Seminar om global børnesundhed

TID: Mandag den 27. oktober kl. 13-17

STED: Rigshospitalet, Auditorium 2, Blegdamsvej 9, København.

TILMELDING: Seminar is open to all. Please register at [email protected]

GLOBAL MATERNAL & CHILD HEALTH SEMINAR

TENTATIVE PROGRAMME:

12.30-13.00       Registration and sandwiches

TID: Mandag den 27. oktober kl. 13-17

STED: Rigshospitalet, Auditorium 2, Blegdamsvej 9, København.

TILMELDING: Seminar is open to all. Please register at [email protected]

GLOBAL MATERNAL & CHILD HEALTH SEMINAR

TENTATIVE PROGRAMME:

12.30-13.00       Registration and sandwiches

13.00-13.10       Welcome 
By Freddy Karup Pedersen, RH Global Health Unit and Alexandra Kruse, Global Health Minders

13.10-13.30       Reduction of maternal mortality combining NGO and research strategies? 
By Henriette Svarrer Nielsen, MD and Associate Professor, Copenhagen University and Bjarke Sørensen MD, PhD

13.30-13.45       The potential of mHealth in improving maternal and child health 
By Stine Lund, MD, PhD, Postdoc, University of Copenhagen

13.45-14.00       Iron deficiency and malaria – a two-edged sword
By Jørgen Kurtzhals, MD, Professor, University of Copenhagen

14.00-14.15       Vitamins and Vaccines – the more the merrier?
By Christine Stabell Benn, Center Leader, CVIVA, Bandim Health Project, SSI and Professor, University of Southern Denmark

14.15-14.30       Q&A

14.30-15.00      Coffee and networking

15.00-15.15       Treatment of malnutrition in children – room for improvement? 
By Maren Rytter, MD, PhD fellow, University of Copenhagen

15.15-15.30       Prevention of Mother-to-Child transmission and treatment of HIV-infected women in Tanzania 
By Zahra Persson Theilgaard, MD, PhD

15.30-15.40       Q&A

15.40-16.50       Panel discussions
Representatives from Danida, WHO and the organising committee

16.50-17.00       Closing remarks

Organised by Rigshospitalet’s Global Health Unit and Global Health Minders.