Concerns about funding came on top of the list in an FT Twitter chat about Maternal and Child Health. The conversation took place during World Prematurity Day on November 17 and generated significant impact as part of the publication of the FT’s Birth magazine on maternal and child health. A poll conducted ahead of the conversation showed the majority of participants thought that the lack of finance was the biggest single requirement to improve maternal and child health.

Participants included: Andrew Jack, head of curated content and editor of FirstFT; Jude Webber, the FT Mexico and Central America correspondent; Lucy Hornby, the FT’s deputy Beijing bureau chief; Maggie Fick, the FT’s west Africa correspondent; Finlay Young, an FT contributor; and Oona Campbell from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

Read More at www.ft.com