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    Plenary Session 1 - Global Progress on maternal health - the numbers and their implications
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    Plenary Session 2 - Community and facility interventions - reframing the discussion
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    Plenary Session 3 - Maternal health accountability - successes failures and new approaches

The Global Maternal Health Conference 2010 has come to an end! Thank you for making this conference a huge success!

 

To the left, you will see a number of videos from the conference, including all three Plenary Sessions. Take a look!

 

This site now houses all available conference videos, photos, and powerpoint presentations (as PDFs).  

 

Thank you,

The MHTF and PHFI 

Monday, August 30, 2010
8:00-17:00
Registration
9:00-10:30
Inaugural Ceremony
10:30-11:00
Nutrition Break
11:00-12:30
Plenary :
Plenary Session 1: Global Progress on maternal health: the numbers and their implications
12:30-13:30
Lunch
13:30-15:00  
Theme:
Ideas and Interventions to Improve Maternal Health
Sessions :
Treatment and decision-making for postpartum hemorrhage
Clean birth kits: do we need them?
Implementing evidence-based practices
 
Theme:
Underlying Factors in Maternal Mortality and Morbidity
Sessions :
Social, economic, and cultural implications of maternal health
 
Theme:
Measuring and Monitoring Maternal Health
Sessions :
Assessing program performance and quality of care
 
Theme:
Reproductive and Sexual Health
Sessions :
Family planning and maternal health
HIV program linkages to reduce maternal mortality among HIV-positive women
Adolescent reproductive and maternal health
 
Theme:
Strengthening Systems for Maternal Health
Sessions :
Improving access to facility deliveries
Strategic approaches to strengthening health systems to improve maternal health
Human resources for maternal and newborn health: the key element
15:00-15:30
Nutrition Break
15:30-17:00  
Theme:
Ideas and Interventions to Improve Maternal Health
Sessions :
Extremely affordable technologies for maternal and newborn survival
Cesarean sections: classifying, improving access, and understanding indications
Safe delivery practices
Barriers and solutions to improving maternal health
 
Theme:
Reproductive and Sexual Health
Sessions :
The role of abortion in reducing maternal mortality
Contraceptive use in resource-poor settings
 
Theme:
Strengthening Systems for Maternal Health
Sessions :
Emergency referral for mothers and newborns: innovative strategies from Africa and Asia
Quality of maternal health systems: are health systems ready for MDG5?
Increasing and strengthening access
Strategies for investing in maternal health
 
Theme:
Policy, Advocacy and Communications
Sessions :
Policy and advocacy tools
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
8:30-17:15
Registration
9:00-10:30
Plenary :
Plenary Session 2: Community and facility interventions: reframing the discussion
10:30-10:45
Nutrition Break
10:45-12:15  
Theme:
Ideas and Interventions to Improve Maternal Health
Sessions :
Advancing postpartum family planning
Community interventions for postpartum hemorrhage
Saving Newborn Lives: lessons learned from newborn health advocacy and programs
 
Theme:
Underlying Factors in Maternal Mortality and Morbidity
Sessions :
The importance of maternal nutrition for maternal health
Factors in maternal healthcare utilization
Violence and pregnancy
 
Theme:
Measuring and Monitoring Maternal Health
Sessions :
Techniques for measuring maternal mortality
 
Theme:
Reproductive and Sexual Health
Sessions :
Male involvement in reproductive and maternal/newborn health
Reducing the toll of unsafe abortion using simple medical technology
 
Theme:
Strengthening Systems for Maternal Health
Sessions :
Public-private partnerships: promising interventions in Sierra Leone and Afghanistan
Task-shifting to expand access to EmOC: developing a deeper understanding of what it takes
Maternal health care: a health systems overview in India
12:15-13:45  
Theme:
Ideas and Interventions to Improve Maternal Health
 
Poster:
Poster Presentations: Ideas and Interventions to Improve Maternal Health
 
Theme:
Underlying Factors in Maternal Mortality and Morbidity
 
Poster:
Poster Presentations: Underlying Factors in Maternal Mortality and Morbidity
 
Theme:
Measuring and Monitoring Maternal Health
 
Poster:
Poster Presentations: Measuring and Monitoring Maternal Health
 
Theme:
Reproductive and Sexual Health
 
Poster:
Poster Presentations: Reproductive and Sexual Health
 
Theme:
Strengthening Systems for Maternal Health
 
Poster:
Poster Presentations: Strengthening Systems for Maternal Health
 
Theme:
Policy, Advocacy and Communications
 
Poster:
Poster Presentations: Policy, Advocacy and Communications
13:00-13:45
Lunch
13:45-15:15  
Theme:
Ideas and Interventions to Improve Maternal Health
Sessions :
Improving services through targeted community interventions
Prevention and treatment of postpartum hemorrhage
Assessing skilled birth attendance for improving maternal health outcomes
Community-based postpartum care
Improving the measurement of the burden of maternal ill health and death in rural Bangladesh
Using behavior change communications as an intervention to achieving MDGs 4 and 5
 
