Improving health system quality, MNCH, PHC, World Bank, Ifakara, Harvard PH, Family doc, Muslim feminist, Mom to two hilarious kids.
Lyme, New Hampshire, USA
Joined September 2016
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Sanam Roder-DeWan retweeted
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.
Sanam Roder-DeWan retweeted
@BrizuelaVanessa, @DrCarlaMD, and @ersacks 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.
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Sanam Roder-DeWan retweeted
The HQSS work is continuing, adapting and growing! Follow the QuEST Network and join the launch May 18-20.
QuEST is a global network of researchers and changemakers advancing health systems research. QuEST generates evidence by improving measurement, testing solutions and creating generalizable knowledge. Visit questnetwork.org to learn more. #QuESTNetwork
Sanam Roder-DeWan retweeted
"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/… by @AAdukia et al.
Sanam Roder-DeWan retweeted
‼️Out today in @NatureMedicine
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: @IfyAniebo @allyeko @CKyobutungi @Fredros_Inc
Sanam Roder-DeWan retweeted
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 @golubJHUTB @SachinAtre3 @rbollin1 #WorldTBDay2021 pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3368…
Sanam Roder-DeWan retweeted
This is an important article, ‘quality’ checklists and their unintended consequences, thanks @gbrgsy for highlighting
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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 @joylawn @FatimaGohar786 gh.bmj.com/content/6/3/e0043…
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! @BirthCenterBOS #highquality #midwives neighborhoodbirthcenter.org/…
Sanam Roder-DeWan retweeted
We are excited to launch our new SeqCOM-GH Dashboard, the very first national SARS-CoV-2 variant tracker in Africa! See it here: insights.yemaachi.com/
Sanam Roder-DeWan retweeted
Opening remarks from @DrTedros. "The technical package we are introducing today provides tools to improve quality of care in fragile, conflict-affected & vulnerable settings".
Great summary and comparison of PHC process quality measurement approaches from @rjlilford @HPP_LSHTM. No one size fits all. academic.oup.com/heapol/adva…
Sanam Roder-DeWan retweeted
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/2021…
Sanam Roder-DeWan retweeted
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.
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Sanam Roder-DeWan retweeted
OMG.
Maternal deaths increase by 30% during lockdown in South Africa
Declining access to contraception and abortion services is not being mediated by the @HealthZA
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@_SRJC @Zwandid @SpotlightNSP @zangazulugirl @LindaGailBekker
Sanam Roder-DeWan retweeted
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 @ProfIrimu thelancet.com/journals/lanch…
Sanam Roder-DeWan retweeted
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.
As mentioned by @maddow tonight, and per the testimonial below, please go to combatcovid.hhs.gov if you’re covid +, have mild symptoms within the last ten days, are > 65 yrs or have preexisting conditions, to learn more about eligibility for monoclonal antibodies
Sanam Roder-DeWan retweeted
Thanks for featuring me and my work on maternal health disparities @TheLancet
A sobering & energising profile of the work of scholar–activist Dr Ndidiamaka Amutah-Onukagha @PhDiva0618 by @soppytoppy
"Maternal health disparities across the USA have become a national crisis."
thelancet.com/journals/lance…
Sanam Roder-DeWan retweeted
Come to hear about a new paper with the talented @agage93 and stay for comments by @eeshani_kandpal, @alison__morgan and @friedman_jed! cc @GHP_HarvardChan @theGFF @WBG_Health
📆 Jan 26 — @sbauhoff joins RBF Health/@WorldBank to exam the impact of Performance-Based Financing (PBF) on early neonatal health outcomes and associated health care utilization and quality in Burundi, Lesotho, Senegal, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
Sign-up: rbfhealth.org/event/effects-…
