3150.0 International Maternal & Neonatal Health

Monday, October 31, 2011: 10:30 AM
Oral
As with many health issues, we know almost all the factors that can effect major changes in outcomes for Maternal & Neonatal Health-- the challenge is in implementation. Much of the focus of today's panel will center around addressing such barriers to implementation while highlighting major breakthroughs in research that can hasten the pace of change.
Session Objectives: Identify elements of successful international MNCH programs Describe the major challenges in MCH worldwide
Moderator:
Richard Derman, MD MPH

10:30 AM
Overview of Global MCH Challenges - Why can't we get it right?
Richard Derman, MD MPH
     
10:40 AM
New Developments in Postpartum Hemorrhage (PPH) prevention and management: Hard to believe but true
Deborah A. Armbruster, CNM, MPH
10:55 AM
Capacity building to address global research priorities
Shivaprasad S. Goudar, MD, MHPE
     
11:10 AM
Community-based interventions for mothers and newborns: Finding the right balance
Harshadkumar Sanghvi, MD
     
11:25 AM
Preventing Neonatal and Perinatal Mortality
Waldemar Carlo, MD FAAP
     
11:40 AM
In Search of better Strategies to Meet MDG 4 & 5
Linda L. Wright
     

See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.

Organized by: International Health
Endorsed by: Maternal and Child Health, Population, Reproductive and Sexual Health, Women's Caucus

CE Credits: Medical (CME), Health Education (CHES), Nursing (CNE), Public Health (CPH)

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