2009 international
stillbirth conference

In collaboration with 28th Conference on Priorities in Perinatal Care in South Africa
8-10 March 2009
South Africa, Champagne Sports Resort

This two-day meeting (8-10th March 2009) will focus on audit and prevention strategies for stillbirth and newborn deaths and providing bereavement care in developing countries.

The main program themes will include:

• Caring for parents after a stillbirth or neonatal death;

• Causes of and solutions for perinatal deaths in developing countries;

• Identification and recording of perinatal deaths in developing countries;

• Classification for perinatal deaths which is usable in developing countries;

• The role of growth restriction and infections in perinatal deaths, especially HIV/AIDS.

There will be a joint plenary session followed by parallel sessions for the bereavement and scientific arms. The congress will have workshops in both arms; interactive sessions with experienced bereavement counsellors in the bereavement arm; and workshops on establishing perinatal death review meetings, data collection and analysis.

For registration and more info contact matinfru@up.ac.za or visit www.stillbirthalliance.org

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