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INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY 2013 FORUM

INTEGRATING CARE IN THE PERINATAL PERIOD: CRUCIAL TO MOTHER AND CHILD SURVIVAL IN RESOURCE-POOR SETTINGS

We invite you to a joint forum with Médecins Sans Frontières, coinciding with International Women’s Day, looking at maternal and child health in resource poor settings.
Presentations will cover:

• The global burden of perinatal versus maternal death
• Perinatal approaches and challenges for facility-based care in medical-humanitarian programmes
• Challenges for maternal and child health care at the frontline in western Indonesia

When?

Monday 11 March
Doors open at 5:30pm (tea & coffee)
Presentations: 6:00pm–7:30pm

Where?

Eastern Avenue Auditorium
Bldg F19
Eastern Avenue
The University of Sydney
Camperdown
NSW

Registrations

To register for the forum go to: https://msf.eventarc.com/14386

Closing date for registrations: Monday 11 Mar 2013 12:30pm

Speakers

Professor Merrilyn Walton
Associate Dean International, Sydney Medical School

Professor Heather Jeffery
Professor, International Maternal and Child Health, Sydney School of Public Health, University of Sydney, and Clinical Academic Neonatologist, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney

Ms Kara Blackburn
Medical Advisor-Women’s Health, Médecins Sans Frontières

Dr Diah Fita Sari
Masters of International Public Health student, University of Sydney

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