Veronique Filippi
@1verofilippi.bsky.social
Researching global maternal health and epidemiology. Based at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
Reposted by Veronique Filippi
‼️Register now‼️Climate Conference 🌍
Climate Change, Environmental Hazards & Population Dynamics
🗺️ Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR)
📆Nov 11–12, 2025
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Climate Change, Environmental Hazards & Population Dynamics
🗺️ Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR)
📆Nov 11–12, 2025
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August 12, 2025 at 6:48 AM
‼️Register now‼️Climate Conference 🌍
Climate Change, Environmental Hazards & Population Dynamics
🗺️ Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR)
📆Nov 11–12, 2025
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Climate Change, Environmental Hazards & Population Dynamics
🗺️ Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR)
📆Nov 11–12, 2025
Sign up here:
www.demogr.mpg.de/en/news_even...
@mpidr.bsky.social @iussp.bsky.social @conteristo.bsky.social @ezagheni.bsky.social
Climate change’s hidden cost:
Rainfall instability may cause 290 under-five child deaths per 10,000 every year. Stability in rain is vital for children’s survival.
See: Rainfall variability and under-five child mortality in 59 low- and middle-income countries www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Rainfall instability may cause 290 under-five child deaths per 10,000 every year. Stability in rain is vital for children’s survival.
See: Rainfall variability and under-five child mortality in 59 low- and middle-income countries www.nature.com/articles/s44...
August 11, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Climate change’s hidden cost:
Rainfall instability may cause 290 under-five child deaths per 10,000 every year. Stability in rain is vital for children’s survival.
See: Rainfall variability and under-five child mortality in 59 low- and middle-income countries www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Rainfall instability may cause 290 under-five child deaths per 10,000 every year. Stability in rain is vital for children’s survival.
See: Rainfall variability and under-five child mortality in 59 low- and middle-income countries www.nature.com/articles/s44...
📢 Short-term teaching role in Sexual & Reproductive Health !
Join our award-winning MSc @lshtm.bsky.social as a Research Fellow (Education) (maternity cover).
Full-time role until December 2025
Apply: EPH-DPH-2025-08-R – jobs.lshtm.ac.uk
@lshtm-march.bsky.social @chidodc.bsky.social
Join our award-winning MSc @lshtm.bsky.social as a Research Fellow (Education) (maternity cover).
Full-time role until December 2025
Apply: EPH-DPH-2025-08-R – jobs.lshtm.ac.uk
@lshtm-march.bsky.social @chidodc.bsky.social
Jobs at LSHTM
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July 25, 2025 at 9:45 AM
📢 Short-term teaching role in Sexual & Reproductive Health !
Join our award-winning MSc @lshtm.bsky.social as a Research Fellow (Education) (maternity cover).
Full-time role until December 2025
Apply: EPH-DPH-2025-08-R – jobs.lshtm.ac.uk
@lshtm-march.bsky.social @chidodc.bsky.social
Join our award-winning MSc @lshtm.bsky.social as a Research Fellow (Education) (maternity cover).
Full-time role until December 2025
Apply: EPH-DPH-2025-08-R – jobs.lshtm.ac.uk
@lshtm-march.bsky.social @chidodc.bsky.social
Why does the maternal mortality ratio (MMR) only include live births? 🤔
In our study using 46 DHS surveys, we explore what happens when stillbirths & pregnancy losses are included.
We suggest an alternative: MMR+
Led by Ursula Gazaley & Hallie Eilerts Spinelli.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
In our study using 46 DHS surveys, we explore what happens when stillbirths & pregnancy losses are included.
We suggest an alternative: MMR+
Led by Ursula Gazaley & Hallie Eilerts Spinelli.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Accounting for stillbirths in maternal health metrics: a cross-country analysis
Live birth is only one of four potential pregnancy outcomes, alongside stillbirth, miscarriage, and induced abortion. While morbidity and mortality as…
www.sciencedirect.com
June 25, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Why does the maternal mortality ratio (MMR) only include live births? 🤔
In our study using 46 DHS surveys, we explore what happens when stillbirths & pregnancy losses are included.
