Raising the Bar for Global Health

New for 2024, Raising the Bar for Global Health is a series of informal talks in venues around Cambridge bringing together the people working on some of the biggest healthcare challenges of our time.
In 2020, around 287,000 women died during and following pregnancy and childbirth, and almost 95% of these deaths occured in Global South countries.(1) Most women die because of complications that develop during pregnancy, many of which are preventable or treatable.

For newborns, the first month of life is the most vulnerable period. 2.3 million newborns died in 2022 and like maternal mortality, this is not evenly distributed around the world. Sub-Saharan Africa has the highest neonatal mortality rate with premature birth, birth complications and neonatal infections some of the leading causes.(2)

The healthcare strategies for managing and treating many of the risks for mothers and babies are well known, so why do the maternal and neonatal mortality rates remain high?

Join us to hear from people involved in health partnerships between Uganda and Kenya and Cambridge and the East of England to understand the context and the challenges of delivering maternity and neonatal care in low-resource settings. You'll learn about some of the most common complications that cause maternal death, understand why maternal and newborn health are closely linked, and why it's so important that women have access to consistent and high-quality care during pregnancy and after childbirth.

You’ll also discover what motivates healthcare staff to get involved in global health partnerships that improve patient outcomes and hear more about the personal and professional impacts of peer-to-peer learning and training in action.

Hosted at Cambridge’s centrally located Brew House and limited to 30 people, your ticket includes free supper grazing platters.

With thanks to the CGHP members speaking at this event:

• Dr Jane MacDougall - Consultant in Reproductive Medicine CUH, Guardian of Safe Working CUHF, Associate Postgraduate Dean NHSE-WT&E-EOE, Director of Studies Clinical Medicine & Fellow, Newnham College
• Dr Catherine Aiken - Consultant Obstetrician, Cambridge University Hospitals and Academic Clinical Lecturer, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
• Catherine Barlow - Lead Midwife for East of England Maternal Medicine Network, Cambridge University Hospitals
• Mercy Adera - Staff Nurse, Rosie Hospital, recipient of THET Diaspora Grant and member of Kakamega Health Partnership team
  

2023 Global Health Fellow Barida Poi delivering training in infection prevention control, management of sepsis and postnatal care in a maternity setting.

(1) World Health Organization (WHO)

(2) World Health Organization (WHO) Newborn mortality (who.int)

Host or Publisher Cambridge Global Health Partnerships