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OPENING PLENARY
Invest in Women – It Pays!
Thursday, 18 October, 9:00am-10:30am
OPENING
REMARKS
Jill W. Sheffield, United States of America, Family Care International, Organizing Partner for Women Deliver
WELCOME TO WOMEN DELIVER
Douglas Alexander ,
Scotland, Secretary of State for International
Developmen
WELCOME BY WOMEN DELIVER CO-CHAIRS
Asha-Rose Migiro, MD, Tanzania, Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations
Mary Robinson, Ireland, President of Realizing Rights, former President of Ireland, and former United Nations Commissioner for Human Rights
Film: Invest in Women –It Pays! by One Planet Pictures
MODERATOR
Fred Sai, MD, Ghana, Advisor to the President of Ghana on Population, Reproductive Health, and HIV/AIDS
Background Paper, Geeta Rao Gupta, President of the International Center for Research on Women (ICRW), based in Washington, D.C.
COMMENTATORS
Julio Frenk, MD, Mexico, Senior Fellow in Global Health, Gates Foundation, former Secretary of Health, Mexico
P.Kamalam, Malaysia, International Trade Union Confederation
Thoraya Obaid, Saudi Arabia, Executive Director, UNFPA, United Nations Population Fund and Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations
Peter Piot, MD, Belgium, Executive Director of UNAIDS, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS and Under Secretary-General of the United Nations
Mary Robinson, Ireland, President of Realizing Rights, former President of Ireland, and former United Nations Commissioner for Human Rights
SESSION CLOSING
Francisco Songane, MD, Mozambique, Director, the Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health, former Minister of Health, Mozambique
SPEAKERS’ CORNER
SC101 A MEASURE OF SURVIVAL: CALCULATING WOMEN’S SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE RISK
Population Action International (PAI)
Thursday, 18 October, 10:30 am – 11:30 am
PRESENTERS
Amy Coen, President/CEO, Population Action International, United States of America
Nada Chaya, MPH, Senior Research Associate, Population Action International, United States of America
Sarah Haddock, Research Assistant, Population Action International, United States of America
FEATURED SESSION
304 Coming of Age in the 21st Century
Thursday, 18 October, 11:00 am to 1:00 pm, Plenary Room
MODERATOR
Ozzi Warick, Technical Advisor,
International HIV and AIDS Alliance
Caribbean Programme, Trinidad and
Tobago
PRESENTERS
A dozen youth leaders from all over the world will have a conversation about their hopes, desires and values. What challenges do they face? How do they view, family, relationships, sexuality? Is the world a hopeful place or frightening? What role do they see themselves playing as leaders in the movements for justice and health?
SIMULTANEOUS SESSIONS
- 172 Reaching Newborns through a Continuum of Care
Thursday, 20 October, 11:00 am – 12:00 pm Premier 1, SG 9/10
MODERATOR
Elizabeth Mason, MD, Director, Child and Adolescent Health Department, World Health Organization (WHO)
PRESENTERS
Adenike Grange, Minister of Health, Nigeria
How a National Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health Strategy Promotes a Continuum of Care and Reaches out to Newborns
Uzma Syed, Saving Newborn Lives/Saving the Children
Saving Newborn Lives in Nepal, Bangladesh, and Indonesia
Jelka Zupan, Team Coordinator, MPS-Unit, Norms and Technical Support Coordination, World Health Organization (WHO)
Guidelines for Strategy Development
- 123 Capacity for Change: The White Ribbon Alliance for Safe Motherhood
Thursday, 18 October, 11:00 am – 12:00 pm, Premier 2
MODERATOR
Betsy McCallon, MA; Senior Program Advisor, White Ribbon Alliance for Safe Motherhood, United States of America
PRESENTERS
France Donnay, MPH, Obstetrician/Gynecologist; Country Representative, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)- Pakistan, Belgium
How UN Organizations Partner to Support Maternal and Newborn Health
Aparajita Gogoi, PhD; National Coordinator and Senior Advisor, White Ribbon Alliance for Safe Motherhood in India and CEDPA, India
Implementing State Level Safe Motherhood Policy in India
Rose Mlay, BS, RN, Midwife; National Coordinator, National Coordinator, White Ribbon Alliance for Safe Motherhood- Tanzania
Play Your Part: Addressing Tanzania’s Human Resource Challenges
Jeremie Zoungrana, Health Sociologist; National Coordinator, White Ribbon Alliance for Safe Motherhood, and Country Director, JPHIEGO, Burkina Faso
Government and Regional Collaboration and Outreach: Burkina Faso
- 104 Healthy Health Systems: Key to Maternal Health
Thursday, 18 October, 11:00 am -12:30 pm, SG15
MODERATOR
Doyin Oluwole, MRCP; Director, Africa’s Health in 2010, Academy for Educational Development, Nigeria
PRESENTERS
