Montevideo. October 18, 2022. In the framework of the FIGO Cartagena 2022 Congress, CLAP/WR is organizing a series of actions and exhibitions aimed at improving the quality of health care for women, mothers and newborns.
In addition, on November 1, CLAP/WR Maternal Health Advisor Bremen De Mucio will participate in a meeting with the boards of FIGO and FLASOG and other partners on behalf of CLAP Director Dr. Serruya.
Simulation Workshop: Immediate Post Obstetric Event Contraception
On November 2, from 14:00 to 18:00, the Pre-Congress Simulation Workshop: Immediate Post Obstetric Event Contraception will be held in the Guacamayos room of the Hilton Cartagena de Indias Hotel.
This activity is part of a virtual course of PAHO that consists of a first self-guided part and a second part in a tutored model, which consists of a simulation and final supervised clinical practice. Through this workshop, the aim is to generate groups of professionals who become involved as tutors, favoring capacity building and contributing to the strengthening of quality care.
As part of the didactic strategy, resources and tools of the virtual platform will be shared to favor learning linked to practical performance, through examples with interactive exercises that will allow progress in the different modules. The objective is to certify the skills of the professionals present in the placement of postpartum and postabortion IUDs and subdermal implants.
Space is limited and there is no registration fee. Register here.
Breakfast with experts "The return of syphilis as a relevant infection during pregnancy"
On November 3, CLAP/SMR Director Suzanne Serruya and Regional Sexual and Reproductive Health Advisor Rodolfo Gómez will participate, together with Dr. Eliana Amaral from Brazil, in a breakfast meeting with experts on "The return of syphilis as a relevant infection during pregnancy".
On this topic, Gómez pointed out that the increase in the incidence of syphilis among some groups is causing an increase in the number of cases of congenital syphilis. "To achieve the goal of eliminating congenital syphilis, it is crucial to reach the programmatic goals of 95% coverage of syphilis screening in pregnant women and 95% of women with adequate treatment who tested positive. However, this percentage of coverage is far from being achieved in many countries in the region". As an example, the CALP/WR advisor expressed that there were 30,071 cases of congenital syphilis reported by countries in the Americas in 2021, which corresponds to an incidence rate of 2.1 per 1,000 live births.
"This is a serious public health problem that has worsened in the last few years of the pandemic. It is necessary to reinvigorate international commitments for its elimination."
Symposium on: "Infections in pregnancy and their prevention by vaccines"
In addition, on November 3 and 4, a symposium on infections in pregnancy and their prevention by vaccines will be held with prestigious professionals from the region. Precisely, on the 4th, the consultant in Maternal Health, Bremen De Mucio will participate together with Dr. Amaral from Brazil and Dr. Eliana Castillo from Colombia, in the working session "Infections and their prevention during pregnancy: present and future".
In relation to this topic De Mucio expressed that vaccines have proven to be one of the most effective interventions in public health. "As far as immunizations in pregnancy are concerned, the peculiarity is that two people are protected with a single vaccine," he stressed.
In particular, in relation to the COVID 19 pandemic, he expressed that vaccines during pregnancy not only contributed to reduce maternal mortality and severe conditions among pregnant women, but also contributed to reduce preterm pregnancies linked to COVID-19. "This is not new, we had already seen the doubly protective effects in the case of the AH1N1 Influenza pandemic. In addition, other vaccines given to mothers have generated sufficient immunity so that children do not die in early stages of their lives, when they have not yet generated the necessary immunity," he said.
