Kazuyo Machiyama
@kmachiyama.bsky.social
Researcher in Reproductive health and rights | fertility & infertility & ivf | demography & public health | LSHTM | East London & 🇯🇵 | views on my own
Welcome to this new right, specifically mentioning following unsuccessful IVF for patients and thier partners www.gov.uk/government/n...
No one should have to fight for time to grieve” - New rights for family bereavement and pregnancy loss
Women and their partners who experience a pregnancy loss before 24 weeks will also be entitled to up to two weeks of unpaid leave
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A surgery during the Kumamoto earthquake in Japan. Amazing doctors protecting the patient, and the nurse ensuring to make an exist route, while shaking and being thrown away by the earthquake. This and all other ongoing surgeries were reported to complete safely. news.web.nhk/newsweb/na/n...
熊本 八代 地震の瞬間 手術室は緊迫した状況に…【動画】 | NHKニュース
【NHK】熊本県八代市の中核病院のひとつ「熊本総合病院」は、地震のあと一般外来の診療を休止していましたが5日、通常診療を再開しました。 病院のカメラには地震発生時の手術室の緊迫した様子が残されていました。
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Japanese Govt will start subsidies for elective egg freezing from FY2026: JPY200k; eligible for 18-35 yo. 卵子凍結助成金、まず18〜35歳対象に最大20万円 こども家庭庁公表 - 日本経済新聞 www.nikkei.com/article/DGXZ...
卵子凍結助成金、まず18〜35歳対象に最大20万円 こども家庭庁公表 - 日本経済新聞
こども家庭庁は7日、2026年度中に始める卵子凍結費用の助成事業をまずは原則18〜35歳の未婚女性を対象に実施すると発表した。自治体指定の医療機関での卵子凍結を要件とし、1回あたり最大20万円を支援する。25年度の補正予算に関連経費として10億円を計上していた。まずはモデル事業として始動させ、近く事業に参画する自治体の募集を始める。卵子凍結に関するデータを集め、将来の適切な事業展開につなげる。
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Engaging talks on SRHR and feminist diplomacy with the new IPPF director general Alcalde at Embassy of Mexico in Tokyo. The ambassador Pria was in particular very inspiring on gender equality - keep insisting; women can be powerful 💪 not just kawaii!
Are you interested in learning about behaviours regarding reproduction incl.fertility treatment? Join us the 4-day course on 13-16 July 2026 - either online (from anywhere in the world!) or in person in cool Hokkaido - the northernmost main island in Japan! (taught in English)
Attended this vibrent event, whbeyond.com bringing femtech entrepreneurs, experts, govt officials & investors from Japan and abroad. Many use direct-to-consumer testing kits esp hormones. real-time hormone monitoring device; wearables; EHR from patients/hospitals; PGT-A etc. Lots to take in!
Women’s Health Beyond 2026
女性の健康とイノベーションの未来に向けた新たな道を拓くカンファレンスです。国内外の起業家・専門家・行政・投資家など多様なステークホルダーが集い、女性の健康を取り巻く社会の現状と未来を多角的に議論し、新たなイノベーションとエコシステムの未来の共創を目指します。 Women’s Health Beyond 2026
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Japanese Femtech players map 2024. Much more focusing on fertility, menopause etc than before. note.com/femtechjapan...
【2024年最新版】国内Femtech（フェムテック）プレイヤーマップ｜ウィメンズヘルス・イノベーション協会（旧称：Femtech Community Japan）
Femtech Community Japan（以下、FCJ）では、「2024年最新版 国内フェムテックプレイヤーマップ」をリリースしました。 このマップは、女性ヘルスケアにおける課題・ギャップについて、テクノロジーを活用し、女性および女性を取り巻く周囲が、よりよい解決策やサポートができるような製品・サービスを紹介しています。 ▼2024年国内フェムテックプレイヤーマップ解説資料ダウンロード ...
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Great to see this Contraception Special Issue on the Emergence of "FemTech" within the Sexual and Reproductive Health Landscape - Contraception www.contraceptionjournal.org/article/S001...
Editorial: Contraception Special Issue on the Emergence of
The term “FemTech” (short for female technology), coined in 2016 by Ida Tin, refers to consumer-centric technologies designed to improve the health and lives of those with female reproductive organs. ...
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“everything was relative — there was no absolute standard of how things worked: "The key is not necessarily feeling completely comfortable, but understanding why these differences exist." www.japantimes.co.jp/business/202...
Flying academia's flag for Japan, with a nod to the U.K.
Mari Sako has adopted the idea of being a 'global citizen' through her work in academia.
japantimes.co.jp
Kicking off London Universities Population Seminars for the new academic year! Join us Oct 28 in person (LSE, KSW.G.01) or online to hear from Prof Karen Glaser (KCL) on mental & physical health changes among adults aged 50-69 in England. Full schedule & sign up: sites.google.com/view/londonp...
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Eric Schneider@ericbschneider.com · 12mo agoJoin us for the London Universities Population Seminar on 28 October at noon UK time at LSE. Prof Karen Glaser (Kings) will present 'Changes in mental and physical health among adults aged 50 – 69 in England: Implications for economic inactivity'. The seminar will be in-person and online.
