OUR PROGRAMME 

DAY 1 - Monday, 23rd September
​8:30 AM   Registration and coffee

9:00 AM   Welcome - Dr Rosie Townsend (The University of Edinburgh) & Prof Wendy Graham (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine)
                   Opening Address - "Scotland's Women's Health Plan
                 and Parallels Elsewhere" - Prof Anna Glasier (The University
                       of Edinburgh)
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​9:30 AM   KEYNOTE: "Partnerships and Innovations to
                 tackle antimicrobial resistant infections in
               ​  African newborns"  - Prof. Angela Dramowski (Stellenbosch
                      University-Tygerberg Hospital) and Dr Larisse Bolton (SACEMA,
                      Stellenbosch University)
                  Chair: Prof Joy Lawn (London School of Hygiene & Tropical
                                   Medicine)

10:15 AM   coffee and posters
                   poster platform session 1 | Public Health

10:45 AM  KEYNOTE: 

• "Challenges of maternal healthcare in conflict" 
  - Dr Pippa Letchworth (Imperial NHS Trust)
  
• "What information is needed to address Maternal Newborn Health Challenges in Conflict Zones" 
  - Zeina Jamaluddine (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine) 
  

                  Chair: Prof Hassan Shehata (RCOG)

11:30 AM   Oral abstracts
                   Chair: Professor Andrew Weeks (University of Liverpool)

1. Polish midwives' experience of providing perinatal care to Ukrainian women after the outbreak of the full-scale war in Ukraine. 
   Dr Barbara Baranowska, Centre of Postgraduate Medical Education, Warsaw, Poland
2. Meaningful community engagement and involvement; going the extra 500 miles to decolonise global health research. 
   Mangenda Kamara, University of Sierra Leone, Sierra Leone
3. Does the Gratuité user fee exemption policy make a difference on maternal and newborn health service utilisation in conflict-affected regions of Burkina Faso? Evidence from a pre-post analysis.
   Dr Aduragbemi Banke-Thomas, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom & Cephas Avoka, Jacaranda Health
4. 2YoungLives: an innovation to reduce maternal mortality and improve health and wellbeing of adolescent girls and their babies in Sierra Leone
   Dr Cristina Fernandez Turienzo, King's College London, United Kingdom
5. A prospective observational cohort study to evaluate a novel point-of-care placental growth factor test for pre-eclampsia prediction in Sierra Leone. 
   Dr Katy Kuhrt, King's College London, United Kingdom

​12:15 PM    KEYNOTE: "Successful partnerships in global
                  maternal health"  
                  - Prof Bosede Afolabi (University of Lagos) and
                          Dr Opeyemi Akinajo (Lagos University Teaching Hospital)
                   Chair: Dr Chelsea Morroni (The University of Edinburgh)

1:00 PM     Lunch & Posters

2:00 PM    Workshop Session 1 

• 1A - A Dragon's Den of dangerous research ideas
  Main Auditorium (available in-person and online)
  Dr Rosemary Townsend and a panel of research experts
• 1B - Publication fraud: how do we know which publications not to trust?
  Foyer Room 1 (available in-person only)
  Professor Andrew Weeks and Ms Jo Weeks 
• 1C - A practical guide to developing AI tools for women's health
  Foyer Room 2 (available in-person only)
  Yasmina Al Ghadban and Ms Ankita Sharma

3:00 PM    coffee and posters
                   poster platform session 2 | Psychosocial Factors

3:30 PM     Workshop Session 2

• ​2A - Writing to win research grants
  Main Auditorium (available in-person and online)
  Ms Sam Palmer, Medical Research Council
• 2B - Creating Better Research Cultures: the OMEGEMI Discussion Project
  Foyer Room 1 (available in-person only)
  Ms Georgina Sowerby and colleagues
• 2C - Translating informed consent: when language barriers exist in maternity services
  Foyer Room 2 (available in-person only)
  Dr Jenny Patterson & Dr Yvonne Grieg

4:30 PM    Obstetric fistula - creative presentation and panel
                    discussion
                        -    Prof Bosede Afolabi, University of Lagos
                        -    Prof Hassan Shehata, RCOG
                        -    Dr Mhairi Collie, NHS Lothian 
                        -    Dr Wendy Timmons, The University of Edinburgh
                        -    Ms Christine Wood, NHS Lothian
                     Chair: Prof Wendy Graham (London School of Hygiene and Tropical
                                   Medicine)         

5:30 PM   Book signing | The Bright Fabric of Life
                      book sales available during Monday
                      ​Close of Day 1

