Mum to 2 | Paediatrician/neonatologist @NHSFife | clinical Assistant Prof @mrcunitgambia @LSHTM | convenor of @IntChildHealth | Newborn | AMR | she/her
Edinburgh / London / Gambia
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Dr Helen c Brotherton retweeted
Join us on Monday 29th September for our joint panel discussion with Wellbeing and Health Action Movement (WHAM).
We’ll be discussing current issues of child health and justice.
Link to register in bio.
Dr Helen c Brotherton retweeted
Final day to apply for our advocacy grant!
#paediatrics #globalchildhealth #childhealth #globalhealth #grant @RCPCHtweets @RCPCH_and_Us @SfGH_UK @UKAPStweets @Paedsoftlanding @Drhelbro @RebecRhodes
Dr Helen c Brotherton retweeted
Interested in combining overseas research with training in paediatrics?
Join on Tuesday 30th September at 13:00.
Led by Dr Joe Piper, Academic Clinical Lecturer at the Queen Mary University of London and Paediatric Infectious Diseases GRID Trainee at Great Ormond Street.
Dr Helen c Brotherton retweeted
Only 5 days left to apply for our advocacy grant
Don’t miss out on the chance of up to £1,500 towards your project!
#paediatrics #globalhealth #globalchildhealth #advocacy #grant @RCPCH_and_Us @RCPCHtweets @UKAPStweets @Paedsoftlanding @SfGH_UK @Drhelbro @RebecRhodes
UK gov are being very slow to implement medical evacuations for Palestinian children in Gaza.
Delays cost children’s lives
@IntChildHealth @MSF_UK @TheBMA and others are speaking up to advocate for faster & unimpeded action
Please share widely
@RCPCHtweets @IssopOrg
🔴Today, @TheBMA, @IntChildHealth, MSF and others have written to the Government impressing the need to urgently act on Gaza medical evacuations plan, avoiding any further delays.
Every minute of inaction increases the risk of a child selected for treatment in the UK dying. 1/3
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Dr Helen c Brotherton retweeted
Our advocacy grant is currently open for applications.
Up to £1,500 available.
#paediatrics #globalchildhealth #advocacy #globalhealth #childhealth #grant @RCPCHtweets @Paedsoftlanding @SfGH_UK @RebecRhodes @Drhelbro
Dr Helen c Brotherton retweeted
“In MSF’s nearly 54 years of operations, rarely have we seen such levels of systematic violence against unarmed civilians.”
The GHF-run food distributions in Gaza, Palestine, have become sites of “orchestrated killing and dehumanisation”, not humanitarian aid.
msf.org/ghf-run-food-distrib…
Worth applying for the @IntChildHealth Advocacy Grant:
- any project relating to global child health in any country
- closing date 18th Sept
- £1500
@RCPCHtweets @IssopOrg @efsth_official @ThruZim @mrcunitgambia
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Abstracts now open for #RCPCH meeting 2026
Submit your #globalchildhealth research to @intchildhealth session
2025 speakers can be watched on demand - link below
Could it be YOU on the speakers podium in our ICHG session at the RCPCH conference 2026? Make it happen! Abstract submissions are open NOW! rcpch.ac.uk/news-events/rcpc…
(And if you missed ICHG@RCPCH25 - you can now watch this on demand rcpch.ac.uk)
Dr Helen c Brotherton retweeted
⏳9th July 2025 (TOMORROW) 19:00 BST ⏳Join us online to hear from a variety of speakers on the current crisis in Gaza and the West Bank. Use the QR code to register now.
#childhealth #globalhealth #globalchildhealth @RCPCHtweets @SfGH_UK @Paedsoftlanding @Drhelbro @RebecRhodes
Dr Helen c Brotherton retweeted
Happening Tues!!
Join and share widley, please!