“Records will always fall—but when they fall too fast, it’s a warning sign. In sport, it’s exciting. In climate, it’s alarming.”
Kit Yates@kityates.bsky.social · 12mo agoAt the World Championships in Tokyo, Armand Duplantis cleared 6.30m for his 14th pole vault world record. He’s literally raising the bar again and again. But what does breaking records have to do with climate change? 🧵 1/9 1/9
In a personal blog, Professor Francesco Checchi discusses the pressing situation in #Gaza amidst increased levels of starvation, and what this may mean for the future 👇 www.lshtm.ac.uk/research/cen...
Famine and genocide in Gaza: A personal view | LSHTM
Famine and genocide in Gaza: A personal view | LSHTM
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Great example of where AI gets all the credit but the ACTUAL contribution (in this case, sperm for fertilisation) was from the human. AI helped. It helped a lot. But without the human, AI would be impotent. Good allegory here. edition.cnn.com/2025/07/03/h...
A couple tried for 18 years to get pregnant. AI made it happen | CNN
After trying to conceive for 18 years, one couple is now pregnant with their first child thanks to the power of artificial intelligence.
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1 in 32 babies now born after IVF in the UK - roughly one child in every classroom. This year's HFEA report has more demographic perspectives: See more findings 👇 tinyurl.com/47bmjm8k tinyurl.com/5cr2tnay
Fertility Trends 2023
YouTube video by Human Fertilisation & Embryology Authority (HFEA)
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“If it can seem at times that seagulls are taking over British towns, the fact is that their numbers aren’t rising at all – they are falling sharply. In some traditional coastal nesting sites, the most recent national seabird census found, the populations have all but collapsed”
The seagulls have landed: why gulls are encroaching on Britain’s towns
Avian invaders have coastal communities in Britain and beyond in a flap – but people are learning how to live with them
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Menopause in low and middle-income countries: “The prevalences of vasomotor symptoms, joint pain and sexual concerns were comparable with high-income countries. However, data on the severity and burden of symptoms were scarce” doi.org/10.1080/1369...
Menopause in low and middle-income countries: a scoping review of knowledge, symptoms and management
This study aimed to systematically map available evidence on menopause-related knowledge, symptoms and management in low and middle-income countries (LMICs) and identify critical gaps to inform res...
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Indeed another excellent and timely piece to unpack the discourse behind it. “The lesson from abroad is clear: lasting change requires transforming the conditions that make parenthood feel untenable, not just offering token incentives.”
Rebecca Sear@rebeccasear.bsky.social · last yr.Another excellent piece from a demographer, this time Stuart Gietel-Basten, on how "pronatalism is a dead end" "Without addressing the root causes of low fertility—inequality, instability, and the incompatibility of work and family life—top-down efforts to “encourage” childbearing will fail"
Another excellent piece from a demographer, this time Stuart Gietel-Basten, on how "pronatalism is a dead end" "Without addressing the root causes of low fertility—inequality, instability, and the incompatibility of work and family life—top-down efforts to “encourage” childbearing will fail"
The politics of pronatalism and the two-child benefit cap - British Politics and Policy at LSE
Nigel Farage supports the scraping the two-child benefit cap as a way of encouraging people to have more children. But pronatalist policies that offer a one-off "baby bonus" are not effective.
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Japan records lowest number of births in more than a century, as population fears grow
New government data shows the number of births reached 686,061 in 2024, a decline of 5.7% from the previous year and the lowest since statistics were first kept in 1899
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👶 #Farage wants a UK baby boom — will it work? 🍼 Our Director @melindacmills.bsky.social says: “Throwing money at it doesn’t work.” Tax breaks ≠ baby boom. Work hours, #housing, #childcare — it takes an ecosystem. 📎 Telegraph article: tinyurl.com/m6b9kbxm #fertility #demography
Farage wants a British baby boom – but he’s missing a trick
Reform UK has moved into pro-natal policies territory – but experts warn there’s no magic silver bullet
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Over the weekend, BBC Radio 4’s Any Questions programme - not typically a bastion of far-right values - included uncontested claims of how “low birthrates are the biggest problem the UK faces”. Worrying how quickly this view, rejected by experts in demography, is becoming mainstream
Monday briefing: What Nigel Farage’s new obsession with nativism could mean for the UK
In today’s newsletter: Reform’s latest policy shift echoes strategies seen in Europe’s far right. Will this approach gain traction in the UK?
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🌟 Join us for our latest free webinar on Thursday, 12 June 2025. Discover new harmonised asthma and diabetes measures, find out how you could use these data to compare 5 generations, and learn about other future health data releases. 👉 Register here: buff.ly/1TF4P00
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Lucy van de Wiel@lucyvandewiel.bsky.social · last yr.Another year, another #ReproSalon! It's time to come together again for a spectacular evening on the Bush House rooftop terrace, overlooking the gorgeous London sunset. 30 May. 🎉 Looking forward to reconnecting with #reproduction people in style. Tickets: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/new-reprod...
