Joy Lawn

Joy Lawn

I am an African-born, British-trained paediatrician, and perinatal epidemiologist, with >25 yrs experience mainly in Africa, plus expertise in global estimates. Now Director of MARCH @joylawn

Location London School Hygiene Tropical Medicine, UK (sometimes)

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  • thanks Uduak for this great video! Really great addition to the MOOC!
    Since you did your study an interesting paper has been published from Zambia of a neonatal infection prevention and control (IPC) bundle consisting of
    IPC training,
    text message reminders,
    alcohol hand rub,
    enhanced environmental cleaning, and
    weekly bathing of babies ≥1.5 kg...

  • Thanks May Soe Aung. SDG target for NM of 12/1000 LB will be helped by there sectors as you say. But we in the health sector need to take more leadership of what we can do now. Learning from our neighbours, the countries that have made more rapid progress for NMR reduction, esp to get below 12/1000 since 2000, have invested in hospital care of small and sick...

  • Welcome all of you to this MOOC! So happy to have people from all over the world. Please add your country on the map. Do also take advantage of the opportunity for a free digital upgrade/certificate funded by British Council until Jan 2020

  • Welcome everyone to this course! For me the highlight is to follow your conversations and hear your thoughts and the realities around the world for women, newborn, children and adolescents.. and for health workers, scientists and families. I spent most of my life in Africa so am especially delighted to see many of you from all over Africa. On the last course...

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    Thanks everyone for the wonderful comments. We have enjoyed it also and learnt so much from all of you! We will also be re running this MOOC next year so please do let your colleagues and friends know! Look forward to meeting some of you in person - do come and visit LSHTM if you are in London and join our MARCH events which are open to all. Also if you see...

  • Juan you are welcome to come and visit LSHTM and MARCH. On World AIDS day (1st dec) We have a premiere of a film about a young person in Zim with HIV. On the 3rd Dec we have an event on Lifecycle and violence through the lifecycle as part of 16 days on activism to stop violence against women. Both are open events and some of us will be at both. Please see our...

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    Thank you all for these fantastic and helpful comments. We have just closed the Global Maternal Newborn Health Conference in Mexico with >1000 participants form around 80 countries. We leave here with new head knowledge, and also new energy to end preventable maternal and newborn deaths and stillbirths. Richard Horton, Lancet editor highlighted 5 messages from...

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    Welcome to week 4 on newborns and stillbirths!! Really looking forward to your inputs and insights! This week if you are in Mexico for the Global Maternal Newborn Conference and doing the course pls come and say hello to me, or Tanya who are here. If you are not able to be here you can join on line...

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    Delighted to report that over 10,000 participants are on our course from all over the world - Tanzania to Tasmania to Toronto! No-one yet from Alaska or Mongolia- let your friends there know! Each of you is bringing ideas and energy from your context and also very disciplines and experiences. The first 2 weeks on Adolescent health and reproductive...

  • Thank you Yashua for this very insightful comment regarding the disconnects between definitions for adolescents compared to cultural perceptions and also the disconnect between and policies and implementation. These two themes occur several times during the course. For example these issues regarding definitions, perceptions, taboos and lack of implementation....

  • Welcome Godfrey! I was born in Karamoja, N Uganda and lives there until i was a teenager. Wonderful that you are putting evidence into action there for young people... not easy place to live and work. We welcome your ideas and feedback on what works

  • Welcome everyone to this course! Great to see the energy to put the evidence to action! Also worth following the debate happening these days in new York about the new goals. More information on this podcast reflecting on MDGs to SDGs and the new focus on adolescents... at last! ...