Frank Anderson, MD, MPH; Assistant Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, and Department of Health Behavior/Health Education, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, United States of America
Who Will Be There When Women Deliver? Retaining Obstetric Providers
Dominique P. Béhague, MA, PhD; Lecturer in Anthropology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom
The Vertical-Horizontal Divide: An Ethnography of Maternal Health Evidence-Based Policy
Julia Hussein, MBBCh, MRCOG, MSc (PHDC); Senior Clinical Research Fellow, IMMPACT Project, University of Aberdeen, United Kingdom
Please Don’t Ignore the Evidence: Remove Financial Barriers to Care
- 142 Violence during Pregnancy Action Needed
Thursday, 18 October, 11:00 am – 12:30 pm, SG5
MODERATOR
Jane Cottingham Girardin, MSc in Population Sciences; Technical Officer for Gender, Reproductive Rights, Sexual Health and Adolescence, Department of Reproductive Health and Research, World Health Organization (WHO)
PRESENTERS
Wassana Im-Em, PhD; Professor, Mahidol University, Thailand
Catherine Olajumoke Omole, Senior Programme Officer, Quality of Life Project, Nigeria
- 143 Women’s Global Health Imperative: An Empowerment Strategy for Enhancing Women’s Health
Thursday, 18 October, 11:00 am – 12:30 pm, SG17
MODERATOR
Suellen Miller, PhD, CNM; Associate Professor and Director, Safe Motherhood Programs, Women’s Global Health Imperative, University of California, San Francisco, United States of America
PRESENTERS
Megan S. Dunbar, DrPH, MPH; Academic Coordinator, Women’s Global Health Imperative, Department of OBGYN, University of California San Francisco (UCSF), United States of America
Economic Livelihoods and Life Skills Interventions for Youth HIV Prevention
Suneeta Krishnan, PhD, MS; Assistant Adjunct Professor, Gender and Reproductive Health, Women’s Global Health Imperative, University of California, San Francisco, United States of America
Multi-Sectoral Response to Violence and HIV Risk in Urban India
Alexandra Minnis, PhD, MPH; Assistant Professor, Adolescent Health, Women’s Global Health Imperative University of California, San Francisco, United States of America
Mexico-U.S. Migration and Reproductive Health in Youth
Ariane van der Straten, PhD, MPH; Academic Administrator, Female Controlled Methods, Women’s Global Health Imperative University of California, San Francisco, United States of America
Female Controlled Barrier Methods for Disease Prevention in Southern Africa
- 169 Demand-Side Financing; Using Output Based Aid (OBA) to Scale Up Service Delivery for Maternal and Newborn Health
Thursday, 18 October, 11:00am – 12:30pm, SG8
MODERATOR
David Griffith, MB ChB, MFPH; Independent Consultant, United Kingdom
PRESENTERS
Cyprian Awiti, MA, Post Graduate Diploma; Country Director, Marie Stopes International- Kenya
Output-Based Aid in Kenya; the Implementer’s Perspective
Francis Kundu, Bachelor of Science in Statistics; Programme Officer, National Coordinating Agency for Population and Development, Kenya
Output-Based Aid in Kenya; the Government Perspective
Carmen Nonay, MBA; Senior Infrastructure Specialist, Global Partnership on Output-Based Aid, The World Bank, United States of America
Designing Output-Based Aid projects in the health sector
Srabani Majumder, B. Ed, MA Education; State NGO Coordinator, Department of Health and Family Welfare, Government of West Bengal, India
Output-Based Aid for Safe Delivery in West Bengal
- 103 Achieving Equity in Maternal Health
Thursday, 18 October, 11:00 am – 1:00 pm, SG14
MODERATOR
To be announced
PRESENTERS
Nasima Akhter, MSc; Senior Analysis and Reporting Officer, Helen Keller International- Bangladesh
Inequitable Access to Maternal Health Services among Rural Bangladeshi Mothers
Duff Gillespie, PhD; Professor, The Bill and Melinda Gates Institute for Population and Reproductive Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, United States of America
Addressing Inequities in Maternal Health
Babu Ram Marasini, MPH; Coordinator, Health Sector Reform Unit, Ministry of Health and Population, Nepal
The Maternity Incentive Scheme in Nepal: Increasing Demand and Equity
Emma Sacks, BA; Health Equity Team, Earth Institute, Columbia University, United States of America
“Delivering on the MDGs?” Equity and Maternal Health in Ethiopia, Ghana, and Kenya
- 110 Birth in a Dangerous Time and Place: The Role of Humanitarian Assistance
Thursday, 18 October, 11:00 am- 1:00 pm, SG3
MODERATOR
Purnima Mane, PhD; Deputy Executive Director, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), India
PRESENTERS
Asayeed Mohammed Humad Daoud, MD; American Refugee Committee (ARC) International- Sudan
Challenges of Conducting Research in Conflict Settings: Experience from Darfur
Nguyen-Toan Tran, MD; Regional Medical and Technical Focal Point, International Planned Parenthood Federation: East South-East Asia & Oceania Regional Office (IPPF ESEAOR)- Malaysia, Viet Nam
