144/13 - Infections in pregnancy: a huge, and avoidable, cause of malnutrition in childhood
Organized by: Children’s Investment Fund Foundation (UK) | ||
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Track 2: Nutrition through Life Course | ||
Wednesday 18 October | 11.30 - 13.30 h. | Room 4 - Libertador A |
Mainstreaming the control of maternal infections into nutrition programmes
Chairperson

Dr. Saul Morris
Children’s Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF) – Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN)
Assigned Co-Chair
Dra. Marcela Stambullian
Nutricionista Helios Salud. Docente de la Carrera de Nutrición de la Facultad de Medicina de la UBA.
See biography
A unified framework linking maternal infections and childhood malnutrition: insights from multiple disciplines
Speaker

To be confirmed
Presumptive treatment of pregnant women with antimalarials and antibiotics in Malawi: impact on child growth up to five years
Speaker

Prof. Per Ashorn
World Health Organization. Finland.
Maternal HIV exposure and poor child growth
Speaker

Prof. Suzanne Filteau
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. United Kingdom.
The impact of screening and treatment for urinary tract infections in Bangladesh on preterm birth and small for gestational age
Speaker

Dr. Anne Lee
Harvard Medical School. USA.
Evidence on maternal influenza in pregnancy, birth size, and gestational age
Speaker
