Maternal mortality in sub-Saharan Africa 2020: programme
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