OUR PROGRAMME 

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

9:00 AM   Welcome - Dr Rosie Townsend & Prof Wendy Graham
                   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

10:45 AM  KEYNOTE: "What information is needed to address
                  Maternal and Newborn Health Challenges  in
​                  Conflict Zones?" 
                   - Zeina Jamaluddine (PhD Student)
                  Chair: Prof Hassan Shehata

11:30 AM   Oral abstracts
                   Chair: Professor Andrew Weeks

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
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
                  women's and newborn health"  
                  - Prof Bosede Afolabi (University of Lagos) and
                          Dr Opeyemi Akinajo (Lagos University Teaching Hospital)
                   Chair: TBC

1:00 PM     LUNCH/Posters/Symposium

2:00 PM    Workshop 1 

3:00 PM    coffee and posters

3:30 PM     Workshop 2

4:30 PM     Obstetric fistula: creative presentation/screen
                    dance film

4:45 PM     Panel discussion: creative presentation
                    Chair: Prof. Wendy Graham (London School of Hygiene & Tropical
​                                       Medicine)

7:00 PM     Dinner and Ceilidh

​DAY 2 - Tuesday, 24th September
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 Banks-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
                   Chair: Dr Rosie Townsend (The University of Edinburgh)

10:30 AM  coffee and posters

11:00 AM    Workshop 3

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: TBC

12:45 PM  Lunch/Posters & Symposium

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

2:30 PM     Oral Abstracts
                    Chair: TBC

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

4:00 PM     Panel: Royal Colleges
                     Chair: TBC

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

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