Caroline Homer (@carolinehomer) 's Twitter Profile
Caroline Homer

@carolinehomer

Co-Program Director- Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health; Burnet Institute, all things maternal newborn health, strengthening midwifery and gender equity

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UNFPA Asia and the Pacific (@unfpaasiapac) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Thank you #Australia for committing AUD 56.8m to advance sexual & reproductive health & rights in Southeast Asia.🌟 The programme with Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade 🇦🇺 support will enhance efforts by UNFPA & partners towards strengthening capacity to make data-informed policy decisions to help prevent

Thank you #Australia for committing AUD 56.8m to advance sexual & reproductive health & rights in Southeast Asia.🌟 

The programme with <a href="/dfat/">Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade 🇦🇺</a> support will enhance efforts by <a href="/UNFPA/">UNFPA</a>  &amp; partners towards strengthening capacity to make data-informed policy decisions to help prevent
all4maternity (@all4maternity) 's Twitter Profile Photo

This inspiring study highlights how midwives, armed with compassion and expertise, are transforming maternal and neonatal care in challenging conditions. Caroline Homer journals.plos.org/globalpubliche…

This inspiring study highlights how midwives, armed with compassion and expertise, are transforming maternal and neonatal care in challenging conditions. <a href="/CarolineHomer/">Caroline Homer</a> 
journals.plos.org/globalpubliche…
PMNCH (@pmnch) 's Twitter Profile Photo

#ICYMI 🚨 Alarming: 10 of 15 indicators tracking climate change-related health hazards, exposures, and impacts hit new records this past year. In 2023, 👶 infants and 👴 adults over 65 experienced an average record-high of 13.8 days of heatwave per person. ☀️ Read now: 👇

#ICYMI
🚨 Alarming: 10 of 15 indicators tracking climate change-related health hazards, exposures, and impacts hit new records this past year.

In 2023, 👶 infants and 👴 adults over 65 experienced an average record-high of 13.8 days of heatwave per person. ☀️

Read now: 👇
PMNCH (@pmnch) 's Twitter Profile Photo

🌍 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. 👶🌱 👇 pmnch.who.int/resources/publ…

🌍 Explore how climate change impacts the health &amp; well-being of women, children&amp; adolescents. Discover our latest resources on building climate-resilient health systems &amp; protecting vulnerable communities. 👶🌱
👇
pmnch.who.int/resources/publ…
Professor Donna Hartz Midwife Nurse PhD (@donnalhartz) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Proud of this paper by Aboriginal midwife Sistahood. Still, much more work to reach workforce parity Leona Renae Coleman Burnet Institute ACM westernsydusonm What are the experiences of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander m... sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Atul Gawande (@atul_gawande) 's Twitter Profile Photo

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:🧵

Atul Gawande (@atul_gawande) 's Twitter Profile Photo

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. usaid.gov/PreventingChil…

Professor Michael Flood (@michaelglflood) 's Twitter Profile Photo

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

UNFPA Pacific (@unfpapacific) 's Twitter Profile Photo

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!

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!
Catherine Hamlin Fistula Foundation (@fistulaethiopia) 's Twitter Profile Photo

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: 🔗 hamlin.org.au/hamlin-midwife… #EndFistula

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:
 🔗 hamlin.org.au/hamlin-midwife…

#EndFistula
Catherine Hamlin Fistula Foundation (@fistulaethiopia) 's Twitter Profile Photo

From patient to purpose. 💛 After her personal experience with #obstetricfistula, Likyelesh has devoted her life to supporting women on their path to healing at Hamlin Fistula HQ. Her compassion and strength is transforming lives. 📘Read more via UNFPA: ethiopia.unfpa.org/en/news/pain-p…

Catherine Hamlin Fistula Foundation (@fistulaethiopia) 's Twitter Profile Photo

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. hamlin.org.au/international-… #EndFistula

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. 

hamlin.org.au/international-…

#EndFistula
Pio Smith (@piosmith_un) 's Twitter Profile Photo

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

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
FIGO HQ (@figohq) 's Twitter Profile Photo

📢 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

📢 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
UNFPA (@unfpa) 's Twitter Profile Photo

🤰🏿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 United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency—is taking action to #EndFistula: unf.pa/cef

🤰🏿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 <a href="/UNFPA/">UNFPA</a>—the <a href="/UN/">United Nations</a> sexual and reproductive health agency—is taking action to #EndFistula: unf.pa/cef