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Nazra Amin

Nazra Amin is a staff intern with the Maternal Health Initiative. She is a student at the George Washington University pursuing a Bachelor of Science in Public Health and a Master of Public Health in Epidemiology.

Before joining the Wilson Center, Nazra was a research intern at Inova Translational Medical Institute, where she worked on a project focusing on factors associated with obesity and autism in children. Her life goal is to ensure that everyone, particularly communities on the margin, has access to quality healthcare.

  • The Unseen Side of Pregnancy: Non-Communicable Diseases and Maternal Health (New Report)

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    CODE BLUE  //  Dot-Mom  //  June 3, 2020  //  By Sarah B. Barnes, Deekshita Ramanarayanan & Nazra Amin

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    Around the world, approximately 18 million women of reproductive age die each year because of non-communicable diseases (NCDs), and two in every three deaths among women are due to an NCD. In fact, NCDs have been the leading cause of death among women globally for at least the past 30 years. And yet, women’s specific needs are often excluded from conversations about NCDs. They are underrepresented in clinical research and the effect of NCDs on women in particular is rarely considered. NCD-related symptoms during pregnancy are commonly misinterpreted or dismissed by clinicians.

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  • Multiple Sclerosis and Pregnancy: Terrie Livingston on Overcoming the Misconceptions

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    Dot-Mom  //  Friday Podcasts  //  December 20, 2019  //  By Amanda King & Nazra Amin

    49030846247_87cbf48b9c_c“For me, [multiple sclerosis (MS)] presented itself shortly after the birth of my second son. I had these symptoms; I had this profound fatigue that I didn’t have with my first child,” said Terrie Livingston at a recent Wilson Center event about the growing threat of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) on maternal health. Livingston is the Head of Patient Outcomes and Solutions at EMD Serono, a business of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany.

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  • Daulatdia: A Look Into One of the World’s Largest Brothels

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    Dot-Mom  //  September 5, 2019  //  By Nazra Amin
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    In July 2019, more than 100 child sex trafficking victims were rescued across the United States. In 2018, Colombian authorities saved more than 80 Venezuelan women and girls from sex trafficking, and later that year, 40 trafficked Ugandan women were saved in Thailand. These individuals were among the 5 million victims of sex trafficking worldwide.

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  • Transforming Africa: Women and Young People Will Drive Progress

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    From the Wilson Center  //  On the Beat  //  June 18, 2019  //  By Nazra Amin
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    “Too often in the United States, the narrative that we hear about Africa is one of poverty, war, and ineffective or failed states. It is a crisis, a place best engaged through aid packages and humanitarian assistance,” said Keith Lee, President and Chief Operating Officer of Brown Capital Management at a recent Wilson Center event hosted by the Africa Program. “This has never been the entire story, and today more than ever, Africa is undergoing enormous transformations that challenge this narrative,” Lee said.

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  • New Report: Six Steps Towards Ending Preventable Maternal Mortality

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    Dot-Mom  //  From the Wilson Center  //  May 29, 2019  //  By Yuval Cohen & Nazra Amin
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    “Women and girls are central to any strategy toward ending preventable maternal mortality. Women and girls defining their own needs and demanding them is paramount to change.”

     —Six Steps Towards Ending Preventable Maternal Mortality

    In Six Steps Towards Ending Preventable Maternal Mortality, Sarah B. Barnes, Project Director of the Maternal Health Initiative, Geeta Lal, Senior Technical Advisor at the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), and Elizabeth Wang, Staff Intern at the Maternal Health Initiative, discuss suggested steps to prevent avoidable maternal deaths, globally.

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  • The Path to Self-Reliance: Building Community Health

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    Dot-Mom  //  From the Wilson Center  //  May 16, 2019  //  By Nazra Amin
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    “We recognize that what we’re talking about is a journey, but we also recognize that people have dreams for themselves and what this is about is helping them achieve those dreams,” said Ellen Starbird, Director of the Office of Population and Reproductive Health at USAID, at a recent Wilson Center event about the importance of community health systems, with a particular focus on voluntary family planning and infectious disease prevention. This two-panel event focused on how USAID’s Advancing Partners & Communities (APC) project worked together with communities and partners to strengthen health systems and to support countries on the journey to self-reliance said Starbird.

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  • ICPD at 25: Unfinished Business Points to Unmet Needs

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    Dot-Mom  //  From the Wilson Center  //  April 22, 2019  //  By Nazra Amin
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    “The ICPD (International Conference on Population and Development) Programme of Action is a promise. A promise that was made 25 years ago to young people, the intention of which was to give young people hope—hope that their rights, their needs, and their demands would be met,” said Kobe Smith, Vice President of the Youth Advocacy Movement at International Planned Parenthood Federation/ Western Hemisphere Region, at a recent Wilson Center event. This year marks the 25th anniversary of ICPD in Cairo.

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  • Savings Mothers, Giving Life Tackled Three Delays to Improve Maternal and Newborn Health

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    Dot-Mom  //  From the Wilson Center  //  April 10, 2019  //  By Nazra Amin
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    “Saving Mothers, Giving Life has undeniably raised the bar in how we address maternal perinatal mortality,” said Dr. Florina Serbanescu, Team Lead of Global Reproductive Health Evidence for Action at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, for the launch of the Global Health: Science and Practice Supplement on Saving Mothers, Giving Life at a recent Wilson Center event. Saving Mothers, Giving Life (SMGL), is a public-private partnership created to reduce maternal and newborn mortality in sub-Saharan African countries. “The achievements show that what is often seen as an intractable problem,” said Serbanescu, “can be addressed with the right leadership, resources, and political will.”

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