SPRINT: The Way Forward for Reproductive Health in Crisis Situations in East Southeast Asia Pacific
Frederick Mubiru, BSc; Research, Monitoring and Evaluation Officer, Marie Stopes – Uganda
Facility Preparedness for Managing Complications of Abortion: Findings from Northern Uganda
Tila Khan, MD; Health Coordinator, International Rescue Committee (IRC)- Pakistan, Pakistan
Reducing Maternal Mortality: Emergency Obstetric Care Services for Afghan Refugee Women in Pakistan
Sandra K. Krause, BSN, MPH; Director, Reproductive Health Program, Women's Commission for Refugee Women and Children (Women's Commission),
United States of America
Addressing Reproductive Health in the Early Days of Crisis Situations
- 112 Long Term Consequences of Obstetric Complications for Women's Health and Lives
Thursday, 18 October, 11:00 am – 1:00 pm, SG9/10
MODERATOR
Veronique Filippi, PhD; Senior Lecturer in Maternal Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, France
PRESENTERS
Rasmané Ganaba, PhD; Epidemiologist, IMMPACT Project, Centre Muraz, Burkina Faso
Consequences of Severe Complications on Women's Health in Burkina Faso
Katerini T. Storeng, MSc; Anthropologist, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom
Women's Accounts of Life-Threatening Pregnancy Complications in Burkina Faso
Sourou Goufodji, MD; Director, Centre de Recherche en Reproduction Humaine et en Demographie (CERRHUD), Benin
Health and Psycho-Social Consequences of Severe Obstetric Morbidity in Benin
Kiran Regmi, MD, PhD; Senior Consultant Gynecologist, Bharatpur Hospital, Ministry of Health, Nepal
A National Strategy for Prevention and Management of Uterus Prolapse
- 128 Investing in Women’s Access to Safe Abortion: What Are We Waiting For?
Thursday, 18 October, 11:00 am – 1:00 pm, SG7
MODERATOR
Elizabeth Maguire, MA; President and CEO, Ipas, United States of America
PRESENTERS
Nozer Sheriar, MD; Treasurer, the Federation of Obstetrics and Gynecology Societies of India (FOGSI), India
Access to Abortion as an Essential Requirement for Women’s Health
Charles Ngwena, LLM; Professor, University of the Free State, Zimbabwe
Why Abortion is a Woman’s Basic Human Right
Eunice Brookman-Amissah, MD; Vice President for Africa, Ipas- Africa, Ghana
Ensuring that Health Systems Meet their Obligations to Women
Maria Luisa Sanchez Fuentes, MPA; Executive Director, GIRE, Information Group on Reproductive Choice (Grupo de Información en Reproducción Elegida), Mexico
Abortion Polices: Can we Accelerate the Process of Reform?
- 131 HIV and Safe Motherhood
Thursday, 18 October, 11:00 am – 1:00 pm, SG12
MODERATOR
Marge Berer, Editor, Reproductive Health Matters, United Kingdom
PRESENTERS
Hortense Aka Dago-Akribi, Clinical Psychologist Doctor, Department of Psychology, University of Cocody, Côte d’Ivoire
Psychosexual Development among HIV Positive Adolescents in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
Thérèse Delvaux , MD, MPH; STD/HIV Research and Intervention Unit, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Belgium
Can PMTCT Improve Quality of Maternity Care Services? A study from Côte d’Ivoire
Mary Hepburn, MD, MRCGP, FRCOG; Consultant Obstetrician, Princess Royal Maternity, United Kingdom
Antenatal and Delivery Care for HIV Positive Pregnant Women Who Inject Drugs
Chewe Luo, MMed (Paed), MTropPaed, PhD; The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)- Zambia
Implementing PMTCT and Paediatric HIV Care and Treatment in Low and Middle Income Countries: Global Progress
James McIntyre, MBChB, FRCOG; Executive Director, Perinatal HIV Research Unit, Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
HIV Testing, Counselling and Antiretroviral Treatment for Pregnant and Breastfeeding Women
Aluisio Segurado, MD; Associate Professor of Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine, University of São Paulo, Brazil
The Role of HIV Testing and Treatment Services in Addressing Sexual and Reproductive Health of People with HIV
- 134 Obstetric Fistula: A Visible Reminder of Inequity in Maternal Health
Thursday, 18 October, 11:00 am – 1:00 pm, SG16
MODERATOR
Mulu Muleta, MD; Medical Director, Addis Ababa Fistula Hospital, Ethiopia
PRESENTERS
Elinor Catherine Hamlin, AC, MBBS, FRCS, FRCOG; Co-Founder, Hamlin Fistula Hospitals, Ethiopia
A Maternal Tragedy that No Woman Should Have to Endure
Maggie Bangser, MPPM; Executive Director, Women's Dignity Project, Tanzania
“The Right to Be Safe”: Fistula and the Inequities that Drive It
Kohinoor Begum, FCPS; Head, Obstetric & Gynaecology Department, Dhaka Medical College Hospital, Bangladesh
Fistula Prevention, Treatment & Rehabilitation Programme in Bangladesh
Gul Bano, Fistula Advocate, Pakistan
From Patient to Advocate: A Personal Testimony
Sa’ad Idris, MBBS, FRCSI, FRSCEd, FWACS; Faridat VVF Hospital Gusau, Zamfara State Nigeria