7:00 PM   Dinner and Ceilidh
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Conference Dinner Details

​DAY 2 - Tuesday, 24th September
7:30 AM   The GLOW Walk
                  Meet at top of Middle Meadow Walk
                      Refer to the social activity tab for more information
8:30 AM   Registration and coffee
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9:00 AM   KEYNOTE: "Re-thinking geographical accessibility to
                 emergency obstetric and newborn care in the Global
​                 South"  - Dr Aduragbemi Banke-Thomas (London School of
                       Hygiene & Tropical Medicine)
                   Chair: Prof Andrew Weeks (University of Liverpool)

​9:45 AM    Panel Discussion: Medical technology
                  innovation in global women's health
                  research
                   -    Dr Katy Kuhrt, Kings College London
                   -    Dr Jessie Walter, Sibel Health Inc
                   -    Brian Matovu, Makerere University
                   -    Dr Robert Ssekitoleko, Makerere University
                   Chair: Dr Rosie Townsend (The University of Edinburgh)

10:30 AM   coffee and posters
                    poster platform session 3 | Intrapartum Care

11:00 AM    Workshop Session 3

• 3A - Kangaroo mother care for small vulnerable neonates: Implementation & real-world insights
  Main auditorium (available to in-person and online)
  Dr Helen Brotherton and Dr Victor Tumukunde
• 3B - FGM Education - What a frontline worker needs to know
  Foyer Room 1 (available in-person only)
  Dr Victoria Kincaid, Dr Heather Morgan and Miss Vidhi Naik
• 3C - Safer breech birth: Facilitating physiological breech birth and use of point of care ultrasound to identify breech presentation
  Foyer Room 2 (available in-person only)
  Dr Jenny Patterson, Dr Yvonne Greig, Dr Rosemary Townsend

12:00 PM   KEYNOTE: "Maternal mental health research
                   and practice in low- and middle-income
​                   countries"  
                    - Prof Robert Stewart (The University of Edinburgh) and Dr
                            Genesis Chorwe-Sungani (Kamuzu University of Health
                             Sciences)
                    Chair: Prof Rebecca Reynolds (The University of Edinburgh)

12:45 PM  Lunch & Posters

1:45 PM     KEYNOTE: "Extreme heat and maternal health:
                  current evidence and potential interventions" -
​                       Prof Ana Bonell (MRC Unit The Gambia, London School of Hygiene
                         and Tropical Medicine) and Dr Yahaya Idris (MRC Unit The Gambia,
                        London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine)
                   Chair: Dr Jenny Hall (University College London)

2:30 PM     Oral Abstracts
                    Chair: Prof Joy Lawn (London School of Hygiene and Tropical
                         Medicine)

1. A cluster randomised trial to evaluate the effectiveness of household alcohol-based hand rub for the prevention of severe illness in Ugandan infants (the BabyGel study). 
   Professor Andrew Weeks, University of Liverpool, United Kingdom & Dr Martin Chebet, Sanyu Africa Research Institute, Uganda
2. Ambient heat exposure in pregnancy and risk of preterm delivery in Brazil: a nationwide case-crossover analysis of 4,217,982 live births (2001-2019)
   Maxine Pepper, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom
3. SMARThealth GPT: Large Language Models for Improved Maternal Care in Resource-Constrained Environments
   Yasmina Al Ghadban, University of Oxford, United Kingdom
4. Cyclone Freddy and its impact on Women's Health: Cross-sectional Analysis of Data from a National Maternal Surveillance Platform in Malawi
   Dr Jenny Riches, University of Liverpool, United Kingdom
5. The CRADLE-5 Trial: Evaluating the national scale-up of the CRADLE vital signs alert device in Sierra Leone. Helping pregnant women get to the right place at the right time. 
   Dr Alexandra Ridout, King's College London, United Kingdom
6. Low dose oral misoprostol or oxytocin for ongoing induction of labour after cervical ripening and membrane rupture; a randomised trial of two induction methods. 
   Dr Kate Lightly, University of Liverpool, United Kingdom

3:30 PM     Coffee & Posters
                    poster platform session 4 | Maternofoetal Medicine

4:00 PM     Panel: Royal Colleges
                       -    Prof Hassan Shehata, RCOG
                       -    Sinead Cook, FSRH
                       -    Prof Steve Turner, RCPCH President
                   Chair: Dr Helen Brotherton (NHS Fife & London School of Hygiene
                                      and Tropical Medicine)

4:45 PM    Prizes and Closing Address
                        Dr Rosie Townsend & Prof Wendy Graham

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