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Video recordings from these sessions are now available on this page: https://www.repro.cam.ac.uk/mmia-2020/recordings-and-resources

 

Workshop programme

 

Monday 28 September (History and context)

13:00     Introduction

Session 1

Speakers: Professor Anne Løkke (University of Copenhagen, Denmark)
Chair: Dr Alice Reid (Department of Geography)

13:15     Presentation: How did the Danish birth care system manage to keep the late-nineteenth century level of MMR below the level of MMR in sub-Saharan Africa of today?
13:45     Discussion

14:15     Break

Session 2

Speaker: Professor Shane Doyle (University of Leeds, UK)
Chair: Professor Simon Szreter (Faculty of History)

14:30     Presentation: Interdisciplinary perspectives on maternal mortality in Kenya
15:00     Discussion

15:30     Break

15:45     Zoom breakout sessions

 

Tuesday 29 September (Policy and Practice)

13:00     Introduction

Session 3

Speaker: Ms Oliver Norah Nabacwa (Mulago Hospital, Uganda)
Chair: Professor Ashley Moffett (Department of Pathology)

13:15     Presentation: Maternal mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa: the Ugandan situation
13:45     Discussion

14:15     Break

Session 4

Speaker: Dr Estelle Sidze (African Population & Health Research Center, Kenya)

Chair: Dr Yuliya Hilevych (Faculty of History)

14:30     Presentation: Regional progress and policy response to reduce maternal mortality in sub-Saharan Africa
15:00     Discussion

15:30     Break

15:45     Zoom breakout sessions