Associate Professor Meghan Bohren
Gender and Women’s Health Unit, Centre for Health Equity, School of Global Population Health, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne
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A simple way to improve maternal health globally
A key treatment of pre-eclampsia and eclampsia isn’t being used in many parts of the world – University of Melbourne experts look at why and suggest solutions
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Midwives on the COVID-19 frontline in Indonesia
Midwives in Indonesia have been battling through COVID-19 and putting themselves at risk in what is another reminder of the importance of protecting frontline health workers
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Rising caesarean rates and inequality
Global rates of caesarean section are rising alarmingly, especially in Asia, and as the Indonesian experience shows, these rates are accompanied by widening inequality in access
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Where are all the missing girls?
A preference for sons in patriarchal societies across the world means we are missing 126 million women. Here is what we can do about it.
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Many of the world’s women are mistreated during childbirth
New research shows that more than one-third of women in four low and middle-income countries are being mistreated when giving birth in health facilities