Theme:
Reproductive and Sexual Health
Sessions :
Maternal health and HIV
 
Theme:
Strengthening Systems for Maternal Health
Sessions :
Strengthening health systems through scaling-up maternal and child health best practices
 
Theme:
Policy, Advocacy and Communications
Sessions :
International law and policies
Community accountability and advocacy
15:15-15:30
Nutrition Break
15:30-17:15  
Theme:
Ideas and Interventions to Improve Maternal Health
Sessions :
PANEL 1---Building an evidence base on integration of interventions during antenatal care and beyond
PANEL 2 --- The next generation of maternal health solutions
 
Theme:
Strengthening Systems for Maternal Health
Sessions :
PANEL 3 --- Innovations in Maternal Health Service Delivery
19:00-21:00
Cultural Evening and Gala Dinner
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
9:00-10:30
Plenary :
Plenary Session 3: Maternal health accountability: successes, failures, and new approaches
10:30-10:45
Nutrition Break
10:45-12:15  
Theme:
Ideas and Interventions to Improve Maternal Health
Sessions :
Interconnections between maternal and neonatal health
Learning from the government of India on reproductive health, maternal health, and child health
 
Theme:
Measuring and Monitoring Maternal Health
Sessions :
What audits and autopsies reveal
 
Theme:
Reproductive and Sexual Health
Sessions :
Access to abortion services
 
Theme:
Strengthening Systems for Maternal Health
Sessions :
Educating midwives with the competencies needed to meet MDG 4, 5, and 6
Indian models of public-private partnerships
Sustainable, retainable human resources
Demand-side financing for maternal and reproductive health
Building capacity to strengthen health systems
Glimpses of institutional maternal care: user experiences from six Indian states
 
Theme:
Policy, Advocacy and Communications
Sessions :
Campaign to End Fistula: progress and expectations
12:15-13:45
No Woman, No Cry: movie viewing and discussion led by Suellen Miller (Gulmohar)
12:15-13:45  
Theme:
Ideas and Interventions to Improve Maternal Health
 
Poster:
Poster Presentations: Ideas and Interventions to Improve Maternal Health
 
Theme:
Underlying Factors in Maternal Mortality and Morbidity
 
Poster:
Poster Presentations: Underlying Factors in Maternal Mortality and Morbidity
 
Theme:
Measuring and Monitoring Maternal Health
 
Poster:
Poster Presentations: Measuring and Monitoring Maternal Health
 
Theme:
Reproductive and Sexual Health
 
Poster:
Poster Presentations: Reproductive and Sexual Health
 
Theme:
Strengthening Systems for Maternal Health
 
Poster:
Poster Presentations: Strengthening Systems for Maternal Health
 
Theme:
Policy, Advocacy and Communications
 
Poster:
Poster Presentations: Policy, Advocacy and Communications
13:00-13:45
Lunch
13:45-15:15  
Theme:
Ideas and Interventions to Improve Maternal Health
Sessions :
Engaging and mobilizing communities
Economics of maternal health interventions
Integrated approaches to improving maternal health outcomes
Community-based interventions to improve maternal and neonatal health in urban Maharashtra
World Health Organization: making a difference in maternal health
The power of partnerships in advancing maternal and newborn health
 
Theme:
Underlying Factors in Maternal Mortality and Morbidity
Sessions :
Maternal healthcare seeking behavior
 
Theme:
Measuring and Monitoring Maternal Health
Sessions :
Approaches to monitoring maternal mortality and morbidity
 
Theme:
Reproductive and Sexual Health
Sessions :
Addressing maternal mortality by increasing access to medical abortion: strategies and lessons
 
Theme:
Strengthening Systems for Maternal Health
Sessions :
Informatics to improve systems
The quality and continuum of maternal healthcare
 
Theme:
Policy, Advocacy and Communications
Sessions :
Women's health and rights advocacy partnership in South Asia
15:15-15:30
Nutrition Break
15:30-17:15  
Theme:
Ideas and Interventions to Improve Maternal Health
Sessions :
PANEL 1 --- United Nations H4 panel on implementation research in maternal and newborn health
 
Theme:
Policy, Advocacy and Communications
Sessions :
PANEL 2 --- International efforts to accelerate policy change
PANEL 3 --- Maternal Health Digital