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Webinar: Evidence-Based Best Practices to Address Maternal Mortality

Speaker Bio

chireauDr. Monique V. Chireau is the Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology in the Division of Clinical and Epidemiologic Research for the Department of Obstetrics/Gynecology at Duke University Medical Center.  Dr. Chireau is also a research associate for the Center for Health Services in Primary Care and a staff gynecologist for the Departments of Ambulatory Care and Surgery both at the Durham VA Medical Center.  Her research interests include: genetic epidemiology in women’s health, epidemiology of adverse pregnancy outcomes, women veterans’ health and healthcare, health services research in women’s health (risk-adjustment and predictive modeling of outcomes; outcomes and quality), adverse pregnancy outcomes and long-term health, and racial disparities in women’s health. Dr. Chireau has authored and co-authored numerous peer-reviewed articles and is a reviewer for several noted medical journals.  Dr. Chireau became the Co-Chair for the Cardiovascular Disease in Women and Special Populations National Committee at the American Heart Association in 2011.

Webinar: A Sustainable Model for Reducing Maternal Mortality

A Sustainable Model for Reducing Maternal Mortality: Evidence from the SHARE Project in Sub-Himalayan India

Speaker Bio

georgeDr. Jameela George will discuss the medical causes of maternal mortality, as well as the socio-cultural, economic, and topographical factors contributing to maternal mortality in the context of rural India. Through the SHARE Project, Dr. George and her colleagues have developed an emergency referral system that is dynamic, results-oriented, and replicable. It is our hope that this sustainable model might be adopted in other contexts to reduce maternal mortality and promote the health and dignity of women.

The Share Project’s community-based model is built around the promotion of institutional deliveries, the creation of educational programming, strategic alliance with healthcare providers and transportation infrastructure, and the empowerment of women.

Jameela George, MBBS is the former Director of the SHARE project. After graduating from Madurai Medical College, she began working as a Medical officer in various rural areas of India. Dr. George started the Jivan Jyoti Health Centre in Maharashtra, and has pioneered multiple community health and development projects with the Emmanuel Hospital Association. In 2009, she was a GBEI scholar with The Center for Bioethics & Human Dignity in Deerfield, IL. Currently, she is the Executive Director of The Centre for Bioethics in India.

Webinar: Fathers’ Vital Contribution to Improving the Health & Safety of Mothers and Newborns

Speaker Bio

mcewanSince 2006, Dr. Elena McEwan has served as the Senior Technical Adviser in Maternal and Child Health and the technical backstop to maternal and child health projects for Catholic Relief Services. Her primary purpose is to provide global leadership to CRS’ maternal and child health programming. She also coordinates and provides technical support to CRS’ awarded MCH grants. More specifically she provides technical assistance to develop the Detailed Implementation Plans, Social and Behavior Change Strategies, Evaluations and Operations Research. She also represents CRS’ MCH portfolio in global forums such as the GAVI Alliance and the CoreGroup.

This HerDignity Network webinar features Catholic Relief Services’ project, “The health of the family is also men’s work”. It is transforming communities through the education of fathers. Pregnant women are at risk of poor prenatal care and abuse which impacts safe delivery and newborn health. Through life-affirming education and training, men are gaining new appreciation for pregnant wives and actively supporting them during pregnancy and with their newborn babies. This model may be adapted across cultural boundaries.

Webinar: Reducing Maternal Mortality While Increasing Infant Survival: A Case Study from Kenya

Speaker Bio

adamDr. Mary Adam works with Kijabe Hospital and the organization Equipping Africa in Kenya. Equipping Africa grows hope for the future by connecting people, ideas, and innovative solutions to problems in health and medical education. Equipping Africa Website The Newborn Community Health Project, Kijabe Hospital trains individuals to share accurate health messages promoting newborn and maternal health in their communities. The Project seeks to cultivate hope in places where resignation dominates attitudes about maternal and child mortality. Changing hearts and minds about health practices saves lives.

Mary Adam graduated from Trinity College (now Trinity International University) in Deerfield, IL and attended the University of Arizona College of Medicine followed by a pediatric residency at the University of Arizona. Subsequently, she also obtained a Master’s degree in Bioethics from Trinity International University and a PhD in psychology from the University of Arizona in the area of program evaluation. She worked on HIV Prevention with I Choose Life-Africa a Kenyan nongovernmental organization during her Fulbright Fellowship in Kenya in 2007 to 2008.

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