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#BornTooSoon TweetChat w/ @JoyLawn
Following the 2 May launch of Born Too Soon: The Global Action Report on Preterm Birth, PMNCH kicked off a 7-hr Global Twitter Relay, uniting experts, advocates and parents in discussion about how to reduce the toll of this global health challenge--starting w/ a Q&A feat. report author Joy Lawn...
Intro
PMNCH welcomes you to the first Global Twitter Relay, on yesterday's launch of #BornTooSoon: The Global Action Report on Preterm Birth- Check out the #BornTooSoon report at bit.ly/IBlde7 to learn how >1 M babies die prematurely every year and solutions to those deaths.
- We'll be hosting this TweetChat with @Tommys_baby @HealthyNewborns @unfoundation @marchofdimes @SavetheChildren & @gappstweets #BornTooSoon
- We're thrilled to kick things off with special guest @JoyLawn for your questions... read her bio at bit.ly/IovyIl #BornTooSoon
WHO | Dr Joy LawnJoy Lawn is an African-born paediatrician and perinatal epidemiologist with British citizenship. She is based in South Africa as Senior R...- Welcome, @JoyLawn! So glad to have you with us to highlight this landmark report bit.ly/IBlde7 #BornTooSoon
Hi everyone, delighted to join you from NY! Looking forward to questions #BornTooSoon and hearing stories on #preterm birth. #borntoosoon
@joylawn Congratulations on the report and mobilizing leading experts and partners to focus their attention on preterm births #borntoosoon- Very powerful launch in UN in NY. Esp the story of a now 2 year old girl borntoosoon# at 29 weeks and her families journey #borntoosoon
- Yes MAJOR media and very thoughtful esp @sarahboseley’s piece in The Guardian. More highlights here: bit.ly/Jq5ZC6 #borntoosoon
- Journo's really picked up on the country stats—w/ soul-searching re US rate; @ReutersUS article highlighted this #BornTooSoon #borntoosoon
- As preterm births soar globally, U.S. ranks 130 of 184NEW YORK (Reuters) - The world's developed countries have seen their average rate of premature births double to 6 percent since 1995, des...
Q & A
- @gchallenges quest about low income countries, yes of the 11 countries with rates over 15%, 9 are African, Malawi top at18%.. #borntoosoon
- @gchallenges ques: reducing preterm rates more feasible than rich countries eg addressing high fertility, infections (malaria) #borntoosoon
- @Joylawn You’re a Mom: What is your main message to Moms all over the world from this #BornTooSoon Report bit.ly/IBlde7
- A1 #BornTooSoon provides first-ever #preterm birth rates by country - important to have national data for action... #borntoosoon
- A1 ..but statistics reveal great challenge: #preterm birth rates are rising almost all countries w/ reliable data. #BornTooSoon #borntoosoon
I am encouraged by #BornTooSoon Report, it gives more focus for renewed action! And very timely for #MNCH #Nigeria #pretermbirths
