On the second-ever World Preeclampsia Day, May 22, 2018, maternal health advocates, donors and champions gathered at the Wilson Center for “Non-Communicable Diseases: Pre-eclampsia Risk Factors and Long Term Complications.” Panelists focused on neglected areas of pre-eclampsia care and discussed their work and research in chronic heart and kidney diseases, diabetes and obesity, and challenges in detection, management, and treatment in high- and low-resource settings. The Ending Eclampsia project also shared preliminary findings from research in Nigeria and Bangladesh and called for efforts to focus on research initiatives that aim to eliminate gaps in coverage for PE/E and related morbidities and scale up of best practices.
If you missed the event, watch the webcast on the Wilson Center’s event page and read “Every 11 Minutes: Hypertensive Disorders in Pregnancy are Deadly (And Have Long Term Complications for Mothers and Children).
Panelists included:
Introduction
Amy Dempsey
Knowledge Translation and Advocacy Manager, Maternal and Newborn Health, Population Council
Moderator
Jill Keesbury
Senior Director, Technical Strategy, Health Programs Group, Management Sciences for Health
Speakers
Dr. Tabassum Firoz
Internal Medicine and Obstetric Medicine, Yale New Haven Health
Dr. Kathleen Hill
Maternal Health Team Lead, USAID’s flagship Maternal and Child Survival Program
Dr. Lucia Larson
Director of Obstetric Medicine, Women’s Medicine Collaborative; Associate Professor of Medicine, Alpert Medical School at Brown University
Charlotte Warren
Director of the Ending Eclampsia project, Population Council
