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Lagos traffic creating ‘life or death’ situations for women trying to reach hospital – report
02Feb

Lagos traffic creating ‘life or death’ situations for women trying to reach hospital – report

Study of pregnant women travelling to health facilities found journeys took up to four times longer than online maps suggested

Sanyu Sisters podcast on cost of COVID-19 for pregnant women
20Jan

Sanyu Sisters podcast on cost of COVID-19 for pregnant women

Sanyu Sisters podcast on cost of COVID-19 for pregnant women

Project 4Es media report on African Independent Television
13Jun

Project 4Es media report on African Independent Television

Project 4Es closing out program as captured by African Independent Television. The project geared towards improving maternal health was executed by Dr. Aduragbemi Banke-Thomas in Dobi community, Gwagwalada in collaboration with The society for Family Health

Past events

Fathers as influencers
20Jun

Fathers as influencers

Panel discussion on how fathers can leverage their influence in theirs home, community and world.

The Second Delay: Using Google Maps to assess geographical accessibility to critical maternal health services in an African megacity
08Jun

The Second Delay: Using Google Maps to assess geographical accessibility to critical maternal health services in an African megacity

At University of Greenwich presenting research of travel of pregnant women who require emergency care in the Lagos megacity

The Impact of COVID on Global Health: A comparative look at the African region
29Jun

The Impact of COVID on Global Health: A comparative look at the African region

Key strategies that governments should be exploring to ensure that our global health problems pre-pandemic are not so ignored that they become bigger problems post-pandemic!

Public speaking for scientists
25Jun

Public speaking for scientists

Science is not finished until it’s communicated. The SELL Method is a 3-step technique to boost your science talks. Tried-and-tested on over 2,500 scientists, engineers and innovators, it will guide you to prepare and deliver your presentations.

The Giants of 2020
08May

The Giants of 2020

In a world of limited resources, what should our priority be? To close the LSE Festival, we pit Beveridge’s “five giants” (reimagined as the giant issues of housing and urbanisation, education and skills, health and social care, the future of work and the challenges of poverty), as well as sustainability, the missing sixth Giant. Dr Banke-Thomas argues that health is the biggest giant.