Government-NGO-Community Collaboration for Fistula Intervention – The Zamfara Experience
- 136 In Good Company: Business Responses to the Feminization of HIV/AIDS
Thursday, 18 October, 11:00 am – 1:00 pm, SG4
MODERATOR
Shana Ward Ryzowy, BS, MIA; Program Manager, Healthy Women Health Economies (HWHE), Global Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, United States
PRESENTERS
Renuka Gadde, BS, MBA; Director, Global Health, Becton, Dickinson & Co., United States
Dotti Hatcher, BA; Senior Director, Social and Community Investment, Gap, Inc., United States
Beyond the Workplace – Supporting Programs that Empower Women
Lisa MacCallum, BA, BBA, CA; Managing Director, Nike Foundation, United States
Support for Increased Private Sector Response to the Feminization of HIV/AIDS
Michael Rabbow, Dr Med, MSc; HIV Policy and Public Affairs, CD Communications, Boehringer Ingelheim, Germany
Meeting the Challenge: The VIRAMUNE Donation Programme for the Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV
Debbie Whitaker, BA, MA; Head of Sustainability, Standard Chartered Bank, United Kingdom
Empowering Women through Sport – Standard Chartered’s Response
- 145 Using International Human Rights Law to Reduce Maternal Mortality
Thursday, 18 October, 11:00 am – 1:00 pm, SG13
MODERATOR
Marianne Mollman, Advocacy Director, Women’s Rights Division, Human Rights Watch, Denmark
PRESENTERS
Luisa Cabal, LLM; Director, International Legal Program, Center for Reproductive Rights, Colombia
Linking National and International Human Rights Advocacy Strategies
Stephanie Schlitt, Reproductive Rights Coordinator, Amnesty International, United Kingdom
Karin Ronge, Co-Coordinator, New Ways, Women for Women's Human Rights (WWHR), Turkey
- 154 Delivering the Goods: Reproductive Health and the New Funding Environment
Thursday, 18 October, 11:00 am – 1:00 pm, SG11
MODERATOR
Dia Timmermans, SRN, SRM, Bed, MPH; Senior Policy Adviser, Aid Effectiveness, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), United States of America
PRESENTERS
Matthew Lindley, Diploma in Marketing; Head of Resource Mobilization, International Planned Parenthood Federation, United Kingdom
Delivering the Goods, Financing for Reproductive Health in the Context of the New Aid Environment
Ahmed Hingora, MD; Senior Public Health Physician, Program Coordinator Health Sector Reform Secretariat, Ministry of Health, Tanzania
Esperance Fundira, Country Representative, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), Malawi
Reproductive Health in the Context of the SWAp in Malawi
Aradhana Johri, MA; Joint Secretary, Indian Administrative Service, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, India
- 171 VISION 2010: First Ladies Commitment to Reduce Maternal and Newborn Mortality and Morbidity in West and Central Africa
Thursday, 18 October, 11:00 am – 1:00 pm, Platinum Suite
Note: Session is in English and French with simultaneous translation
MODERATOR
Lalla Toure, MD, MPH; Regional Senior Maternal and Child Health Advisor, The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), Senegal
PRESENTERS
The Honourable Lobbo Troare Toure, Midwife; First Lady of Mali, President Foundaiton de l’Enfance, Mali
The Honourable Chantal Compaore, First Lady of Burkina Faso, President, Foundation Suka, Burkina Faso
Amadou Dolo, Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Head of the Obstetric and Gynecological Service of University Teaching Hospital Gabriel Toure, Bamako, Ministry of Health, Mali
Angela Okolo, Prof of Pediatrics, Reproductive Health Advisor for WAHO(West Africa Health Organization)
SPEAKERS’ CORNER
SC102 Saving Newborn Lives and Improving Family Health through the Elimination of Congenital Syphilis
The World Health Organization (WHO)
Thursday, 18 October, 11:45 am - 12:15
pm
PRESENTERS
Monir Islam, MBBS, MPH, FRCOG; Director, Department of Making Pregnancy Safer (WHO)
Paul Francois Armand Van Look, MD, PhD, FRCOG; Director of Reproductive Health and Research (WHO)
Professor S. Tlou, Minister of Health, Botswana
Professor Adenike Grange, Minister of Health, Nigeria
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SPEAKERS’ CORNER
SC103 Identity - a Resource for Life: Birth Registration Toolkit
International Confederation of Midwives (ICM)
International Confederation of Nurses (ICN)
Thursday, 18 October, 12:30 pm – 1:00 pm
SPEAKERS
Bridget Lynch, RM, MA; Deputy Director, ICM, Canada
Debrah Lewis, ICM, Trinidad and Tobago
Linda Carrier-Walker, Director of Development, ICN, Switzerland
SIMULTANEOUS SESSIONS
- 117 Case Studies for Safe Motherhood: Learning from South Asian Programmes
Thursday, 18 October, 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm, Premier 2
MODERATOR
Marjorie Koblinsky, PhD; Director, Public Health Science Division, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (ICDDRB), United States of America
