First Participants Screened for the WOMAN-3 Trial
We are pleased to announce an exciting milestone for the WOMAN-3 trial, with the first participants now being screened at University College Hospital (UCH) Ibadan, Nigeria. UCH Ibadan is the first …
Menstrual bleeding in Pakistan: Cultural beliefs add to chronic anaemia in girls and women
By Professor Rizwana Chaudhri, obstetrician, gynaecologist, and National Coordinator for the WOMAN Trials in Pakistan In my clinical practice in Pakistan, I routinely encounter women who believe that heavy menstrual bleeding is not …
Challenging discrimination in maternal healthcare: interview with Dr Abiola Akiyode-AfolabiÂ
10 March 2025. In 2002, Nigerian lawyer and civil rights activist, Dr Abiola Akiyode-Afolabi, founded the Women Advocates Research and Documentation Center (WARDC), with two female lawyers in Nigeria seeking …
International Clinical Trials Day: how our experts are improving women’s health through inclusion
20 May 2025. To mark International Clinical Trials Day, experts at LSHTM’s Clinical Trials Unit explain why including more women in their work is essential to improving maternal health and women’s health, …