We suggest an alternative: MMR+
Led by Ursula Gazaley & Hallie Eilerts Spinelli.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
In our study using 46 DHS surveys, we explore what happens when stillbirths & pregnancy losses are included.
We suggest an alternative: MMR+
Led by Ursula Gazaley & Hallie Eilerts Spinelli.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
High temperatures worsen pregnancy outcomes like preterm birth—but what can families do to stay safe? Find out in our study on a community-based heat-health intervention in Kilifi, Kenya:
🔗 academic.oup.com/heapol/artic... @lshtm-march.bsky.social
🔗 academic.oup.com/heapol/artic... @lshtm-march.bsky.social
Reducing Extreme Heat Impacts on Health in Pregnant Women and Infants: a community based intervention in Kilifi, Kenya
Abstract. High ambient temperatures affect maternal and newborn health outcomes and wellbeing. The Climate Heat and Maternal and Neonatal Health in Africa
academic.oup.com
May 23, 2025 at 11:09 AM
High temperatures worsen pregnancy outcomes like preterm birth—but what can families do to stay safe? Find out in our study on a community-based heat-health intervention in Kilifi, Kenya:
🔗 academic.oup.com/heapol/artic... @lshtm-march.bsky.social
🔗 academic.oup.com/heapol/artic... @lshtm-march.bsky.social
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🌟Our STAR South Africa project has created a respectful-care intervention for mothers & babies via improving the culture of organisational learning.
Baseline results👇@lshtm-march.bsky.social
Organisational learning culture in maternity units: A mixed-method stu... sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Baseline results👇@lshtm-march.bsky.social
Organisational learning culture in maternity units: A mixed-method stu... sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Organisational learning culture in maternity units: A mixed-method study in rural district hospitals in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Building organisational learning in health facilities is a health system strengthening strategy that has particular relevance for rural health workers…
sciencedirect.com
May 9, 2025 at 9:06 AM
🌟Our STAR South Africa project has created a respectful-care intervention for mothers & babies via improving the culture of organisational learning.
Baseline results👇@lshtm-march.bsky.social
Organisational learning culture in maternity units: A mixed-method stu... sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Baseline results👇@lshtm-march.bsky.social
Organisational learning culture in maternity units: A mixed-method stu... sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Some good news—but already outdated in light of recent foreign aid cuts that could severely impact maternal mortality? 🤔The progress in this report is incredibly fragile.
Maternal health in Africa: there’s progress, but challenges remain 🚨
The region bears a disproportionate burden of maternal mortality, counting for 70% of global maternal deaths in 2023.
bit.ly/42cK1VT
The region bears a disproportionate burden of maternal mortality, counting for 70% of global maternal deaths in 2023.
bit.ly/42cK1VT
April 8, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Some good news—but already outdated in light of recent foreign aid cuts that could severely impact maternal mortality? 🤔The progress in this report is incredibly fragile.
At last, some good news for research in the UK:
www.computing.co.uk/news/2025/uk...
Thank you for telling me @chlobrim.bsky.social !
www.computing.co.uk/news/2025/uk...
Thank you for telling me @chlobrim.bsky.social !
UK Government rolls out £13.9 billion R&D spending plan
The UK government is putting forward a £13.9 billion investment in research and development (R&D) for the 2025/26 fiscal year.
www.computing.co.uk
April 7, 2025 at 1:58 PM
At last, some good news for research in the UK:
www.computing.co.uk/news/2025/uk...
Thank you for telling me @chlobrim.bsky.social !
www.computing.co.uk/news/2025/uk...
Thank you for telling me @chlobrim.bsky.social !
Devastating academically 👇 www.lemonde.fr/en/united-st...
Johns Hopkins University forced to lay off 2,000 workers due to Trump cuts
The cuts impact several key programs, including the university's medical school and school of public health, and Jhpiego, a global health non-profit organization founded at the university more than 50...
www.lemonde.fr
March 15, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Devastating academically 👇 www.lemonde.fr/en/united-st...
Impressive: 👏Perinatal mortality ⬇️18%, neonatal mortality ⬇️40%, maternal mortality maybe by ⬇️75% in this well-designed quality improvement study 👏
I like it that it is a stepped-wedge cluster-randomized trial!
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
I like it that it is a stepped-wedge cluster-randomized trial!