PRESENTERS
Dileep V. Mavalankar, DrPH; Professor, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, India
Case Study of Safe Motherhood Programme from Gujarat, India
Jayanthi Tiruchy Pandian, MD; Project Officer, Health and Nutrition, The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), India
Averting Maternal Deaths, Evidence Based Interventions to Scale-Tamilnadu Experience
Iqbal Anwar, MBBS; Associate Scientist, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (ICDDRB), Bangladesh
Bangladesh: Quality of the Safe Motherhood Progra : Evidence from High and Low Performing Districts
Sadiqua N. Jafarey, FRCOG; President, National Committee for Maternal and Neonatal Health and Professor Obstetric & Gynecology, Ziauddin University, Pakistan
Filling Information Gaps: Verbal Autopsies of Maternal Deaths in Pakistan
- 121 Gaps in Childbirth Care in the Middle East: The Hidden Risks
Thursday, 18 October, 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm, Premier 1
MODERATOR
Hyam Bashour, PhD; Professor, Epidemiology and Community Health, Department of Family and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Damascus University, Syria
Childbirth Care in Syria: Lessons Learned from Women's Experiences
PRESENTERS
Sahar Hassan-Bitar, CNM, MSN, BSN; Certified Nurse-Midwife; Research and Midwifery Consultant, Institute of Community and Public Health, Birzeit University, Palestinian Occupied Territories
Needs Assessment of Childbirth Care in a Palestinian Government Hospital
Karima Khalil, BA, MBBCh, MPH; Country Coordinator, Choices and Challenges in
Changing Childbirth Research Program- Egypt, Egypt
Facility Practices for Normal Births vs. Evidence-Based Medicine: The Egypt Galaa Study
Tamar Kabakian-Khasholian, PhD, MPH; Assistant Professor, Health Behavior and Education Department, Faculty of Health Sciences, American University of Beirut, Regional Co-Coordinator, Choices and Challenges in Changing Childbirth Research Program, American University of Beirut, Lebanon
Faysal El Kak, MD, MS; Lecturer, Faculty of Health Sciences, American University of Beirut
Childbirth Care in Lebanon: a Critical Appraisal and Lessons Learned
Oona Campbell, BSc, ScM, PhD; Reproductive Epidemiologist, Head of the Maternal Health Group, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine’s Maternal Health Group, United Kingdom
Using Emergency Drills to Improve the Quality of Obstetric Care
SPEAKERS’ CORNER
SC104 Civil Society's Global Call to Stop Cervical Cancer
Global Health Strategies
Thursday, 18 October, 1:15 pm – 1:45 pm
MODERATOR
Judith Rodin, PhD; President, Rockefeller Foundation, United States of America
PRESENTERS
The Honorable Mary Robinson, Chair, Realizing Rights, Former President of Ireland
Maria Luisa Avila-Aguero, MD, Minister of Health-Costa Rica
Jayanthi Natarajan, Head of India Office, International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI) - India
Dorothy Shaw, MD, President, International Federation of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (FIGO) – Canada
Daisy Mafubelu, Assistant Director-General, Family and Community Health (WHO)
Jacqueline Sherris, MD, Strategic Program Leader, Reproductive Health, PATH, United States of America
AFTERNOON PLENARY
Working on Common Ground
Thursday, 18 October, 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm, Plenary Room
Testimonials
To be announced
MODERATOR
Anya Sitaram, India, Newsreader, BBC and former award winning ITN Health Correspondent
COMMENTATORS
Margaret Chan, MD, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO)
Mushtaque Chowdhury, Bangladesh, Deputy Executive Director of BRAC, Bangladesh Rural Action Committee and Co-Coordinator of the Millennium Task Force on Child Health and Maternal Health
Assane Diop, Senegal, Executive Director, Social Protection Sector, the International Labour Organization
Kate Gilmore, Australia, Executive Deputy Secretary General of Amnesty International
Nafis Sadik, Pakistan, Special Adviser to the United Nations Secretary General for HIV/AIDS
SESSION CLOSING
Monir Islam, MD; Director, Director of the Department of Making Pregnancy Safer, World Health Organization (WHO)
SPEAKERS’ CORNER
SC105 Maternal and Newborn Health: Professional Bodies Working Together
Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) International Office
Thursday, 18 October, 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
PRESENTERS
Nynke van den Broek, MD; Director, RCOG IO and Senior Clinical Lecturer Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
Kate Grady, Consultant Anaesthetist, Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG)
Hani Fawzi, MD; Consultant in Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Public Health, Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG)
