[Stars] FW: Women and Children's Health Conference. March 29-30, Ohio University

Thu Feb 7 15:44:15 EST 2013

Dear STARS,

Below is information about an upcoming conference on Women's and Children's Health. Please check it out, and hopefully STARS can help promote and participate in it!

Best,

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Laura Hyde
Ohio University
OU Survivor Advocacy Program, Peer Advocate Leader
Students Teaching About Racism in Society, PR Chair
African Student Union, General Secretary
OPIE, Pronunciation Tutor
lh264909 at ohio.edu<mailto:lh264909 at ohio.edu>
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Call for Papers... Registration now open!
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Call for Papers
Women and Children's Health in Africa: Clinical and Social Perspectives
March 29-30, 2013
Deadline for abstract - February 15.

Progress towards the Millennium Development Goals in maternal and child health in Africa must be rapidly accelerated if the goals are to be achieved. Africa today accounts for more than half of the maternal and child deaths in the world, and Nigeria, with 2% of the world's population currently has 10% of the world's maternal deaths. Significant campaigns have been mounted to address these crises by intergovernmental organizations such as the UN and its bodies, African governments in cooperation with bilateral donors, and non-governmental organizations of both local and international origins.

The Global Health Program, the College of Health Sciences and Professions and the African Studies Program of Ohio University are sponsoring an international conference, "Women and Children's Health in Africa: clinical and social perspectives," in order to raise awareness of the status of women and children's health across the continent and assess efforts to 1) reduce child mortality and 2) improve maternal health and that of all women in Africa.

We invite practitioners, scholars, interested students to prepare poster presentations for a special conference session.  For further information click here<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001GEmzxWyacnUnSOpO4XEWPf4HdWmzxiCHMdtHZ5WI9w--M8Q0knWOzUi37Y6Vi_Y2vo9g1auijyDPAJGZrDR5hvE5yothU4pH_-Dg83Wh44Jov4YoX9koevRXzan4w2CXmLKZSSNs23jLWcwYMWViDpHOVCgolQKk1g0OS3VWp3Y=> or  contact african.studies at ohio.edu

Submission Guidelines

Authors must submit a cover page, including the title of the paper, the name(s) of the author(s), and the author(s)' affiliation(s), if applicable; and an abstract of the paper. The abstract may be no longer than 350 words and should not contain the name(s) of the author(s) or reference(s) that would identify the author(s). Each submission should be made as a separate email attachment and be formatted in MS Word. To submit your abstract please click  here<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001GEmzxWyacnX1mZvuftLTeP4erj7Z63MJ--L-76PxW33sFB1HYV0yYbS3JwFq0PQ_9vPUCdz6ihDDn0U8yWBrAmfYjFacJUMbZ0-H1FKw5gwWclM5RbGOUjloDchZ-nNSUQGNimoaQfUif18MJTdjHmo9Mqh27KVexc9onARlqP8=> or send an email to ka101410 at ohio.edu.

Conference Keynote

Ms. Edna Adan, Edna Adan University Hospital, Hargeisa, Somaliland

Ms. Adan is a nurse and former Minister of Health and of Foreign Affairs in Somaliland.  She was recently featured in the PBS program, Half the Sky and is the founder of the Edna Adan University Hospital in Hargeisa, Somaliland, the country's major health facility.  Ms. Adan has provided much of our understanding of the continued practice of FGM in the Horn of Africa.

Other invited speakers

Dr. Nafisa Bedri, Ahfad University for Women, Omdurman, Sudan. Dr. Bedri is a leading advocate for all women's health rights in Sudan.

Professor Marape Marape, Botswana-Baylor Children's Clinical Centre of Excellence, Botswana. Prof. Marape is Director Research and conducts a variety of projects related to HIV/AIDS and child health.

Mr. Aggrey Otieno, Pambazuko Mashinani, Nairobi, Kenya. Mr. Otieno has recently won the Rolex Foundation Award for his NGO's work on maternal health in the slums of Nairobi.

Dr. Crystal Patil, University of Illinois at Chicago.  Dr. Patil examines women's health in East Africa from a number of perspectives food security, pregnancy outcomes, sickle cell disease and neglected tropical disease.

Dr. Ivy Pike, University of Arizona.  Dr. Pike examines health impact of endemic warfare, women's psychosocial health and fetal developmental plasticity among East Africa pastoralists.

Dr. Alyson Young, University of Florida.  Dr. Young studies the impact of maternal-child interactions on child health outcomes in East Africa.  She is also participating in a multinational project to examine the impact of climate change and livelihood decisions on child health.

Registration
Deadline for registration is March 1st, 2013.

To register, click here<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001GEmzxWyacnWNALbbkEhux29fH8QHvhq6yD4H12dY7xkPO9fZ9mf9qx7nCl516loxLTERfyzU7thtF8f2xowwt_YIxVDUscWrtzt4PElJHDNHp_027HgGoGnjVErAnBGssZJtdPl7oudaeqpQXYMbq_mERF3JPImrsO0ykR2MWok=>

Conference Conveners;

Professor Steve Howard

Director, African Studies

Director, Institute for the African Child

Email: howard at ohio.edu

Gillian H. Ice, Ph.D., M.P.H.

Associate Professor

Department of Social Medicine and Director of Global Health

Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine

Health Sciences Center

Email: iceg at ohio.edu

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