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
Outcomes of a Program to Reduce Birth-Related Mortality in Tanzania | NEJM
Birth-related mortality is a major contributor to the burden of deaths worldwide, especially in low-income countries. The Safer Births Bundle of Care program is a combination of interventions devel...
www.nejm.org
February 28, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Impressive: 👏Perinatal mortality ⬇️18%, neonatal mortality ⬇️40%, maternal mortality maybe by ⬇️75% in this well-designed quality improvement study 👏
I like it that it is a stepped-wedge cluster-randomized trial!
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
I like it that it is a stepped-wedge cluster-randomized trial!
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
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🎉New Grant Alert: Excited to start a new body of research with #BenWeobong on impacts of climate change 🌦️ on mental health in children, adolescents and women.
Even more so to meet fellow awardees in our first @medresfdn.bsky.social Equitable Partnerships week in Ghana.
Even more so to meet fellow awardees in our first @medresfdn.bsky.social Equitable Partnerships week in Ghana.
February 26, 2025 at 9:09 AM
🎉New Grant Alert: Excited to start a new body of research with #BenWeobong on impacts of climate change 🌦️ on mental health in children, adolescents and women.
Even more so to meet fellow awardees in our first @medresfdn.bsky.social Equitable Partnerships week in Ghana.
Even more so to meet fellow awardees in our first @medresfdn.bsky.social Equitable Partnerships week in Ghana.
Reposted by Veronique Filippi
JUST IN: A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to resume hundreds of millions of dollars in payments for U.S. Agency for International Development projects.
Judge tells Trump administration it has less than 2 days to resume USAID funding
A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to resume hundreds of millions of dollars in payments for U.S. Agency for International Development projects.
www.npr.org
February 26, 2025 at 12:02 AM
JUST IN: A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to resume hundreds of millions of dollars in payments for U.S. Agency for International Development projects.
Reposted by Veronique Filippi
In some countries, more than one in three mothers have lost a child younger than five
February 19, 2025 at 4:23 PM
In some countries, more than one in three mothers have lost a child younger than five
Reposted by Veronique Filippi
Want to learn the basics of statistical analysis for observational & experimental research?
If you're an epidemiologist, biostatistician, or health researcher, master the essentials on this short course.
Running online, 17 - 19 June 2025.
Apply now👉 bit.ly/3Q2zs0i
If you're an epidemiologist, biostatistician, or health researcher, master the essentials on this short course.
Running online, 17 - 19 June 2025.
Apply now👉 bit.ly/3Q2zs0i
February 18, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Want to learn the basics of statistical analysis for observational & experimental research?
If you're an epidemiologist, biostatistician, or health researcher, master the essentials on this short course.
Running online, 17 - 19 June 2025.
Apply now👉 bit.ly/3Q2zs0i
If you're an epidemiologist, biostatistician, or health researcher, master the essentials on this short course.
Running online, 17 - 19 June 2025.
Apply now👉 bit.ly/3Q2zs0i
Our STAR intervention aims to transform respectful care for women & babies in South Africa (KZN) through learning & participatory action.
📸 from recent workshop
Full article on intervention design : www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
📸 from recent workshop
Full article on intervention design : www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
February 4, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Our STAR intervention aims to transform respectful care for women & babies in South Africa (KZN) through learning & participatory action.
📸 from recent workshop
Full article on intervention design : www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
📸 from recent workshop
Full article on intervention design : www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Reposted by Veronique Filippi
Trump hits NIH with ‘devastating’ freezes on meetings, travel, communications, and hiring
Researchers facing "a lot uncertainty, fear and panic"
Hard to understand this. Could be terrible. But any new director would want scientists to work
www.science.org/cont...
1/3
Researchers facing "a lot uncertainty, fear and panic"
Hard to understand this. Could be terrible. But any new director would want scientists to work
www.science.org/cont...
1/3
Trump hits NIH with ‘devastating’ freezes on meetings, travel, communications, and hiring
Researchers facing
www.science.org
January 23, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Trump hits NIH with ‘devastating’ freezes on meetings, travel, communications, and hiring
Researchers facing "a lot uncertainty, fear and panic"
Hard to understand this. Could be terrible. But any new director would want scientists to work
www.science.org/cont...