Anthony Falconer, Senior Vice President, International, Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG)
Patrick Hogston, MD; Consultant Gynaecologist, Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG)
FEATURED SESSION
303 Wanted: A New Perspective on Family Planning
Thursday, 18 October, 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm, Plenary Room
MODERATOR
Thoraya Obaid, PhD, Executive Director, UNFPA, United Nations
Population Fund and Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations, Saudi
Arabia
PRESENTERS
Charity Kalukki Ngilu, Minister of Health- Kenya (invited)
When Government Acts in Favour of Women’s Health
Diana Barco, Board member, Profamilia and Governing Council, International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF), Colombia (invited)
A Provider’s Perspective on the Success of Family Planning: The Colombian Story
Steve Sinding, PhD; Senior Fellow, Guttmacher Institute, Abt Associates, Board of Directors, United States of America
How Investments in Family Planning Pay Off: Poverty Reduction, and Social and Economic Progress for Women, Families and Society
SIMULTANEOUS SESSIONS
- 101 Reaching MDG 5: Scaling-up Interventions to Reduce Maternal Mortality
Thursday, 18 October, 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm, SG3
MODERATOR
Vincent Faveau, MD, MPH, PhD; Senior Maternal Health Adviser, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), Switzerland
PRESENTERS
Tim Ensor, PhD; IMMPACT Project, University of Aberdeen, United Kingdom
Reducing Barriers to Skilled Care among the Poorest of the Poor
Lynn Freedman, JD, MPH; Professor of Clinical Population and Family Health, and Director of the Averting Maternal Death and Disability (AMDD), Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University, United States of America
Improving Access to Emergency Obstetric Care
Ellen M. Themmen, MSc; Senior Technical Adviser, Skilled Care Initiative, Family Care International, Bangladesh
Decentralizing Skilled Maternity Care to Improve Access
Pashtoon Azfar, RM; Midwifery Advisor, JHPIEGO/ACCESS, Afghanistan
Addressing Shortages of Skilled Attendants
- 108 Community Interventions for Safe Motherhood
Thursday, 18 October, 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm, SG13
MODERATOR
Claire Hughes, Senior Social Development Consultant, Social Development Direct, United Kingdom
PRESENTERS
Hafsat Musa Baba, Executive Director, Sustainable Development Initiative Centre (SUDIC), Nigeria
Increasing Women’s Access to Emergency Obstetric Care: Experiences from Nigeria
Frehywot Eshetu Gebresilassie, MD, MPH; SRH Program Manager, CARE International- Ethiopia
Outcome of a Safe Motherhood Project in Ethiopia and Its Sustainability
Jahangir Hossain, MBBS, MSC Public Health in Developing Countries (LSHTM); Health Program Adviser, CARE International- Bangladesh, Bangladesh
Community Support for Increased Use of Life Saving Maternity Services
Dipa Sinha, MA, MSc; Policy Research and Advocacy, MV Foundation, India
Investing in Communities for the Right to Safe Motherhood
Fatima Hajjojo Widi Jallo, Certificate in Radio & Television Productions, Diploma in Journalism, Diploma in Matem Management & Higher Diploma in Social Development; Honourable Commissioner, Ministry of Women Affairs, Dutse, Jigawa State, Nigeria
Increasing Access to Emergency Obstetric Care Services: Experience from Jigawa/Kano States – Nigeria
- 113 Delivering Dead or Alive – Investing in Maternal and Health Systems to Reduce Stillbirths
Thursday, 18 October, 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm, SG17
MODERATOR
Doyin Oluwole MBBS, MRCP; Director, Africa’s Health in 2010, Academy for Educational Development, Nigeria
PRESENTERS
Zulfiqar Bhutta, PhD; Professor and Chairman, Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, Aga Khan University, Pakistan
A Review of Global Interventions
Joy Lawn, BMedSci, MB, BS, MRCP (Paeds), MPH; Senior Research and Policy Advisor, Saving Newborn Lives, Save the Children, South Africa
Delivering Global Estimates on Stillbirths and Intrapartum Stillbirths
Peter Sikana, BSc HB, MB ChB, FRCOG; Reproductive Health Technical Advisor, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)- Sierra Leone, Zambia
Stillbirths
Shahida Zaidi, MBBS, FCPS; Vice President, International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO), and Director, Institute of Ultrasonography and Ultrasound Clinic, Pakistan
Implications for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health Policies
- 124 Repositioning Latin America and the Caribbean to Address the Unfinished Sexual and Reproductive Health Agenda
Thursday, 18 October, 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm, SG9/10
MODERATOR
Judith Helzner, MA; Director of the Population & Reproductive Health, The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, United States of America
