The International Stillbirth Alliance Annual Conference on Perinatal Mortality and Bereavement Care, Madrid, Spain, 05/10/2019-06/10/2019, has been accredited by the European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (EACCME®), an institution of the European Union of Medical Specialists (UEMS), www.uems.eu, for a maximum of 13 European CME credits (ECMEC®s)*, for both in-person and online attendance. Saturday 5th October: 7 credits Sunday 6th October: 6 credits Accreditation for attendees from the United States and Canada: Through
Stillbirths: What a grieving mother wants you to know
“They seem to think that a mother should simply sweep the death and the pain under the carpet and quickly get her act together. They seem to imagine that after all, you had not developed a bond with this baby since you did not carry her in your arms. They seem to think that telling you to have another baby very quickly is encouragement enough. But it is not!”
Hurry! Early bird prices for ISA2019 close in just 2 weeks!
Early bird prices for ISA2019 Madrid close on the 31st of May After receiving an astonishing 228 abstracts for this year’s conference we recommend you register as soon as possible at www.isa2019madrid.com. Don’t miss the opportunity to see the leading healthcare professionals, parent experts and researchers on perinatal bereavement care and mortality prevention such as Prof. Alexander Heazell, Dr. Jane Warland, Sue Steen, Dr Denise Côtè Arsenault, Dr. Francesc Figueras,
Implementing guidelines for the care of parents after perinatal loss – Hear Dr. Cecilia Mota talk about Mexican National Institute of Perinatology
Come to ISA20019 to hear Dr. Cecilia Mota, psychologist and researcher, talk on the implementation of care guidelines for parents after perinatal loss in the Mexican National Institute of Perinatology. Dr. Mota has nine years of experience conducting research on perinatal bereavement and pregnancy with severe fetal anomalies and is currently working on the construction of a structural model to explain perinatal grief. You can read more about Dr. Mota
“Reducing perinatal mortality in South Africa”. Hear Dr. Salome Maswime at ISA2019 Madrid
We are delighted to announce that Dr. Salome Maswime, Obstetrician and Gynaecologist at the Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital, talk on perinatal mortality reduction in South Africa. Dr. Maswime is also the Director of the Wits Obstetrics and Gynaecology Clinical Research Division in South Africa and research fellow at the Center for Global Health at Massachusetts General Hospital/ Harvard Medical School. Her research focuses on placental histopathology in stillbirths and perinatal
228 abstracts received, review decisions to be announced on the 15th of May
228 Abstracts submitted We’re delighted to announced that the final count of abstracts submitted is 228; many more than we expected, which shows that the interest in perinatal mortality and bereavement care is growing all the time. Abstracts came from 26 countries with over 600 authors involved. The top countries for submissions include Spain, Ireland, United States, United Kingdom, Australia and Italy. The top scientific theme areas, included: Causes and risk
Are healthcare professionals trained to provide perinatal bereavement care? Hear Dr. Claudia Ravaldi on this topic at ISA2019 Madrid
Come to ISA2019 to hear Dr. Claudia Ravaldi, Psychiatrist & Psychotherapist, talk about healthcare professionals’ training in stillbirth and perinatal care. Dr. Ravaldi is the Founder and President of CiaoLapo Charity for High-Risk Pregnancy and Perinatal Grief Support. She has more than 50 scientific publications, more than 200 communications in national and international meetings, authored five books on perinatal loss and three illustrated children books on the subject of loss
Implementing Ireland’s National Perinatal Bereavement Standards – Hear Dr. Keelin O’Donoghue at ISA2019 Madrid
Hear Dr. Keelin O´Donoghue, Consultant Obstetrician/Gynaecologist and Senior Lecturer at Cork University Maternity Hospital and University College Cork talk about the development and implementation of Ireland’s National Standards for Bereavement Care Following Pregnancy Loss and Perinatal Death Dr. O´Donoghue heads the multi-disciplinary pregnancy loss research group at CUMH. She has published >110 peer-reviewed original papers and >280 published conference proceedings. You can read more about Dr. O´Donoghue on the Speakers
Adrienne Gordon at ISA2019 on Implementing iSAIL (Integrated Support After Infant Loss) at the Royal Prince Albert Centre for Newborn Care
Register for ISA2019 to hear Dr. Adrienne Gordon, Senior Staff Specialist Neonatologist in the Royal Prince Albert Centre for Newborn Care, talk about the development and implementation of the Sydney local health district iSAIL (Integrated Support After Infant Loss) service. Dr. Gordon is chief investigator on the Australian Centre of Research Excellence in Stillbirth. Her key areas of research include stillbirth, adverse pregnancy outcome and preconception health You can read
Hear Dr. Denise Côté-Arsenault on perinatal palliative care at ISA2019 Madrid
We are proud to announce that leading expert Dr. Denise Côté-Arsenault will give a keynote talk on perinatal palliative care at ISA2019. Dr.Côté-Arsenault, who has a PhD in nursing from University of Rochester, is the Eloise R. Lewis Excellence Professor of Nursing at the University of North Carolina Greensboro, USA. Dr. Côté-Arsenault’s research over the past 25 years has focused on women’s experiences of pregnancy after prior perinatal loss, couple’s