Already, 29% of global births are in sub-Saharan Africa. The Lancet study projects that to rise to 54%. In other words, this is the African century, not the Asian one - and whether Africa gets rich or stays poor is THE question for human wellbeing.

Can anyone help? Looking for a transducer for a Mindray DC-30 (35C50P) Chikwawa District Hospital serves 1/2 million people and only probe is broken - radiographer is struggling to see anything. Does anyone have a spare or refurbished or even new one they could help us with?🙏

The algae-rhythms not working for us anymore. Updates on The PRONE Study The PRONE Study on there from now on 👍👋

And we’re away! Hot Topics in Global Health Chelsea and Westminster Hospital First talk on non-communicable disease in LIC intersecting with maternal health by Jack Milln A great start! More details chelwest.nhs.uk/htgh #HTGH

Maternal sepsis kills too many mothers - 17 a day die in Uganda from this. Maternal sepsis week (12-18 May) raises awareness of this devastating condition. The APT-Sepsis trial, involving 30 sites in Uganda and 30 in Malawi aims to bring positive change. #AtTheEquatorUG

Another day at the PRONE HQ 50 pregnant women here in Malawi 🇲🇼 recruited so far. Another 800 to go! Join us also on another site that begins with Linked and ends in In. Seems a growing number of professional accounts on there

Occasionally talks sense 👍

Song and dance at the antenatal health education talk this morning. Every antenatal clinic starts this way in the morning 😁💃 One of the most deprived districts in one of the world’s poorest countries -but never far from wide smiles and warmth. Chikwawa Hospital S. Malawi 🇲🇼

Thanks for coming to visit us! 🙏 🇲🇼

Fantastic setting for a Poster walk, in dappled shade overlooking the Shire river at Chikwawa Malawi Liverpool Wellcome Programme 🦟 Learnt about malaria vaccine and epi (Epimal), PK chemoprophylaxis in children (Optimal), and schisto prevalence in response to new irrigation project (ShireVec) 🐌

What the world will learn about NCDs in pregnancy in SSA depends on the care and precision with which these four women approach their work on a daily basis. Makes sense to look after them! The PRONE STUDY Team building on the high ropes at Gulugufe 🙌🇲🇼Malawi Liverpool Wellcome Programme

Death by lateral flow. Thanks to Vincent our lab tech for capturing the concentration 😅 Not a lab project by any means, just catching up with a batch of serum samples from our first participants 👍 5ul is a very small volume, and prone to error, that’s what I learnt..

Very proud of this photograph. It shows how well integrated our two PRONE team members are with the government staff at Ndirande Health Centre in Blantyre, Malawi.

Every woman in The PRONE study has a fetal ultrasound scan at their first antenatal booking appointment by a trained midwife. Organising almost a thousand fetal ultrasound scans is not straightforward -with powercuts and stock-outs of basic consumables such as gel.Well done team!

Gestational #diabetes affects 1 in 7 pregnancies & is the most common medical pregnancy complication. In our latest issue, a Series calls for a shift to a holistic life-course approach in how we manage the disease. Find this & more: hubs.li/Q02GljGQ0

Administering a pragmatic 50g glucose challenge test in The PRONE Study using a locally bottled soda drink. Always great to see the caring interaction between our research nurses and participants. 139 pregnant women now recruited 🎊 Ndirande Health Centre, Blantyre - Malawi 🇲🇼

PRONE Study pushing forward! ⏩ 290 screened 164 enrolled 49 second appointments 2 deliveries Data cleaning in real-time - beautiful reliable results trickling in 🙏 🇲🇼 #pregnancy #africa #maternalhealth #NCDs #obstetricmedicine

Obstetric medicine in 2 minutes 💥