PRESENTERS
Ana Langer, MD; President and CEO, EngenderHealth, United States of America
Jacqueline Sharpe, MD; President and Chairperson of Governing Council, International Planned Parenthood Federation, Trinidad and Tobago
Marcela Suazo, MA; Director, Latin America and Caribbean Division, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), United States of America
The Pervasive Social and Economic Inequality in the LAC and Its Impact on Maternal Health
Julio Frenk, MD, PhD; Senior Fellow, Global Health Program, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Mexico
- 125 Enhancing the Capacity of Professionals to Advocate for Improved Maternal Health
Thursday, October 18th, 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm, SG4
MODERATOR
Jean Chamberlain, MD, FRCSC, MEd, BSc; Founder and Executive Director, Save The Mothers International, Uganda
PRESENTERS
Pius Okong, MD, PhD; Associate Professor, Obstetrician, International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO), and Association of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Uganda (AOGU), Uganda
Romeo Menéndez, MD, Msc; International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO), Asociación de Ginecología y Obstetricia de Guatemala, Guatemala
Shereen Zulfiqar Bhutta, MBBS (Pb), FCPS 9Pak, FRCOG; Professor, FIGO and Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Pakistan (SOGP), Pakistan
- 129 Preventing Malaria in Pregnancy: Opportunities for Eliminating a Life Threatening Disease
Thursday, 18 October, 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm, Premier 1
MODERATOR
William Brieger, PhD; Professor, Johns Hopkins University, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Senior Malaria Specialist, JHPIEGO, United States of America
PRESENTERS
Scott Filler, MD; Epidemiologist, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), United States of America
The Presidential Initiative: Opportunities for Eliminating Malaria in Pregnancy
Lori D. Jackson, MPA, MBA; Major Programs Advisor, Exxon Mobil Corporation, United States of America
Preventing Malaria in Pregnancy: Opportunities for Eliminating a Life-threatening Disease
Kaendi Munguti, MA, MPH, PhD; JHPIEGO, Kenya
Malaria in Pregnancy Success Stories
Juliana Yartey, DrPH; World Health Organization (WHO)
Promoting the Integration of Reproductive Health and Malaria Control Efforts
- 130 Making Strides against Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting: New Knowledge and Partnerships
Thursday, 18 October, 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm, Platinum Suite
Note: Session is in English and French with simultaneous translation
MODERATOR
Daisy Mafubelu, Degree in Business Administration and Postgraduate Diploma in Health Management; Assistant Director-General, Family and Community Health, World Health Organization (WHO)
PRESENTERS
The Honorable Chantal Compaore, First Lady of Burkina Faso, President, Foundation Suka, Burkina Faso
Heli Bathija, MD; Area Manager, African and Eastern Mediterranean Regions, World Health Organization (WHO)
WHO Collaborative Study on FGM and Obstetric Outcome
Kul C. Gautam, MPA; Deputy Executive Director, United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), Nepal
Kerstin Lisy, MA; Team leader, Supra-regional Project, Promotion of Initiatives to End Female Genital Mutilation, German Development Cooperation (GTZ), Germany
Female Genital Mutilation and Good Governance
Berhane Ras-Work, Executive Director, Inter-African Committee on Harmful Traditional Practices, Ethiopia
- 138 Meeting the Needs of Young Women and Girls: HIV Prevention and its Links to Wider Action
Thursday, 18 October, 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm, SG7
MODERATOR
Kevin Osborne, Senior HIV/AIDS Adviser, International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF), South Africa
PRESENTERS
Lynn Collins, MD, PhD, MPH; Technical Adviser on HIV/AIDS, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), United States of America
Sexual and Reproductive Health and HIV Linkages: Making Sense for Women
Raoul Fransen-dos Santos, Co-Founder, Young Positives, The Netherlands
Positive Prevention and the Sexual and Reproductive Health of PLHIV
Naana Otoo-Oyortey, Technical Support Officer Gender, International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF)- Ghana, Ghana
Child Marriage and HIV
Tim Shand, Youth Officer HIV, International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF), United Kingdom
HIV Prevention for Young Women and Girls: Turning Ideas into Action
- 144 Challenging Power: Feminism, Activism, and the Struggles for Reproductive and Sexual Health Equity in Tanzania
Thursday, 18 October, 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm, SG8, Premier 2
