Today I received notification of the complete and immediate closure of the USAID-funded Jhpiego Ethiopia program to grow and build the health work force. Some of my PhD candidates are directly affected and what about the potential beneficiaries. What a disgrace. www.jhpiego.org/countries-we...

Honoured to be a member of the board of AMref International University, trying to contribute to Amref Health Africa’s mission of training excellent health workers, specialised in finding and implementing African solutions for African problems! amref.org/success-stor...

Today, I was interviewed by a kind, clever and committed secondary school student (HAVO5), working on an assignment (‘profielwerkstuk’) about medical sexism. She had many questions and I referred her to the Dutch Handbook which I contributed a chapter to careforwomen.nl/column-cathe...

Neonatal mortality in Ghana has decreased over the past decades but recently stagnated. UMCG PhD candidate Solomon Salia Mohammed starts his PhD research project with a Syst Rev and mets-analysis. scholar.google.com/citations?vi...

Since 1/1/25 GPs are certified to prescribe drugs to women who want to terminate until GA of 9w. Some GPs don’t want to contribute to improving access to safe abortion services. Today, I submitted commentary to Dutch medical journal (MC) to help them to make up their minds. Will post it here later.

It has been known for decades already. Restrictive family planning and abortion policies lead to more unwanted pregnancies, more (unsafe) abortion, more maternal morbidity and mortality and more long-term fertility consequences for women. However, …..

Women paying up to £11,000 for a hysterectomy amid NHS delays www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Women in the UK suffer from poor accessibility of gynaecological care and have to pay high prices for procedures like hysterectomy in the private sector; it makes me worried about the indications

Antwoord op vragen van de leden Hirsch, Westerveld, Paulusma, Dobbe, Koekkoek en Teunissen over de gevolgen van de overwinning van Trump voor vrouwen wereldwijd (met dank aan @⁨~Bahar⁩) www.tweedekamer.nl/kamerstukken...

MPs in the Netherlands formulated questions regarding consequences for women resulting from Trump’s re-election to the Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade on Dec4, 2024. It was decided to postpone answering the questions…

Implementing evidence-based interventions in maternal health is not always easy. Knowledge about perceptions of people is important. Have you heard of mjusi (or mdudu) as cause of eclampsia? Read: doi.org/10.1371/jour...

On this day of mixed feelings, I decided to subscribe to this platform. As a SRHR-advocate I today share my concerns for the rights of people in the USA who don’t know how to choose between male and female,