SASUF Satellite Events 2024

This is a hybrid event. To attend via Zoom, use the following link: https://lu-se.zoom.us/j/66167864756

In the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, all countries have been forced to consider pandemic preparedness. This involves many pertinent public health issues, like use of information and communication strategies for facilitating policy, vaccine development, etc. There is a need to discuss international collaboration in order to learn more about the way forward. Maternal mortality is a basic indicator of both material living standards and of the performance of the health care system in a country or a region. Sweden can demonstrate one of the lowest Maternal Mortality Rates in the world, while South Africa still is lagging behind. Collaboration regarding what lessons that could be learnt from Swedens success, and how Sweden can engage in such a process is of high interest.

Please find further information about the lectures in the document attached on the bottom under the name "Full Event Description".

SESSION 1: MORNING Thematic Focus area: PANDEMIC PREPAREDNESS (3HRS)
1. 09:00 - 09:10 Welcome  Prof Östergren / Prof Sibiya (SA)10 minutes

2. 09:10 - 09:20 Overview of session 1  Prof Östergren (Sweden) 10 Minutes

3. 09:20 - 09:45 Speaker 1 (SA)  Prof C Jinabhai SA 25 minutes

4. 09:45 - 10:10 Speaker 2 (Sweden) Prof J Björk (Lund University, Sweden) 25 minutes
Title: Improved preparedness for future pandemics and other health crises through large-scale disease surveillance

5. 10:10 - 10:35 Speaker 3 (SA) 10Dr V Naidoo 25 minutes
Title: COVID-19: Was it a call for Crisis Management …or crisis prevention???

6. 10:35 - 11:00 Speaker 4 (Sweden) Associate Prof J Esbjörnsson (Lund University, Sweden) 25 minutes 
Title: The Pandemics and Alertness initiative

7. 11:00 - 11:40 Morning session PANEL DISCUSSION 40 minutes
All speakers from the morning session related to the relevant focus area will then form part of a panel discussion and take questions from the audience.

11:40 - 13:00 LUNCH BREAK 80 minutes

SESSION 2: AFTERNOON Focus area: MATERNAL MORTALITY (3HRS)

1. 13:00 - 13:10 Welcome Prof MN Sibiya / C Jinabhai (SA) 10 minutes
 
2. 13:10 - 13:20 Overview of session 2 Prof C Jinabhai (SA)10 Minutes

3. 13:20 - 13:45 Speaker 1 (SA) Prof MN Sibiya 25 minutes
Title: Pregnant Women’s Views Regarding Maternity Facility-Based Delivery at Primary Health Care Facilities in the Province of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa

4. 13:45 - 14:10 Speaker 2 (Sweden) Prof P-O Östergren (Lund University, Sweden) 25 minutes
Title: A historical perspective on the development of maternal mortality in Sweden

5. 14:10 - 14:35 Speaker 3 (SA) Dr N Naranjee 25 minutes
Title: Utilisation of Maternal Health Services and its Impact on Maternal Mortality Rate:A Case for KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

6. 14:35 - 15:00 Speaker 3 (Sweden) PhD candidate, RN-M Mia Kolak (Lund University, Sweden) 25 minutes
Title: Contraceptive councelling for immigrant women provided by midwives in Sweden

7. 15:00 - 15:40 Afternoon session PANEL DISCUSSION 40 minutes
All speakers from the afternoon session related to the relevant focus area will then form part of a panel discussion and take questions from the audience.