1/3
Researchers facing "a lot uncertainty, fear and panic"
Hard to understand this. Could be terrible. But any new director would want scientists to work
www.science.org/cont...
1/3
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✒️🗓️ Sign up now for our March 3rd 🌍 🩺 @climatehealthcafe.bsky.social pre-conference workshop on climate measurement.
Led by researchers from HIGH Horizons and @lshtm.bsky.social, facilitated by @debrajacksonnole.bsky.social.
➡️ Register: climatehealthcafe.org/conference-w...
#ClimateHealth
Led by researchers from HIGH Horizons and @lshtm.bsky.social, facilitated by @debrajacksonnole.bsky.social.
➡️ Register: climatehealthcafe.org/conference-w...
#ClimateHealth
January 20, 2025 at 1:11 PM
✒️🗓️ Sign up now for our March 3rd 🌍 🩺 @climatehealthcafe.bsky.social pre-conference workshop on climate measurement.
Led by researchers from HIGH Horizons and @lshtm.bsky.social, facilitated by @debrajacksonnole.bsky.social.
➡️ Register: climatehealthcafe.org/conference-w...
#ClimateHealth
Led by researchers from HIGH Horizons and @lshtm.bsky.social, facilitated by @debrajacksonnole.bsky.social.
➡️ Register: climatehealthcafe.org/conference-w...
#ClimateHealth
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Thank you to the study’s authors: Georgios Charvalis, Michalis Koureas, @chlobrim.bsky.social, Chara Bogogiannidou, Fani Kalala, Varvara Mouchtouri, Christos Kadjichristodoulou, and the HIGH Horizons Study Group. 🧵6/6
@1verofilippi.bsky.social @daalenkim.bsky.social
@1verofilippi.bsky.social @daalenkim.bsky.social
January 14, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Thank you to the study’s authors: Georgios Charvalis, Michalis Koureas, @chlobrim.bsky.social, Chara Bogogiannidou, Fani Kalala, Varvara Mouchtouri, Christos Kadjichristodoulou, and the HIGH Horizons Study Group. 🧵6/6
@1verofilippi.bsky.social @daalenkim.bsky.social
@1verofilippi.bsky.social @daalenkim.bsky.social
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#Gaza war death toll could be significantly higher, researchers say
BBC News reports on new @lshtm.bsky.social study suggesting number of Palestinians who died from traumatic injury underreported by 41%.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
BBC News reports on new @lshtm.bsky.social study suggesting number of Palestinians who died from traumatic injury underreported by 41%.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Gaza war death toll could be significantly higher, researchers say
A study in The Lancet suggests Gaza ministry of health figures over a nine-month period might be too low.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 11, 2025 at 8:54 AM
#Gaza war death toll could be significantly higher, researchers say
BBC News reports on new @lshtm.bsky.social study suggesting number of Palestinians who died from traumatic injury underreported by 41%.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
BBC News reports on new @lshtm.bsky.social study suggesting number of Palestinians who died from traumatic injury underreported by 41%.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Act now to improve bereaved mothers' mental health globally:
1️⃣ Raise awareness of challenges after stillbirths/neonatal deaths
2️⃣ Train healthcare professionals in communication
3️⃣ Campaign to reduce stigma
See our commentary: obgyn.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
@lshtm.bsky.social
1️⃣ Raise awareness of challenges after stillbirths/neonatal deaths
2️⃣ Train healthcare professionals in communication
3️⃣ Campaign to reduce stigma
See our commentary: obgyn.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
@lshtm.bsky.social
OBGYN
Click on the article title to read more.
