2015 APHA Annual Meeting & Expo

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Online Program

3051.0
Maternal Newborn and Child Health I

Monday, November 2, 2015: 8:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
Oral
This session will discuss the various success achieved with relation to MDG 4 and 5 global. it will also discuss and highlight some of the best practices which have helped to achieve the MDG indicators. The presentations will also discuss the challenges faced and the various socio economic and cultural barriers in some regions which have slowed down the progress of MDGs being achieved.
Session Objectives: Discuss the progress and challenges made in Maternal and child health over the past decade
Moderator:
Hung Le, PharmD.

8:30am
Behavioral risk patterns among women who deliver themselves with no one present in Northwestern Nigeria   
Bolaji Fapohunda, PhD., Nosakhare Orobaton, DrPH, MBA, Kamil Shoretire, MD and Goli Lamiri, MBBS, DTM&H, MPH
Audio (mp3) recording Recorded Presentation (mp4)
8:43am
Reintegration to Family and Community after Obstetric Fistula Surgery: Experiences of Ugandan Women   
Alison El Ayadi, ScD, MPH, Hadija Nalubwama, MPH, Josaphat Byamugisha, MBChB MMed PhD, Haruna Mwanje, MBChB MMed, Susan Obore, MBChB MMed, Othman Kakaire, MBChB MMed, Justus Barageine, MBChB MMed, Felicia Lester, MD, MPH, Abner Korn, MD, Sharon Knight, MD and Suellen Miller, PhD, CNM
Audio (mp3) recording Recorded Presentation (mp4)
8:56am
Let No Woman or Girl Slip through the Cracks: Establishing Obstetric Fistula as a Notifiable Condition   
Darcy Allen, MA and Erin Anastasi, PhD
Audio (mp3) recording Recorded Presentation (mp4)
9:09am
Home Fortification With Micronutrient Powders: Building Evidence Across Six Low-resource Countries   
Kristina Michaux, Aranka Anema, Ph.D and Judy McLean, PhD

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

Organized by: International Health
Endorsed by: Food and Nutrition, Vietnam Caucus, Women's Caucus, Breastfeeding Forum, APHA-Committee on Women's Rights

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

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