95 authors, 7 papers, 4 actions we can all be part of
@MARCH_LSHTM @ohumaeric @HannahBlencowe @maryvkinney @AnnaGruending @MercyJuma_ @EtienneLanglois @FIGOHQ @NewbornToolkit @naveenthacker @COINNurses @NEST360org @BioMedCentral – at Tanzania
📣 Meet some of the speakers for TOMORROW's global launch of the new #BornTooSoon Supplement!
🌍📘 This interactive webinar will spotlight urgent priorities, lived experiences, & global pivots to prevent preterm birth & improve outcomes for newborns & families. 👶🏽❤️
🗓️ 24 June
🕑 14:00–15:30 CET
Register NOW! 👇
who.zoom.us/webinar/register…
@FIGOHQ @LSHTM @SOPHUWC @nest_360 @UWConline @WHO @UNICEF @UNFPA @khosla_rajat @DrAnneKihara @MollelDoris @joylawn @MercyJuma_ @mfa_tanzania @DrTedros @MinofHealthUG @health_malawi
Too many children have died & suffered in Gaza. This has to stop.
We have a duty to speak up and demand the UK government does more.
👇🏻 Public letter from @IntChildHealth @RCPCHtweets & other UK Royal Colleges to @FCDOGovUK @DavidLammy
@IssopOrg @WeAreSfGH @IPAWorldorg
Today alongside other leading health organisations, we’ve written to the UK Foreign Secretary to urge the UK Government to take action to help protect children and healthcare workers in Gaza.
Read the letter: rcpch.ac.uk/news-events/news……
@RCPCHtweets
@Drhelbro
@RebecRhodes
Dr Helen c Brotherton retweeted
We have an amazing lineup for our upcoming Advocacy webinar!
Register to join an interactive session with 5 inspiring advocates for the health of children and young people seeking asylum and refugees (CYPSAR) on 17th June
us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi…
Dr Helen c Brotherton retweeted
You don't need to be a prophet.
Images like this - of starved Palestinians hammed into fenced cages by Israel - will be remembered for generations as hideous evidence of a terrible crime.
And history will remember not just those who cheered it on, but those who stayed silent.
Beyond words… can’t believe @_Government_UK is not doing more… shameful #GenocideInGaza
What did they do to be burned and bombed?': Charity calls on UK to offer Gaza children life-saving treatment news.sky.com/story/what-did-…
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👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻 pls join us at this webinar to consider health of children & young people seeking asylum and refugees… promises to be an engaging & interactive session. All welcome
We have an amazing lineup for our upcoming Advocacy webinar!
Register to join an interactive session with 5 inspiring advocates for the health of children and young people seeking asylum and refugees (CYPSAR) on 17th June
us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi…
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👇🏻 @IntChildHealth mentorship scheme open
All with an interest in improving child health globally are welcome to apply
@RCPCHtweets @SfGH_UK
CLOSING in 8 days - a free opportunity to be individually mentored by a leader in global health - ICHG menbers please sign up soon! Follow this link for the signup form forms.gle/VDx1TiRTTWLfzuLv5
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Dr Helen c Brotherton retweeted
Looking forward to sharing the new standards of care for CYPSAR- we can do better in looking after these vulnerable young people - do book to join the webinar
ADVOCACY WEBINAR
TUESDAY 17TH JUNE 2025
19:00 GMT
Discussing the newly published Standards of Care for children and young people seeking asylum and refugees (CYPSAR).
#settingthestandard #refugeehealth #globalchildhealth #globalhealth #paediatrics
Dr Helen c Brotherton retweeted
📢 Applications are now open for our 2025 Mentorship Scheme!
Are you working or interested in global health and looking for career guidance, support and inspiration?
1 year programme
Open to all ICHG members
Apply now: forms.gle/VDx1TiRTTWLfzuLv5
Deadline: 30th May 25
Dr Helen c Brotherton retweeted
Save the date! We are honoured to have Professor Prendergast speak at our next Research Webinar, on 14th May 6pm. Prof Prendergast is the director of @ZvitamboZim Zvitambo Institute for Maternal and Child Health Research in Zimbabwe. Registration link to follow #globalchildhealth
