Professor Joy Lawn, Co-Director of the March Centre and an African-born paediatrician and epidemiologist will provide an overview of births around the world. At the halfway point to the Sustainable Development Goals, this talk will provide the latest data, evidence and debates, highlighting some of the School’s very varied research, from more than 100 studies in over 100 countries linked to the MARCH Centre.
Professor Joy Lawn, Co-Director of the March Centre and an African-born paediatrician and epidemiologist will provide an overview of births around the world. At the halfway point to the Sustainable Development Goals, this talk will provide the latest data, evidence and debates, highlighting some of the School’s very varied research, from more than 100 studies in over 100 countries linked to the MARCH Centre. Speaker Professor Joy Lawn, LSHTM
Professor Matthew Burton is one of 60 outstanding biomedical and health scientists that have been elected as an Academy of Medical Sciences Fellow.
The new Fellows have been recognised for their outstanding contribution to the biomedical and health sciences over the course of their careers, and their ability to generate new knowledge and improve the health of people worldwide.
The Series cautions that comprehensive, coordinated care that begins at preconception and lasts through adulthood is urgently needed to reduce childhood mortality and improve child and adolescent health. Professor Joy Lawn, Co-Director of the Centre for Maternal, Adolescent, Reproductive & Child Health (MARCH) at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, comments on these findings.