Please join Save the Children at the 32nd ICM Virtual Triennial Congress — the world’s largest virtual gathering of midwives ever. Every Wednesday in June, we will participate in this chance to network with global midwives and industry leads to learn from them and contribute to the future of midwifery. In addition to the various sessions we will participate in (listed below), we will host a virtual booth where you can learn more about our work supporting midwives, download key resources, and hear from our technical experts.
Please note paid registration is required to attend conference sessions.
On Wednesday the 16th of June join Save the Children at the following session:
- Save the Children and Johnson & Johnson: Improving recruitment, retention and support for midwives working in rural remote areas
This interactive session will serve as a platform to discuss challenges and solutions in the recruitment, deployment and maintenance of quality Midwives working in remote, and hard to reach areas of LMIC. The session will begin with a global overview presentation, followed by a moderated panel discussion. The diverse panel includes representatives from; WHO, USAID HRH2030, and a practicing Midwife from a LMIC. The moderator will use a list of predetermined questions to solicit response from the panelists with regards to Midwives’ recruitment, deployment, retention and motivation to work in remote, and hard to reach areas. The discussion will also include the impact of COVID -19.
- Session type: Satellite Symposium
- Time: 8-9:00 AM PDT / 11:00am – 12:00 PM EDT
- Presenters:
- Chunmei Li, Director Johnson & Johnson Foundation, USA – Chairperson, Opening Remarks
- Winifride Mwebesa, Associate Vide President, Department of Global Health, Save the Children, USA – Moderator, Introduction and welcoming the keynote speaker
- James Campbell, Director of Human Resources for Health, World Health Organization, Switzerland – Speaker, Global Overview of Midwives status in LMICS
- Rachel Deussom, Technical Director, HRH2030, USA – Discussant, moderated discussion on challenges and solutions for the recruitment, retention motivation and support for the provision of midwifery care in remote areas.
- Neha Mankani, Midwife, Pakistan – Speaker
- More info: Click this link to read more information about the session or watch this video.
2. Readiness of sub-district health facilities in Bangladesh to provide midwife-led quality maternal newborn care services
- Session type: Concurrent Session
- Session title: Midwifery led management
- Time: 17:30 – 19:00 PDT, Room 5
- Presenters:
- Afsana Karim, Senior Advisor MNH in USAID’s MaMoni MNCSP project, Save the Children, Health- Nutrition- HIV/AIDS, Dhaka, Bangladesh
- Joby George, Save the Children, Health- Nutrition- HIV/AIDS, Dhaka, Bangladesh
- Bal Ram Bhui, Save the Children, Health- Nutrition- HIV/AIDS, Dhaka, Bangladesh
- Zubair Shams, Save the Children, Health- Nutrition- HIV/AIDS, Dhaka, Bangladesh
- Maruf Billah, icddr-b, Maternal and Child Health Division, Dhaka, Bangladesh
- M. Rahman, icddr-b, Maternal and Child Health Division, Dhaka, Bangladesh
- Joseph Johnson, Save the Children USA, Maternal and Newborn Health, Washington DC, USA
- I. Rashid, USAID, Office of Population- Health- Nutrition and Education, Dhaka, Bangladesh
- More info: Click this link to read more information about the session.
3. Introducing Kangaroo mother care for stable preterm infants on the postnatal wards of four Chinese hospitals
- Session title: Risk during labour 2 (+ Three-minute presentation)
- Session type: Concurrent Session with 3-min Presentations
- Time: 17:30 – 19:00 PDT, Room 6
- Presenters:
- Sarah Williams, Save the Children UK, Health Team, London, United Kingdom
- Jieya Yue, Peking University First Hospital, Department of Obstetrics, Beijing, China
- Bin Zhang, Peking University First Hospital, Department of Obstetrics, Beijing, China
- Lin Zhang, Save the Children China, Health Team, Sichuan, China
- Ying Cao, Save the Children China, Health Team, Sichuan, China
- G. Zhao, Peking University First Hospital, Women and Children’s Center, Beijing, China
- More info: Click this link to read more information about the session.