obgyn.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
December 16, 2024 at 12:14 PM
Act now to improve bereaved mothers' mental health globally:
1️⃣ Raise awareness of challenges after stillbirths/neonatal deaths
2️⃣ Train healthcare professionals in communication
3️⃣ Campaign to reduce stigma
See our commentary: obgyn.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
@lshtm.bsky.social
1️⃣ Raise awareness of challenges after stillbirths/neonatal deaths
2️⃣ Train healthcare professionals in communication
3️⃣ Campaign to reduce stigma
See our commentary: obgyn.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
@lshtm.bsky.social
Reposted by Veronique Filippi
⚡ OUT NOW ⚡
1️⃣st comprehensive study on health and climate change in small island developing states shows lack of climate action is endangering lives and livelihoods - despite island states spearheading international attention on climate and health
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
1️⃣st comprehensive study on health and climate change in small island developing states shows lack of climate action is endangering lives and livelihoods - despite island states spearheading international attention on climate and health
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
December 10, 2024 at 7:24 AM
⚡ OUT NOW ⚡
1️⃣st comprehensive study on health and climate change in small island developing states shows lack of climate action is endangering lives and livelihoods - despite island states spearheading international attention on climate and health
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
1️⃣st comprehensive study on health and climate change in small island developing states shows lack of climate action is endangering lives and livelihoods - despite island states spearheading international attention on climate and health
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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RECRUITING: Could you lead our work on health and climate change in Africa?
🌍 Steer the direction of our research in Africa
👥 Build regional representation in upcoming centre
📝 Inform a health-centred climate change response
Find out more: lancetcountdown.org/news/vacancy...
🌍 Steer the direction of our research in Africa
👥 Build regional representation in upcoming centre
📝 Inform a health-centred climate change response
Find out more: lancetcountdown.org/news/vacancy...
Vacancy: Become the new Director of the Lancet Countdown Africa - Lancet Countdown
Could you be the next Director of the Lancet Countdown Africa regional centre?
lancetcountdown.org
December 5, 2024 at 4:20 PM
RECRUITING: Could you lead our work on health and climate change in Africa?
🌍 Steer the direction of our research in Africa
👥 Build regional representation in upcoming centre
📝 Inform a health-centred climate change response
Find out more: lancetcountdown.org/news/vacancy...
🌍 Steer the direction of our research in Africa
👥 Build regional representation in upcoming centre
📝 Inform a health-centred climate change response
Find out more: lancetcountdown.org/news/vacancy...
Celebrating Kate Onursal's successful PhD viva on maternal employment, health & wellbeing in Turkey! 🎉
A pleasure to co-supervise with @hannahbargawi.bsky.social @soasuni.bsky.social
Another success for the Bloomsbury Scholarships for interdisciplinary research! #PhDsuccess @lshtm.bsky.social
A pleasure to co-supervise with @hannahbargawi.bsky.social @soasuni.bsky.social
Another success for the Bloomsbury Scholarships for interdisciplinary research! #PhDsuccess @lshtm.bsky.social
December 5, 2024 at 3:33 PM
Celebrating Kate Onursal's successful PhD viva on maternal employment, health & wellbeing in Turkey! 🎉
A pleasure to co-supervise with @hannahbargawi.bsky.social @soasuni.bsky.social
Another success for the Bloomsbury Scholarships for interdisciplinary research! #PhDsuccess @lshtm.bsky.social
A pleasure to co-supervise with @hannahbargawi.bsky.social @soasuni.bsky.social
Another success for the Bloomsbury Scholarships for interdisciplinary research! #PhDsuccess @lshtm.bsky.social
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Great first meeting of the @nihr.bsky.social Maternity Disparities Consortium. Our Aberdeen and Cardiff collaboration (i6) is led by Prof Mairead Black. And a pleasure to meet you, Veronique!
@lshtm.bsky.social joins the NIHR Challenge: Maternity Disparities Consortium!
The consortium will tackle #inequalities in UK #maternity outcomes, with LSHTM leading the REFRAME Collaboration.
👉 lshtm.ac.uk/research/cen...
@nihr.bsky.social
Excited to be part of the REFRAME team!
The consortium will tackle #inequalities in UK #maternity outcomes, with LSHTM leading the REFRAME Collaboration.
👉 lshtm.ac.uk/research/cen...
@nihr.bsky.social
Excited to be part of the REFRAME team!
LSHTM joins new consortium tackling maternity disparities in the UK
lshtm.ac.uk
December 3, 2024 at 4:56 PM
Great first meeting of the @nihr.bsky.social Maternity Disparities Consortium. Our Aberdeen and Cardiff collaboration (i6) is led by Prof Mairead Black. And a pleasure to meet you, Veronique!