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Benjamin Black

@BenjamBlack

Humanitarian. Doctor. Writer. Special Advisor @MSF. Racial injustice panel @birthrights. Award-Winning Author of #BellyWoman Available: amzn.to/3TAHf66
London, England benjamin-black.com Joined September 2014
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What happens to pregnant women in a humanitarian crisis? My effort to share a story often left untold.

Pre-order available from amzn.eu/d/1S04c4S

#bellywoman #ebola #humanitarian #maternity #obstetrics #birth #book @NeemTreePress
www.amazon.co.uk Belly Woman: Birth, Blood & Ebola: The Untold Story – May, 2014. Sierra Leone is ranked the country with the highest death rate of pregnant women in the world. The same month, Ebola crosses in from neighbouring Guinea. Arriving a few weeks later, Dr...
Neem Tree Press @NeemTreePress Jul 28, 2022
#BellyWoman proofs are here! Thanks @JamesPaulJones for this phenomenal design.

#BellyWoman is a first-hand account by @BenjamBlack of the 2014 Ebola epidemic in Sierra Leone exploring the shocking global disparities in access to maternal healthcare.

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So important to amplify this message.

The only voices being heard are with the regime.

A whole people are being forcibly silenced.
Arya Roohi @ARoohi99291 Mar 30
Iran has gone dark.
Internet cut. Millions disconnected.

No access. No voice. No way to be heard.

This is not just a blackout—
it’s control.

#Iran #InternetShutdown #DigitalBlackoutIran #LetIranSpeak
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Women in conflict-affected settings are 40 times more likely to die from pregnancy complications than women in the US.

These are more than individual tragedies. Entire communities pay the price.

time.com/article/2026/0…
time.com Maternal Mortality is a Humanitarian Emergency “There are solutions to prevent motherhood from being a death sentence for tens of thousands of women around the world,” write Jacinda Ardern and David Miliband.