Invitation Steffie and Anke

                     

 

                                                   

PDF of PhD Steffie Heemelaar                              PDF of PhD Anke Heitkamp

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Defense Steffie Heemelaar, Leiden UMC (+ online)

Date    18th of April, 16.15.                Location Great Auditorium, LUMC

 

Symposium Morbidity and Mortality in Amsterdam, Steffie and Anke (+ online)

Date    19th of April, 8.30-12.30.         Location Atrium, VU

 

Defense Anke Heitkamp, AmsterdamUMC,VU & Stellenbosch University (+ online)

Date    19th of April, 13.45.                 Location Aula, VU

 

Celebration Steffie and Anke with drinks and bites

Date    19 th of April 15.00 – end.       Location Grandcafe Mahler

Symposium Maternal Morbidity in Cape Town, Anke

Date     12th of May, 12.00-16.00

More information on the program and location will follow

 

Symposium

Maternal mortality and morbidity

local and global perspectives

 

 

 

We would like to invite you to the symposium ‘Maternal mortality and morbidity: local and global perspectives’, organised to celebrate the two PhD defences of Steffie Heemelaar (Leiden University) and Anke Heitkamp (Amsterdam UMC, VU university and Stellenbosch University). We invited passionate experts from various institutes, sharing the most recent insights regarding maternal health

surveillance and response. During panel discussions several approaches to improve maternal outcome will be discussed. There will also be a livestream to aftend the symposium online. Online participants will be able to join the discussion through the chat. The symposium is free, but we kindly request you to subscribe. Aftached, you can find more details and the program.

 

 

 

 

Symposium: Maternal mortality and morbidity

local and global perspectives

Date:                                                                     19th of April, 08:30-12:30

Venue:                                                               Atrium, Medical Faculty, van de Boechorststraat 7, Amsterdam

Livestream:                                                     Link will be shared after registration

Registration:                                                   hftps://forms.gle/s2gEZBw94kYLvJS16 (required)

CPD accreditation:                                     NVTG, NVOG & KNOV 3 points

Namibia & South Africa:                        Aftendance certificate is suitable for application CPD points HPCNA/HPCSA Enquiries:    [email protected]

 

 

PhD defence Steffie Heemelaar

Maternal health in Namibia: Lessons learned from obstetric surveillance

Date:                                                                      18th of April, 16:15

Venue:                                                                 Great Auditorium, Academy building, Leiden University, Rapenburg 73, Leiden

Livestream:                                                        hftps://www.universiteitleiden.nl/wetenschappers/livestream-promotie

Registration:                                                      Not required

Enquiries:                                                              [email protected]

 

PhD defence Anke Heitkamp

Maternal deaths, Near Misses and Great Saves: Severe Maternal Outcomes in Metro East, the Western Cape Province, South Africa

Date:                                                                      19th of April, 13:45

Venue:                                                                   Aula, Main Building of Vrije Universiteit, de Boelelaan 1105, Amsterdam

Livestream:                                                        hftp://www.youtube.com/VUBeadlesOffice

Registration:                                                      Not required

Enquiries:                                                              [email protected]

 

 

 

 

 

Program Symposium

19th of April 2023

 

 

 

Registration

08:30

Coffee and tea

 

 

 

09:00

Opening

Chair: Hanneke de Vries & Thomas van den Akker

 

 

Maternal Health: the potential of surveillance

 

 

Part 1

09:10

 

 

 

 

09:40

 

 

 

 

10:00

 

 

 

10:20

 

 

 

10:40

From local to global level: monitoring severe maternal outcome should happen everywhere

Anke Heitkamp, Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, Amsterdam UMC Steffie Heemelaar, registrar Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Leiden UMC

 

Obstetric surveillance in Namibia: the achievements and opportunities in a country with a small population

Shonag Mackenzie, Obstetrician and Gynaecologist,

Member of National Maternal Death Review Commiftee of Namibia

 

The achievements and opportunities after 25 years of national obstetric surveillance in South Africa

Hannah Sebitloane, Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, University of KwaZulu Natal

 

Panel discussion

Moderators: Steffie Heemelaar and Anke Heitkamp

Panel members: Shonag Mackenzie, Hannah Sebitloane, Gerhard Theron Coffee and tea

 

Maternal Health: how to respond?

 

 

Part 2

 

11:10

 

 

11:30

 

 

 

11:50

 

 

12:10

 

 

 

12:30

 

12:45

 

Mental wellbeing of midwives, why support mafters

Tuwilika Endjala, Midwife, University of Namibia

 

Maternal morbidity: who is at risk and how to prevent?

Rebecca Painter, Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, Amsterdam University Medical Center

 

The next steps for maternal health globally

Salome Maswime, Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, University of Cape Town

 

Panel discussion moderator Thomas van den Akker

Panel members: Tuwilika Endjala, Rebecca Painter, Salome Maswime, Jos van Roosmalen

 

General discussion and Closure

 

Lunch