their background, has similar chances to succeed in workplaces. 1/12

5. Stops medicines, supplies, systems building, staff support aiding >90 million women and children to get low cost vaccinations, prenatal care, safe childbirth, contraception, and other basic lifesaving health needs.

I ran @USAID health programs for the last 3 years. Trump’s 90 day Stop Work Order on foreign assistance does serious damage to the world and the US. Examples:🧵

Proud of this paper by Aboriginal midwife Sistahood. Still, much more work to reach workforce parity @LeonaMacca @Renae_C_Midwife @BurnetInstitute @MidwivesACM @westernsydusonm What are the experiences of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander m...

🌍 Explore how climate change impacts the health & well-being of women, children& adolescents. Discover our latest resources on building climate-resilient health systems & protecting vulnerable communities. 👶🌱 👇 https://t.co/DGacX2hMKM

Thanks @MaternityF - great to work with you on this project. @BurnetInstitute @KirbyInstitute @UNFPA @UNFPAAsiaPac - Led by Delly Babona and @lisa_vallely .and @CPolomon - Thank you so much to the Finkel Foundation @ElizabethFinkel for funding support