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142nd APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition (November 15 - November 19, 2014): http://www.apha.org/events-and-meetings/annual
Wednesday, November 19, 2014: 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Oral
This session will focus on the challenges faced in improving women's health in many societies. Examples of success stories which have improved women's health will be discussed.
Session Objectives: Discuss the importance of women's health in building healthy communities
Moderator:
Carol Dabbs, MPH

8:30am
Lessons from the Past: Maternal Mortality Prevention
Gina Piane, DrPH
8:42am
Mother, daughter and doctor: Medical professionals and mothers' decision-making about FGM/C in Egypt
Sepideh Modrek, Ph.D. and Maia Sieverding, Ph.D.
8:54am
Insight from 5,000 Female Genital Fistula Follow-up Encounters in Jos, Nigeria
Sunday Lengmang, MD, MPH, Hannah Degge, MPH, Lohna Lengmang, Bsc Sociology and Comfort Olorunsaiye, MPH, Doctoral student
9:06am
Women's Health and Human Rights: Is it A missing Link
Padmini Murthy, MD, MPH, MS,CHES, Gregory Owens, MPH and Amy Ansehl, DNP, FNP-BC

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

Organized by: International Health
Endorsed by: Population, Reproductive and Sexual Health, Socialist Caucus, Women's Caucus, APHA-Committee on Women's Rights

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