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Session: Safe Motherhood Strategies and Programs: Making a Difference
3055.0: Monday, November 8, 2004: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM
Oral
Safe Motherhood Strategies and Programs: Making a Difference
This session focuses on different ways to strengthen safe motherhood programs in Egypt including developing community health committees, monitoring utilization, and creating surveillance systems. In addition the session will address practical lessons in replicating successful MCH programs in other countries.
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of the session, participants will be able to (1) identify attributes of successful safe motherhood programs; (2) discuss the uses of a surveillance system for managing safe motherhood programs; and (3) explain the importance of monitoring utilization rates.
Moderator(s):Reginald F. Gipson, MD, MPH
8:30 AMIntroductory Remarks
8:35 AMEgypt's comprehensive approach to manage its safe motherhood program
Alaa AbdelKader Sultan, MSc, Esmat Mansour Ibrahim El Sharkably, MD, MPH, PhD, Said El Dib, MA
8:50 AMMaternal mortality in Egypt: From survey to surveillance
Reginald F. Gipson, MD, MPH, Esmat Mansour Ibrahim El Sharkably, MD, MPH, PhD, Adel Hakim Issa, MD, MSc
9:05 AMInnovative methodology in monitoring utilizations of neonatal care units in Egypt
Ayman El Mohandes, MD, MPH, FAAP, Reginald F. Gipson, MD, MPH, Esmat Mansour Ibrahim El Sharkably, MD, MSc PhD, Lamiaa Mohsen, MD MSc, PhD, Ismail Mohamed Bahie El Din El Hawary, MD MSc, PhD
9:20 AMComponents of a Successful Safe Motherhood Program - Possibility of Replication?
Reginald F. Gipson, MD, MPH, Christopher McDermott, MA, MHSA, Nahed Matta, MD
9:35 AMDiscussion
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.
Organized by:International Health
Endorsed by:APHA-Committee on Women's Rights; Maternal and Child Health; Population, Family Planning, and Reproductive Health; Public Health Education and Health Promotion
CE Credits:CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing

The 132nd Annual Meeting (November 6-10, 2004) of APHA