Session: Women's Health: Gender Imbalance and its Impact

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5060.0: Wednesday, November 08, 2006: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM

Oral

Women's Health: Gender Imbalance and its Impact

Women’s health issues continue to be of enormous importance in global health, but are frequently overlooked. In this session we look at several very important areas beginning with a focus on infectious diseases, and then looking at three country examples from India, China and Indonesia.

Learning Objectives: Refer to the individual abstracts for learning objectives

Moderator(s):

Patricia A. Taylor, MPH

8:30 AM

Global infectious disease prevention for women: Essential for international human rights

Marian C. McDonald, DrPH, MPH, MA

8:50 AM

Preventing postpartum hemorrhage: Implications of a clinical trial in rural India

Rd Derman, MD, BS Kodkany, MD, Sa Edlavitch, PhD, SS Goudar, MD, Stacie E. Geller, PhD, VA Naik

9:10 AM

Older women's health in urban China

Melissa A. Simon, MD, MPH, XinQi Dong, MD

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

Organized by:

International Health

Endorsed by:

Maternal and Child Health; Socialist Caucus

The 134th Annual Meeting & Exposition (November 4-8, 2006) of APHA