Come to hear about a new paper with the talented Hg and stay for comments by @eeshani_kandpal, @alison__morgan and @friedman_jed! cc Harvard Global Health & Pop The GFF World Bank Health

Thanks for featuring me and my work on maternal health disparities The Lancet

This, please. If you or anyone you know is COVID +, has mild symptoms in the past 10 days, and is either age 65+ and/or has a pre-existing condition. Lives on the line.

The most amazing thing I have seen on twitter all year.

We're sharing profiles of influential Black colleagues in health & medicine during #BlackHistoryMonth , and we want to highlight the tireless work of Grace Imru to reduce Kenya's under-5 mortality rate Prof. Grace Irimu thelancet.com/journals/lanch…

OMG.

There was a totally overlooked trial in NEJM this week with jaw-dropping results. The question: how should we diagnose diabetes in pregnancy? 23,792 pregnant women randomized to receive either 1-step or 2-step screening for gestational diabetes. nejm.org/doi/full/10.10… /1

This is a spectacularly beautiful piece about how the people of Canada's Northwest Territories dodged #Covid19. "You need to put in the restrictions early on," said Chief public health officer Kami Kandola. And they did. nytimes.com/interactive/20…

Great summary and comparison of PHC process quality measurement approaches from Richard Lilford HealthPolicyPlanning. No one size fits all. academic.oup.com/heapol/advance…

Opening remarks from Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. "The technical package we are introducing today provides tools to improve quality of care in fragile, conflict-affected & vulnerable settings".

Exciting development #COVID19 #VariantsOfConcern #Ghana

We are hiring. Be part of something truly transformative - Boston's first freestanding birth center, BIPOC led, driven by a vision for high-quality care for all, advancing equity one birth at a time! Neighborhood Birth Center #highquality #midwives neighborhoodbirthcenter.org/opportunities

Let's not forget about essential services for our most vulnerable babies during this pandemic. KMC is lifesaving, systems and HR to support it are critical.UNICEF Prof Joy Lawn Fatima Gohar gh.bmj.com/content/6/3/e0…

On World TB Day, sharing our new paper demonstrating the link between unhealthy alcohol use and poor TB treatment outcomes. Alcohol reduction interventions must be integrated into TB care! @HopkinsCCGHE Jonathan Golub Sachin Atre Bob Bollinger #WorldTBDay2021 pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33688806/

This is an important article, ‘quality’ checklists and their unintended consequences, thanks @gbrgsy for highlighting

"In children’s books commonly found in US schools and homes over the last century... there is a persistent disproportionate representation of males, particularly White males, and lighter-skinned people relative to darker-skinned people." bfi.uchicago.edu/wp-content/upl… by @AAdukia et al.

‼️Out today in Nature Medicine In our open letter to international funders of science & development in Africa, we call on funders to invest in #African institutions, empower #local capacity & enable equitable partnerships Authors: Dr. Ify Aniebo Rhodes-Vivour Emelda Okiro Dr. Catherine Kyobutungi Muzukulu wa Bityo Fredros Okumu

Vanessa Brizuela, Perla, and Emma Sacks discuss how the already challenging situation of maternal/neonatal transport is exacerbated by the #COVID19 pandemic. They advocate for building better transport systems to achieve better health outcomes. bit.ly/3sHQ53E

The HQSS work is continuing, adapting and growing! Follow the QuEST Network and join the launch May 18-20.

What a week! So grateful for the immense privilege to share our science with the world. We never imagined when we conceived #BabysFirstYears a decade ago that initial findings would be released when unconditional cash support to low-income families would be so actively debated.