I'M WOMAN trial

💉Imagine if giving #TXA could be as easy as an injection into the muscle? 🤰TXA is a life-saving drug used to treat #PPH, yet intravenous TXA injection takes up to 10 minutes. ⏰ IM TXA is faster and could expand access to PPH treatment. Learn more 👇 bit.ly/42fUwIn

Is there a link between episiotomy & severe bleeding in women with #anaemia? In the first study to explore this relationship, the WOMAN-2 Trial reveals new evidence showing #episiotomy is an additional risk for life-threatening bleeding. Read more 👉 lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/new…

🎉2025: that's a wrap! 👋 Meet the I'M WOMAN Trial teams in Nigeria, Pakistan and Tanzania who have recruited over 24,000 women in one year. ✨ See you all in 2026!

🇳🇬 Our TRANSFORM project & @womenadvocate are sharing the risk of postpartum haemorrhage & how tranexamic acid can help. 💗 They create space for women to speak to people they trust, be better informed & prepared for childbirth. 🎥 Watch the film: bit.ly/4iEqh45

🇳🇬 Our TRANSFORM project & WARDC are sharing the risk of postpartum haemorrhage & how tranexamic acid can help. 💗 WARDC creates space for women to speak to people they trust, be better informed & prepared for childbirth. 🎥 Watch & find out more bit.ly/4iEqh45

🇳🇬 Our TRANSFORM project & @wardcnigeria are sharing the risk of postpartum haemorrhage & how tranexamic acid can help. 💗 WARDC creates space for women to speak to people they trust, be better informed & prepared for childbirth. 🎥 Watch & find out more bit.ly/4iEqh45

Who are @womenadvocate's maternal health campaigners? Retired chief nursing officer Badejo Abisola explains why community leaders like nurses play a vital role in building trust & explaining how TXA can reduce life-threatening bleeding after childbirth. bit.ly/43EEAiK

📣 Who are @womenadvocate's maternal health campaigners? 💬 Christianah @WomenLiberatio3 shares her experience of postpartum haemorrhage & how she’s empowering women in her community to demand better care when they give birth. Read the interview ➡️ bit.ly/49pIfEz

WARDC's @womenadvocate field officers are working hard to reduce maternal deaths - starting in their communities 🇳🇬. Meet Alhaji Lateef Kayode Akinborode who campaigns for better healthcare for mothers. Read the interview ➡️ bit.ly/47ylLia

Looking to develop your skills, gain new knowledge or expand your networks with further studies? Come along to @LSHTM's Autumn Open Events to find out what makes LSHTM #1 in the UK for public health. Book your place: bit.ly/3IULCJ1

Join us Friday, Oct 17 2025, on @NigeriaInfoFM (99.3 FM Lagos) as we discuss: “Understanding Maternal Health: The Hidden Crisis in Our Communities.” 🕛 12:15 – 1:00 PM 👩🏽‍💼 Host: Zaynab Yekeen 👩🏾‍⚕️ Guest: Dr Modupe Adedeji, Sec. @SOGON_Nigeria (Lagos Chapter) @TransformTXA @LSHTM

🚨 On #InternationalDayofRuralWomen, we highlight the urgent need for timely emergency maternal care.  In rural areas, women can face long distances & inadequate transport, delaying life-saving interventions.   We're working on a solution: bit.ly/47OtA56

On #RuralWomensDay, we highlight the challenges rural women face in accessing timely maternal care. Veronica, from Tanzania, experienced antepartum haemorrhage far from emergency services - a delay that could have cost her life.  Find out more 👇youtube.com/watch?v=nlSw-R…

🎥  As #WorldPPHDay is announced at the @FIGOHQ conference, hear from Nigerian I’M WOMAN Trial clinicians on their experiences of treating PPH and how tranexamic acid can stop life-threatening bleeding after birth. Watch now 👇

Great that WOMAN Trials team members Dr Ketty from Zambia & Prof Rizwana from Pakistan are attending the #FIGO2025 conference to highlight the need to focus on treating #anaemia to save mothers lives. #MaternalHealth #PPH

Too many women continue to die from severe bleeding after #birth🤰   We welcome the announcement of #WorldPPHDay & hope to see momentum drive awareness, action + accountability to tackle PPH!  Watch Zalka & Shaban's story👇to understand how PPH can impact women & their families

Today is #WorldContraceptionDay. 🤰 #Anaemia is an important risk factor for adverse birth outcomes, and appropriate birth spacing and family planning could help address this.   Empowered women = healthier lives.   #ReproductiveHealth #FamilyPlanning

🎉20,000 participants recruited to the I’M WOMAN trial! We’re one step closer to seeing if IM tranexamic acid can reduce life-threatening bleeding after childbirth. Huge thanks to our teams in 🇳🇬 🇹🇿 🇵🇰 and to every mother who has participated.

🆕commission aims to reinvigorate efforts to prevent and control #anaemia. Great to see research from the WOMAN Trials @LSHTM included, as well as a call for further research into understanding how TXA can prevent #postpartum bleeding in women with anaemia. Read in full 👇

✨ Hear from one of the newest members of the I'M WOMAN Trial: Leyla Constantino Leyla talks training in midwifery, being a @NIHRresearch Associate Champion for Reproductive Health and Childbirth and supporting a study on Group B Strep. Find out more 👇 bit.ly/4mOjAx2

For many pregnant women, emergency maternal healthcare is not always available or accessible🏥 Our latest blog looks at barriers women in urban & rural settings face & how @TransformTXA is working on a solution for vital care before reaching hospital. 🔗 lshtm.ac.uk/research/centr…