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- Professor Christopher Balogun-Lynch died on June 15, 2026 in the United Kingdom.
- He invented the B-Lynch brace suture in 1997, a technique that stops severe postpartum haemorrhage while preserving fertility.
- The suture, which uses standard thread, is taught worldwide and is vital in low-resource settings.
- Kenyatta National Hospital in Nairobi and Mulago Hospital in Kampala use the B-Lynch suture to reduce maternal deaths.
