Bridging evidence & impact to advance the wellbeing of women & girls
Hello. I’m Dr Isioma Okolo — clinician, scientist, community organiser, and storyteller.
I connect the dots between medicine, research, and lived experience to create better futures for women, families, and healthcare systems.
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Safe Caesarean Births Start with High Quality Simulation Training
I am a clinician and a medical educator. I spend my time training multi-disciplinary teams on how to manage emergencies that arise during and after pregnancy and birth. In this video, I demonstrate alongside my mentor how to safely deliver a baby by caesarean section when the head is very low and impacted.
Dr Okolo speaks with the Royal College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists, RCOG: How to Tackle Stigma in Women’s Health
To celebrate International Women’s Day at the RCOG, I was honoured to be the co-chair of this webinar. In this session, I explain how data and stories from service-users can be used to increase empathy for the issues women face within healthcare, and how this is an important step towards breaking down stereotypes, tackling stigma and improving access to equitable care.
Using a Patient Safety Approach to Tackle Maternal Health Disparities in Scotland
I recently spoke at the Scottish Patient Safety Program ( SPSP) webinar. about Racialised Perinatal Inequalities in Scotland. SPSP is a national initiative to improve safety and reliability or care, and reduce harm.
The aims of the webinar were:
Describe how racialised health inequalities relate to the SPSP Perinatal driver diagrams.
Explore the current context of racialised perinatal inequalities in Scotland within the global context.
Understand the intrapartum care experience and outcomes for minority ethnic women and birthing people in Glasgow.
My talk starts at 07:29.
Link to resources from this webinar are available HERE
I ran the Great Scottish 1/2 marathon in Glasgow to fundraise to end maternal health disparities
October was a glorious month for me. Other than celebrating the month of my birth, I also celebrated a major milestone in running my first half marathon in under 3 hours!
I fundraised for the charity KWISA, leading an initiative to promote positive birth and pregnancy for women of African descent in Scotland.
Thank you to everyone who donated money to my JustGiving page, -it’s still live and open for donations HERE
My new podcast is LIVE on Spotify!
Now you can listen to your favourite blogs from Echi Di Ime on the go. Stay tuned for surprised special guest interviews from inspirational people with alternative career paths.
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Championing Sexual Health in Diabetes
Recently I spoke at the expert webinar series by Diabetes Africa on Sexual Health in Women with Diabetes. We had 220 people registered and 120 people live.
Did you know that up to 1 in 4 women with diabetes experiences sexual dysfunction? Watch the full talk here to learn something new about diabetes, sexual health, fertility, etc.
Tackling Female Genital Cutting-FGC/M
In May, I supported the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) in launching their pilot course to tackle the medicalisation of Female Genital Cutting/Mutilation (FGC/M) in Egypt- when health workers perform FGC/M.
In Egypt, up to 86% of women and girls have undergone FGC/M; in 83% of these cases, it is performed by a doctor or nurse. Education, advocacy and collaboration are critical in tackling the violence against women.
Learn more about the RCOG’s work to tackle FGC/M here.
Being a new consultant is like the beginning of a first pregnancy. It’s full of unexpected twists, turns, excitement, anxiety and a whole lot of growth! Here are the things I wish someone had said to me a year ago.