Introducing our upcoming talk for HCRInstitute

Excited for our 2-day workshop at Kenyatta University #ExperienceKU. A great chance for feedback from humanitarian partners UNHCR KENYA and medical practitioners on our VR toolkits UK Research and Innovation Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF)

Our team has completed a series of 'immersive stories' using VR in Dadaab. Especially amazed by the refugee, Indigenous midwives who powerfully and sensitively take us into those maternal care journeys, too often invisibilised UK Research and Innovation UKRI Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF)

Wonderful "Migrant Mothers" workshop Feb 3-4th held at Kenyatta University #ExperienceKU attended by Nursing school, UNHCR KENYA and other key stakeholders discussing pathways towards more sensitive maternal care in camps Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) UKRI

Excited that our Migrant Mothers: Digital Maternal Health team has completed its 'Virtual Reality Handbook' exploring how to democratise immersive storytelling tools within humanitarian contexts

Working with migrant mothers & colleagues Kenyatta University #ExperienceKU BlackRhinoVR we're helping to expand culturally-sensitive maternal & neonatal care in refugee camps using technology Migrant Mothers: Digital Maternal Health Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) UK Research and Innovation ncl.ac.uk/press/articles…

We traveled to Daadab with the team Migrant Mothers: Digital Maternal Health to train and empower midwives using VR technology, on essential maternal care building on their existing informal knowledge. To read more on the on-going project: ncl.ac.uk/press/articles… Funded by Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) UK Research and Innovation

Our 8th annual Careers in Humanitarianism Day is finally HERE, and we can't wait to hear from our amazing guest speakers, on topics inc. decolonisation and mental health. There's still time to sign up, but you better be quick! First session is at 10am👇 documents.manchester.ac.uk/display.aspx?D…

Great opportunity with City of Sanctuary UK 🧡 with a focus on maternal care

THANK YOU to everybody who joined us for the first session of today, with Migrant Mothers: Digital Maternal Health, and for all of your brilliant questions (a few outlined below!) See you at our next session on Decolonisation and Forced Migration, at 12.00! 👇 eventbrite.co.uk/e/decolonisati… #HCRICareers21

Thank you to HCRInstitute for hosting our talk today. We were so grateful for the engaged feedback. Among others we noted UK Med on the call, whose work we admire - looking forward to exploring further conversations moving forward. UK Research and Innovation

Our researchers from Newcastle University Geography are working with #refugee midwives to create new digital training toolkits, using #VirtualReality to expand vital maternal care in Kenya’s Dadaab refugee camps 👏 Migrant Mothers: Digital Maternal Health ncl.ac.uk/press/articles…

Thrilled that our VR 'Birthing Across Borders' was selected by Joint SDG Fund 🇺🇳 for the SDG Global Festival UK Research and Innovation Newcastle University Kenyatta University #ExperienceKU globalfestivalofaction.org

Thanks The Courier for this story featuring our work! thecourieronline.co.uk/newcastle-univ…

📢We’re excited to announce the latest #MYWorld360 immersive media selection - premiering at the SDG Global Festival of Action! Be the first to see the new collection & meet the creators at the Experience & Action Area bit.ly/3r8mEHf #TurnItAround Digital Promise Oculus 👉 Meta Quest

Thrilled our project 'Birthing Across Borders' has been recognised by the UN for its SDG Action Campaign. Newcastle University Kenyatta University #ExperienceKU UN SDG Action Campaign This project would not have been possible without UK Research and Innovation Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) #ODAcuts

Congrats Teresa Mwoma - a member of our Migrant Mothers: Digital Maternal Health team - for taking the lead on this co-authored publication with 'International Journal of Pregnancy & Child Birth' exploring maternal care in Dadaab camps, Kenya bit.ly/2S9asK9

Congratulations to @rachelhpain on her election to Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) Council as Chair of annual conference for 2022

A powerfully honest story on the complexities of birthing, by the brilliant Sarah Marie Wiebe makebirthbetter.org/blog/my-slante… Make Birth Better

🌎COLLABORATION🌎 Migrant Mothers: Digital Maternal Health is an international collaboration between Dr Jen Bagelman and Josephine Gitome 🌎 Tomorrow we will share a video about their work including the use virtual reality to train midwives in camps such as Dadaab 🥽 anchor.fm/sanyusisters 👩🏽‍⚕️👩🏼‍⚕️