141st APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition

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Online Program

3043.0
International Maternal, Neonatal & Child Health

Monday, November 4, 2013: 8:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
Oral
This session will discuss the challenges faced globally in improving maternal and child health and discuss examples of successful interventions and programs.
Session Objectives: List the challenges faced globally to improve maternal and neonatal health
Moderator:
Richard Derman, MD MPH
Organizer:
Omar A. Khan, MD MHS FAAFP

8:30am
Global health begins at home   

Richard Derman, MD MPH
     
8:35am
Family planning success: Innovations for community-based results that change national policy   

Douglas H. Huber, MD, MSc
     
  
8:50am
Lack of fresh air for pregnant women to breathe: Global consequences and potential solutions   

Patricia Hibberd, MD PhD
     
9:05am
WHO safe childbirth checklist program: Designed to save maternal and newborn lives   

Jonathan Spector
     
9:20am
Lack of access to family planning drives inequity locally and globally   

Malcolm Potts, MB,PhD,FRCOG

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

Organized by: International Health
Endorsed by: Maternal and Child Health, Women's Caucus, APHA-Committee on Women's Rights

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