Covid-19 is a reproductive health issue (among other things). Please consider getting vaccinated, especially if pregnant, and use other layers of protection as well (masks, ventilation). Please fight to keep the vaccine accessible to all, and to increase access to populations that do not have it

Mind the Gap: Unequal Coverage in UK Reproductive Health Research Using Linked Data Our understanding of healthcare use and whether current services meet the needs of everyone equally is limited. Find out how data linkage can help answer vital questions equitably ijpds.org/news/09-09-2...

As someone using linked health data to examine inequalities in maternal and neonatal health outcomes - a linked reproductive health data resource would be the dream

Registration still open (to 12 August) for #BSPS2025, 2-4 September: varied & exciting programme & workshops! Latest info & sign up www.lse.ac.uk/internationa...

As a mother of twins, I hope the potential impact of research like this on the management of twin pregnancies, esp early delivery, is noted jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Had a great couple of days @unisouthampton.bsky.social for #PopFest2025! Was nice to be back. Finally got to present my research on the changes to fertility patterns and composition during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The @eapsphd.bsky.social Network is running their session at #PopFest2025, featuring a brilliant Bingo-inspired networking game The EAPS #PhD Network encourages all #population studies PhD students to join up to meet other ECRs in their field More info: www.eaps.nl/page/phd-net...

👋We are pleased to welcome so many people from the international community to #PopFest2025 over the next 2 days @unisouthampton.bsky.social with @bspsuk.bsky.social CPC-CG Director @janefalkingham.bsky.social welcomed delegates with a keynote on 'Lessons from the life course of a #demographer'

A new study by researchers at @oxpop.bsky.social National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit has found that children born to mothers with a body mass index (BMI) of 35 or above may have an increased risk of being admitted to hospital for an infection. Read more: bit.ly/4kFsqN6

👶 #Farage wants a UK baby boom — will it work? 🍼 Our Director @melindacmills.bsky.social says: “Throwing money at it doesn’t work.” Tax breaks ≠ baby boom. Work hours, #housing, #childcare — it takes an ecosystem. 📎 Telegraph article: tinyurl.com/m6b9kbxm #fertility #demography

📚NEW PAPER #Childcare tasks that interfere with the workday (staying home with ill children, dressing children, dropping children at school/childcare) are more often done by mothers BUT flexible work for fathers can help address the imbalance @bernicerunsonboba.bsky.social doi.org/10.1111/jomf...

The MBRRACE-UK perinatal mortality ‘State of the Nation’ report for deaths that occurred in 2023 has now been published. @npeu-ctu.bsky.social Read more 👉 buff.ly/7ilBOoM

🆕New research published in @nature.com finds compelling causal evidence for the impact of the shingles vaccine on reducing the occurrence of dementia, using data from the world-renowned @saildatabank.bsky.social, funded by Health and Care Research Wales. 🔗 popdatasci.swan.ac.uk/sail-data-re...

💡[SPOTLIGHT]💡 Study examines how pregnancy outcomes affect women’s health over time. @aledinal.bsky.social @mpidr.bsky.social compares the physical health of women who experienced pregnancy losses to those with live births. www.demogr.mpg.de/en/news_even...

Worries over low birth rates are nothing new. Everything @lesja.bsky.social, @alisongemmill.bsky.social, & I wrote in this op-ed *SIX* years ago is still true. These worries have coalesced into a well-funded & influential pronatalist movement w/in an admin that is deeply anti-family.

How can we reduce health inequities and improve maternal health? buff.ly/pacAIJZ 📽️ Dr Ursula Gazeley discusses findings from @who.int's first global update on the causes of maternal deaths in over a decade. #WorldHealthDay @leverhulme.bsky.social @oxpop.bsky.social @lancetgh.bsky.social

New special issue out, with impressive team of editors Global Reproductive Justice: A New Agenda for Feminist Economics? “Reproductive justice framework challenges framings of reproductive rights centered on non-interference and the right to choose” www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

How can we #AccelerateAction to improve women's health outcomes? buff.ly/pacAIJZ A new study co-authored by Dr Ursula Gazeley identifies the leading causes of maternal deaths globally and highlights the need to reduce health inequities in LMICs. @leverhulme.bsky.social @oxpop.bsky.social #IWD2025

🗞️To hear the experts describe it, the stakes are exceedingly high. Yet a growing number of young people don't want children. Approximately 15% of Gen Z aged 18-25 say they definitely will not have them, according to the Centre for Population Change.

Are you a pregnant woman between 18-45? The INFORMED study wants you! Take part in our study to help us understand the impact of climate change on pregnancy across communities in Swansea🌏 🔗For more info and to sign up forms.office.com/Pages/Respon... @popdatascisu.bsky.social

👓Recommended Reading📚 New Approach Predicts Individual Fertility Behavior from Aggregated Data In their paper, Daniel Ciganda and Nicolas Todd present a new approach to identifying individual #fertility behavior from aggregate #data. ... 🧵1/8 royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...

🆕📰 @dsusielee.bsky.social @mpidr.bsky.social & @kieronbarclay.bsky.social @stockholm-uni.bsky.social have investigated how changes in the age distribution of #mothers are associated with changes in #twinbirth rates in low-income countries. #demograohy #data #fertility www.demogr.mpg.de/go/twinbirth

🆕New INFORMED study, as part of the MAGENTA Project, @swanseauni.bsky.social, is looking for expectant mums aged 18-45 in Swansea to take part in vital maternal health research!🤰 Find out more about this study here📝 popdatasci.swan.ac.uk/informed-stu...

“The system requires parents to be everything to their children and still somehow maintain a semblance of a sane life and career” www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

A paper I've been working on for quite literally 10 years just came out It's a shitty time, for sure, but this paper is still cool and good, and I still want to you tell you all about it So gather 'round, folks, and hear the story of the 10 year paper! 1/n www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

🆕📰 @maxikniffka.bsky.social @jschoeley.bsky.social & @dsusielee.bsky.social et al. investigated how increasing maternal age & multiple births may influence stillbirth rates differences across Europe. ... 1/2 www.demogr.mpg.de/go/StillbirthEurope

And that 1500 estimate focuses only on pregnant women with HIV losing access to HIV treatment. Now throw in the Global Gag Rule, which reduces access to contraception (www.guttmacher.org/report/evide...), and will increase unintended pregnancies, including to women living with HIV.