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The 9th World Congress of
The International Association of Maternal and Neonatal Health (IAMANEH)
in collaboration with
The Egyptian Society of Maternal and Neonatal Health (ESMANEH)

Cairo, Egypt
October 31 - November 3, 2006

Program

Workshop : Evidence-based decision making

• Introduction to evidence-based medicine - Abdelhamid Attia (Egypt)

• Leonardo da Vinci - Evidence-based medicine teaching in Europe - Regina Kulier (Switzerland)

• The WHO Reproductive Health Library (RHL) - Regina Kulier (Switzerland)

• Searching for evidence In electronic databases - Eman Abdel-Raouf (Egypt)

• Research design and methodology - Abdelhamid Attia (Egypt)

• Statistics for the clinicians - Magdy Ibrahim Mostafa (Egypt)

• Critical appraisal: An overview - Shereen Abdel-Ghaffar (Egypt)

• Evidence-based diagnosis - Hesham Al-Inany (Egypt)

Challenges facing perinatal health

• Global network for women’s and children’s health research: Achievements at the 5-year mark - Linda L. Wright (USA)

• Infection in pregnancy: Prevention and management of GBS - Gian Carlo Di Renzo (Italy)

• Diagnosis and management of fetal infection. A perinatologist perspective - Yves Ville (France)

• Does pre-pregnancy maternal obesity Influence length of gestation and birth weight (BW)?: A multi-variate analysis - Ayman Al-Mohandes (USA)

• The effect of maternal overweight and obesity on offspring size at birth and pregnancy outcome - Hany Lashen (UK)

• The Galaa study. Normal labour facility practices vs evidence-based obstetrics - Karima Khalil, Mohamed Cherine, Amr Elnoury, Nevine Hassanein, Hania Sholkmay, Lamia Mohsen, Miral Breebaart, Abdel Aziz Shoubary (Egypt)

• Use of tocolytics: What is the benefit of gaining 48 hrs for the fetus? - Gian Carlo Di Renzo (Italy)

Plenary lecture

• The promise and advantages of distance-learning in maternal and newborn care - David Woods (South Africa)

The status of women’s health in the developing countries

• Perinatal care status In Egypt - Nadia Badrawi, Lamia Mohsen (Egypt)

• New directions in perinatal quality assessment - Edward E. Lawson (USA)

• Emergency perinatal drills - Amr El-Noury (Egypt)

• Viral hepatitis with pregnancy in Egypt - Alaa Ebrashy (Egypt)

Perinatal Education Programme (PEP)

• The Perinatal Education Programme. Scientific evaluation - Gerhard B Theron (South Africa)

• Perinatal Education Programme - Dave Greenfield (South Africa)

• Implementation of PEP in India - Anupama Reddy (India)

Foeto-maternal health

• Obstetric fistula - Charles-Henry Rochat (Switzerland)

• Prediction of preterm delivery by ultrasound - Yves Ville (France)

• Specific complications of monochorionic twin pregnancies - Yves Ville (France)

• Successful extraction of stem cells from cord blood samples in Cairo University hospitals - Abdel-Maguid Ramzy (Egypt)

Update in neonatal problems 1

• Home neonatal care practices in rural Egypt during the first week of life - Mohamed H. Hussein, Gary L. Darmstadt, Peter J. Winch, Lamiaa Mohsen; Reginald Gipson; Ayman El Mohandes; Esmat Mansour; Mathuram Santosham
• Fetal lung immaturity: Novel approach - Ermelando Cosmi (Italy)
• Prevention strategies for premature infants - Joseph Haddad (Lebanon)
• Cerebral blood flow velocities in mechanically ventilated preterm infants - Hesham Abdel-Hady (Egypt)

Update in neonatal problems 2

• FIRST BREATH: The global network’s trial of two methods of resuscitation - Linda L. Wright (USA)

• Hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy. Still haunting! - Dina El Metwally (Egypt)

• Post intensive and home care for prior premature infant - Edward E. Lawson (USA)

• Scientific basis of Kangaroo mother care and the use of a novel stimulator for apnea of prematurity and SIDS - Ermelando Cosmi (Italy)

• Online teaching course in pediatrics - Mohamed Reda Bassiouny (Egypt)

Maternal mortality

• Hypertension in pregnancy. Still a serious problem in Malaysia - Nick M. Nasri Ismail (Malaysia)

• Maternal mortality in Damietta Egypt - Mohamed T. El Sherbiny (Egypt)

• Maternal mortality in Sudan - Nasr Abdalla (Sudan)

• Prevalence and outcome of high risk pregnancies in a rural area - Mahmuda Mubasher, Fuad Hameed Rai (Pakistan)

Environmental and community factors in perinatology

• Sexuality in a Brutal Environment: A study of the sexual experiences among street girls in Cairo - Hanna Aboulghar (Egypt)

• Reduction in unwanted teenage pregnancies: Are we achieving enough? - S. Sundararaman (UK)

• Tobacco exposure and its implications in reproductive health outcomes - Ayman El-Mohandes (USA)

• Pregnancy outcomes and course of labor among women residing near power line stations generating electromagnetic field - Abeer Mokhtar (Egypt)

Pregnancy disorders

• Transdermal nitroglycerine patch for tocolysis - An experience - Lavanya Rai (India)

• Current management of foetal anaemia - Ahmad El-Sheikhah (Egypt)

• Effect of clexane on determining pregnancy outcome in patients with high risk of developing antiphospholipid antibodies - Mostafa Shokry, Moatazza Mostafa, Hazem El Ashmawi, Samah Aboul Gheit (Egypt)

IAMANEH general assembly

• IAMANEH activity report 2003-2006 - Aldo Campana (Switzerland)

Conference summary

• The 9th World Congress of IAMANEH. Conference summary - Ahmad Zakaria Al-Shiekha, Abdel-Maguid Ramzy (Egypt)

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