Measles and childhood vaccinations, epilepsy research, the women who back Trump

Woman's Hour

BBC

Society & Culture

4.1 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 12 February 2019

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Measles cases in Europe have tripled between 2017 and 2018, the highest number recorded this decade according to the World Health Organisation. We discuss parental attitudes to vaccinating children and what parents should know with Helen Bedford, Professor of Children’s Health at University College London's Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health and Samantha Vanderslott, social sciences researcher at Oxford Vaccine Group. There are 600,000 people in the UK with epilepsy and one third of them find that current treatment options do not fully help them to control their seizures. Many of those are women who find that their condition worsens in pregnancy or experience increased seizure frequency around their menstrual cycle. Jane talks to Fran Thomas who has epilepsy and to Dr Simona Balestrini who is undertaking research into improved diagnosis and treatment options that may benefit women. President Trump has attracted regular criticism from left of centre women, not least at last month’s women’s marches across the US. But what of those women who already back his party, the Republicans? We hear about the many women who support him and his policies. And, what’s the secret to hosting and delivering a great speech, presentation or event? We hear from Mariella Frostrup and Viv Groskop.

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0:41.0	Hi, this is Jane Garvey and this is the Women's Ab Podcast. podcasts. topical subject that one. We'll speak to Sarah Elliot who's the chair of
0:54.8	Republicans overseas UK on the women who continue to fully endorse President
1:00.3	Donald Trump who is on a role, at least among Republicans, his overall
1:04.8	ratings not so hot, but his core base absolutely love him. They say he
1:09.8	delivers. And we'll discuss epilepsy as well and the particular impact on women, obviously,
1:16.3	and public speaking or just being a woman and hosting and owning the room and being the boss of an event like Joanna Lumbly at the
1:25.1	Baffas on Sunday night do women do it differently is it harder for women how can you
1:29.5	absolutely nail it more on this subject at the end of the pod as well. But we start this morning with
1:35.8	measles cases in Europe which have tripled between 2017 and 2018. That's the highest
1:41.4	number recorded this decade according to the World Health Organization.
1:45.0	And in America at the moment, two states are experiencing an outbreak of measles.
1:50.0	Helen Bedford is here, Professor of Children's health at UCL great
1:53.2	a almond street institute of child health welcome Helen hello and
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