Tulip Mazumdar is leaving the BBC to spend more time with her children
presenter Tulip Mazumdar has announced her departure after two decades with the broadcaster. The Global Health Correspondent, who first joined BBC News as a senior producer back in 2011, said "it's time for change" in a statement shared on social media.
The comments section was quickly inundated with messages from her colleagues and friends, including broadcaster Alan Kasujja, who penned: "Best wishes Tulip. It was a pleasure working with you."Another BBC colleague, Deputy Africa Editor Anne Soy, added: Oh, Tulip! How wonderful to have met and worked with you. Wishing you the very best in your next chapter.
After years of reporting on maternal health across the world, Tulip opened up about her own pregnancy struggles and shared her heartbreaking experiences of baby loss in 2021, revealing she'd suffered four miscarriages in the previous two years.In February, the broadcaster opened up about the pain of losing a child in an article about the launch of a voluntary scheme allowing parents who suffer miscarriage or stillbirth after 24 weeks to apply for Government baby loss certificates.
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