MODERATOR
To
be announced
PRESENTERS
Irenei Kiria, BA; Executive Director, Youth Action Volunteers (YAV), Tanzania
Challenging Inequities: Mobilising Political Commitment and Action for Women and Girls from the Top through National Government and Parliament
Marjorie Mbilinyi, Analysis, Research and Publications Acting Head, Tanzania Gender Networking Programme (TGNP), Tanzania
Transformative Feminist Activism and the Political Economy of HIV and AIDS
Ananilea Nkya, MA; Executive Director and Co-founder, Tanzania Media Women’s Association (TAMWA), Tanzania
Exposing Gender Based Violence: Demanding a new Legal Framework
Ismat Dewji Sheriff, BA; Health Policy and Governance Officer, CARE International- Tanzania, Tanzania
Challenging Inequities: Village and Local Government Planning for Maternal Health
Dorcas Robinson, Health Sector Coordinator, CARE International- Tanzania, United Kingdom
- 148 Because We Are Mothers Too
Thursday, 18 October, 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm, Premier 2
MODERATOR
Darla Bardine, BA, MA; Associate Policy Director and Family Treatment Coordinator, The Rebecca Project for Human Rights, United States of America
PRESENTERS
Lorna Hogan, Associate Director, Sacred Authority, Parent Advocacy Group, The Rebecca Project for Human Rights, United States of America
Malika Saada Saar, JD; Executive Director, The Rebecca Project for Human Rights, United States of America
Imani Walker, Co- Founder and Director, The Rebecca Project for Human Rights, United States of America
- 150 Improving Women's Lives in Bangladesh: Experiences of BWHC and BRAC
Thursday, 18 October, 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm, SG11
MODERATOR
Patrick Vaughan, MD, PhD; Professor Emeritus of Epidemiology and Public Health, Health Policy Unit, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom
PRESENTERS
Julia Ahmed, MD, MPH, Dr; Deputy Executive Director, Health Evaluation Sciences, Bangladesh Women’s Health Coalition (BWHC), Bangladesh
Grassroots Level Advocacy and Maternal Health Rights- Experience Sharing from BWHC
Kaosar Afsana, MD, MPH, PhD; Programme Coordinator, Bangladesh Women’s Health Coalition (BWHC), Bangladesh
Community Empowerment and Participation: BRAC’s Experience in Maternal and Child Health
Marjorie Koblinsky, PhD; Director, Public Health Science Division, The International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (ICDDRB), Bangladesh
Hilary Standing, PhD; Fellow in Health & Human Resources, Institute of Development\Studies, United Kingdom, and Adjunct Professor, BRAC University, Bangladesh
- 155 Monitoring Budget Allocations for Maternal Health: Turning Discourse into Reality
Thursday, 18 October, 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm, SG15
MODERATOR
Manuela Garza, MA; Program Officer for Innovation and Partnership Development, International Budget Project; Mexico
PRESENTERS
Maggie Bangser, MPPM; Executive Director, Women’s Dignity Project, Tanzania
Making Budgets Work for Pregnant Women
Daniela Francisca Díaz Echeverría, MA; Coordinator, Budgets for Maternal Mortality Project at Fundar, Center for Analysis and Research, Mexico
Is Maternal Mortality a Public Policy Priority? An answer from the budgetary perspective
Indranil Mukhopadhyay, M.Phil; Research Associate, Centre for Budget and Governance Accountability, India
Public Expenditure on Maternal Health in Two Indian States
- 163 Advances in Ensuring Medically Safe Abortions
Thursday, 18 October, 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm, SG5
MODERATOR
Kelly Blanchard, MsC; President, Ibis Reproductive Health, United States of America
PRESENTERS
Beverly Winikoff, MD, MPH; President, Gynuity Health Projects, United States of America
Medical Abortion: A Key to Saving Women’s Lives
Busisiwe Kunene, Programme Director, Department of Obstetrics and Gyanaecology at the University of Witwatersrand, South Africa
The Role of Nurse Midwives in Safe Abortion Services
Leonel Briozzo, MD; Iniciativas Sanitarias, Uruguay
Health Initiatives Against Unsafe Abortion
SPEAKERS’ CORNER
SC106 Towards a Global Business Plan for Maternal Newborn and Child Health
Options Consultancy
Ltd.
Thursday, 18 October, 4:45 pm – 5:15
pm
SPEAKERS
Ann Pettifor, Executive Director, Advocacy International
Elizabeth Ransom, MPH; Policy communications and maternal and newborn health specialist
SC107 Empowering Young People to Become Advocates for Abortion Rights
Worldwide – Publications Launch
Youth Coalition
Thursday, 18 October, 5:30 pm – 6:00
pm
PRESENTERS
Joana Chamusca Chagas, MSc in Human Rights, BA in International Relations; Youth Coalition, Brazil
Maria Eugenia Miranda, Journalist, Co-coordinator of the NGO Moverte, Youth Coalition, Argentina
Nadia Ribadeneira, Youth Coalition, Ecuador
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