Safer Births 1st Annual Meeting

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On the 14-15 of October partners and key personnel in Safer Births will be meeting in Stavanger for the 1st annual meeting of Safer Births.

The six PhD candidates, Jørgen Linde (Stavanger University Hospital), Robert Moshiro (Muhimbili National Hopital), Monica Thallinger (University of Oslo), Estomih Mduma (Haydom Luthrean Hospital), Huyen Vu (University of Stavanger) and  Paschal Mdoe (Haydom Luthrean Hospital) will be there to present their research. Key staff for the main research sites in Tanzania, such as the Assistant Director and head of Maternity of Haydom Luthrean Hospital and head of labour in Muhimbili National Hospital will also be there.

On the agenda for the two days are discussions on the the specific research related to resuscitation and fetal heart rates, allowing the product developers to meet and discuss with the researcher. There will also be general discussions on the way forward and the shaping of a research consortium agreement.

After the meeting most of the participants will be taking the boat from Stavanger to Bergen to attend the 8th GLOBVAC conference, where Safer Births will be holding a symposium and present several posters.