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Global Maternal Health Conference 2013
15–17 January

Guide to Population Council activities


Platform Title Authors
Tue, 15 Jan
Poster Session
12:30–1:20 pm

"Linkages and referral for integrated sexual and reproductive health services: An experience from Kenya" (Track 1)

Edwin Odoyo

Oral Sessions
1:30–3:00 pm

 

"A systematic review of voucher program design and function: Demand-linked maternal healthcare finance"

Session—Enhancing Provision and Use of Maternal Health Services Through Financial Incentives (Location: Old Manyara)

Ben Bellows

3:30–5:00 pm

 

"Community perceptions on dehumanization of childbirth: Manifestations and contributors in Kenya"

Session—Respectful, Humanized Care is Quality Care (Location: Kagera)

Rebecca Njuki
Wed, 16 Jan

Oral Sessions
11:00 am–12:30 pm

 

"Stories from the field: Promising practices to promote respectful maternity care"

Session—Quality of Facility-based Maternal Health Services (Location: Manyara)

Charlotte Warren
 

"A quality assurance system to measure the institutional obstetric care performance in Bangladesh"

Session—Techniques for Measuring Quality of Care (Location: Mbuni)

Farhana Akter
1:30–3:00 pm

"Men's support in uptake of sexual and reproductive health services: Men's perceptions of seeking services together with their partners in Kenya"

Session—Men: Untapped Partners in Maternal Health? (Location: Tausi)

Jackline Kivunaga, moderator and presenter
3:30–5:00 pm

"Beyond skilled attendance: A critical assessment of indicators for monitoring the quality of maternal health care"

Session—Approaches to Monitoring Quality of Care (Location: Kagera)

Hannah Taboada
Thu, 17 Jan

Plenary Session 3
9:00–10:30 am

 

Respectful Maternal Health Care

(Location: Simba)

Rose Mlay (moderator), Kathleen Hill, Charlotte Warren, Brenda d'Mello, and Mande Limbu

Oral Sessions
11:00 am–12:30 pm

"Evaluating the population-level impact of the maternal health voucher program in Uganda"

Session—Evaluating Impact: Incentives for Institutional Delivery (Location: Twiga)

Ben Bellows

 

"Treating patients with severe preeclampsia and eclampsia in Oaxaca, Mexico: Three complementary studies"

Annik Sorhaindo
 

"Magnesium sulfate for treatment of severe preeclampsia and eclampsia: An avoidable gap in physician standard care in México"

Session—Clinical Issues in Eclampsia (Location: S.317)

Sandra Garcia
Poster Sessions
12:30–1:20 pm

"Multi-disciplinary approach in prompting dignified and respectful childbirth: Emerging lessons from two districts in Kenya" (Track 4)

Charity Ndwiga
 

"Unintended pregnancy and its effect on maternal health among rural women in Bangladesh" (Track 5)

Forhana Rahman Noor
Oral Sessions
1:30–3:00 pm

"Manifestations, type and prevalence of disrespect and abuse during childbirth in Kenya"

Session—Defining and Measuring Disrespect and Abuse of Women During Childbirth (Location: Themi)

Timothy Abuya

3:30–5:00 pm

"Role of national nutrition program on utilization of antenatal care service utilization in rural Bangladesh"

Session—Examining Models for ANC: Experiences from Bangladesh, India, Nigeria, and Tanzania (Location: Mbayumbayu)

Kaji Tamanna Keya
 

"Using an intimate partner violence screening tool in public health care settings in Kenya: An innovative approach to improving the quality of maternal health care"

Session—Intimate Partner Violence: Implications on Access to Maternal Health Care (Location: S.318)

Chi-Chi Undie

 

Global Steering Committee Member: Ann K. Blanc
Scientific Sub-Committee Member: Harriet Birungi

Conference venue
Arusha International Conference Center
Arusha, Tanzania

Offsite link: Global Maternal Health Conference 2013 Web site



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