Asma Khalil

📢 Join Us for the Third Trimester Guidelines Course – Live on 3 August 2025! I’m thrilled to co-chair this comprehensive livestream course with Prof. Alexandros Sotiriadis, focusing on the latest ISUOG guideline on third-trimester ultrasound. This course builds on the success…

The latest Lancet article highlights a vital truth: Childbirth is too often polarised between over-medicalisation and the idealisation of ‘natural’ birth – neither serves women well. Childbirth should be about evidence, informed choice, and autonomy. What does informed choice…

📢 UNICEF: Global Immunisation Progress – But Millions Still Left Behind In 2024, 85% of infants globally received the recommended DTP3 vaccines — a sign of progress. But 20 million children missed out, including 14.3 million zero-dose children who received no vaccines at all.…

📣 A powerful initiative from the Vaccine in Pregnancy (VIP) Study team, aiming to improve vaccine uptake among pregnant women. They’re calling for personal stories, creative messages, and ideas that highlight the importance of vaccination in pregnancy — with prizes for the best…

🎧 A powerful and thought-provoking episode. Dr Bill Kirkup CBE speaks frankly about repeated NHS maternity failures — and why public inquiries, while exposing issues, have failed to drive lasting change. With a new national review now underway, his insights are timely and…

🔴 A Third of UK Women Who Die During or After Pregnancy Were Known to Children’s Services New research published in BMJ Medicine reveals a deeply concerning reality: one in three women who died during or within a year of pregnancy had been in contact with children’s social care…

🌍 New RCOG Report: Our Impact in 2024 Proud to share the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists’ 2024 Impact Report, which highlights a year of transformation, innovation, and advocacy in women’s health. As Vice President for Academia and Strategy, I’m particularly…

📢 New Research Publication I’m pleased to share that our multicentre, cluster-randomised controlled trial — the CEPRA study — has now been published online in The Lancet. Cerebroplacental ratio-based management versus care as usual in non-small-for-gestational-age fetuses at…

Group B streptococcus (GBS) is the most common cause of serious, often preventable, infections in newborns in the UK. As healthcare professionals, it is important to understand the implications of GBS for parents and their babies. (1/3)

In a new blog, RCOG Global Health Trainee @alicebgray reflects on key takeaways from the #WHA78 in Geneva. Read more: brnw.ch/21wU2q6

Gain practical skills and expert insight in gynaecological ultrasound. Improve your diagnostic approach to uterine and ovarian abnormalities, postmenopausal bleeding and pelvic pain with an interactive online programme. Secure your spot today: brnw.ch/21wU0qy

Led by international experts in fetal medicine, this course covers the key elements of antenatal cCTG, from understanding fetal hypoxaemia and heart rate changes, to interpreting reports and planning next steps. Last chance to secure your place: brnw.ch/21wTWAE

Just published in @TheLancet | Empowering Women During Childbirth Childbirth should be a transformative and empowering journey—not one marked by fear, trauma, or silence. This powerful editorial highlights the urgent need to listen to women, respect their choices, and provide…

Excited to see a new educational event by @ProfAsmaKhalil and Prof. Albaro Nieto-Calvache exploring how ultrasound can support planning and decision-making in complex caesarean sections! May be of interest #NENCObsUSCop eventbrite.co.uk/e/ultrasound-e…

🙏 Thank You for Joining Us 🗓️ Surgical Skills for Complex Caesarean Section Thank you to all who attended Saturday’s Surgical Skills for Complex Caesarean Section course. Your engagement, enthusiasm, and dedication to advancing maternal care made the day both meaningful and…

And London... bewitching. It takes many, many days to begin to grasp how wonderful this city is. After 2 days of a quick visit with @palacios_111, I'm committed to returning as often as possible. Thank you @ProfAsmaKhalil for your generous invitation.

An honor and a pleasure to share with friends dedicated to obstetric education. @palacios_111 @ProfAsmaKhalil @ahmedpole Common interests make us feel like we've known each other for years, even if it's the first time we've met some of them.

Simulation is an important component during the incorporation of new surgical concepts in experienced colleagues, and... it is also the most fun part of the course. @palacios_111 @ahmedpole @ProfAsmaKhalil Thanks @FVLCali for supporting the design of this low cost simulators

What a great experience sharing with so many colleagues from the UK and other countries at a complex C-section workshop at the RCOG facilities. Thanks @ProfAsmaKhalil and @ahmedpole. Again, applying concepts from @palacios_111