Please join us for our next bi-monthly conference call! The IH Section is hosting its topic-focused conference call for the month of June. The call will be held on Monday, June 27 from 1:00 to 2:00 p.m. EST. This call will be hosted by section members Miriam Labbock and Laura Altobelli, who will be discussing current developments in maternal, neonatal, and child health (MCNH). The call will include:
- Brief presentation of the APHA policy resolution proposal submitted by the IHS entitled, “Call to Action to Reduce Global Maternal, Neonatal, and Child Morbidity and Mortality”
- Update on the Millenium Development Goals 4 and 5
- An update on breastfeeding and child spacing as essential MNCH interventions
- Update on the Global Alliance to Prevent Prematurity and Stillbirth
- Partnership for Maternal, Neonatal and Child Health – what it does and how one can get involved
- Trends in US government funding levels for global MNCH
Background information to review before the call includes:
- APHA policy resolution proposal submitted by the IHS entitled, “Call to Action to Reduce Global Maternal, Neonatal, and Child Morbidity and Mortality*
- Factsheet on the Millenium Development Goals 4 and 5*
- Innovations June 2011 (newsletter on maternal health)*
- Partnership for Maternal, Neonatal and Child Health
- Global Alliance to Prevent Prematurity and Stillbirth:
- The Lancet special series on Stillbirth came out in late April and all articles and comments are available for free from the series webpage. People may need to register on The Lancet website, but that is also free.*
- The Global Alliance to Prevent Prematurity and Stillbirth plans to launch additional advocacy around preterm and stillbirth and the GAPPS conference in July 2012 will highlight research and discovery needs around both PT and SB.*
*If you would like copies of these documents or have questions about these two issues, please contact Andrew E. Barrer, Ph.D., at aebarrer@gmail.com or (202) 674-9294.
TOPIC: Current Developments in Maternal, Neonatal, and Child Health (MCNH)
DATE AND TIME: Monday, June 27, from 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. EST
PHONE NUMBER: (712) 432-1001 (please note that this is not a toll-free number)
PASSCODE: 477461343#
You are welcome to submit comments and questions for the speakers; however, we ask that you submit them in advance so that the panel can present them to the speaker. This will allow us to keep things organized. Please e-mail questions for the speakers to jmkeralis [at] gmail [dot] com by Friday, June 24 at 8 p.m. EST (June 3, 2011).
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