COVID-19 in Pregnancy: Antenatal Care during the Pandemic

In 2019, University of Birmingham obtained the designation ofWorld Health Organization (WHO) Collaborating Centre for Global Women’s Healthfor its research supporting WHO’s programmes on maternal and perinatal health.Located within theInstitute of Metabolism and Systems Research (IMSR), the collaborating centre undertakes cutting edge translational scientific research, addressing the health needs of pregnant women and newborns in low- and middle-income countries, and globally.As part of this work, we support the relevant WHO programmes by providing expertise in evidence synthesis, clinical trials, maintaining international pregnancy databases, and through capacity building activities.Elly Charityworks to promote and protect women’s health in the UK and internationally by training and educating healthcare workers in how to provide optimal care during pregnancy and childbirth. It supports research excellence in women’s health with a focus on accelerating the application of research into healthcare environments. It became a Registered Charity in 2020.

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<h3>A series of global learning webinars to  to provide guidance about the management and care of pregnant women during the COVID-19 pandemic.</h3><h3>The <a href="https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/who-collaborating-centre/index.aspx" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">WHO Collaborating Centre for Global Women's Health</a> at the University of Birmingham and <a href="https://www.elly.org.uk/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Elly Charity</a>, are pleased to invite you to the first in a series of online global learning events  on evidence-based guidance for the management and care of pregnant women during the COVID-19 pandemic. </h3><p>Over the coming weeks we will host a series of 4 learning webinars. In each of these our panellists will discuss a range of topics including adapting services to care for pregnant and recently pregnant women during the pandemic, management of women with suspected and confirmed COVID-19, and the latest evidence in this area.  </p><p>These webinars will explore strategies on how to minimise the risk of transmission and adverse outcomes for mothers, babies and healthcare professionals by harnessing  the clinical and research expertise of our panellists. Help us spread the word using hashtag <strong>#globalpregcov</strong></p><p></p><h2>Webinar 1: Antenatal Care during the COVID-19 pandemic</h2><h3>In this first webinar our focus will be on the antenatal period where we will provide insights into antenatal care of pregnant women during the pandemic, and specifically the management of COVID-19 in pregnancy.</h3><h3>Chair: </h3><p>Professor <a href="https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/staff/profiles/metabolism-systems/Thangaratinam-Shakila.aspx" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"><strong>Shakila Thangaratinam</strong></a><strong> </strong>is the co-Director of the WHO Collaborating Centre for Global Women's Health. She is a Professor of Maternal and Perinatal Health and leads the <a href="https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/who-collaborating-centre/pregcov/index.aspx" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"><strong>PregCOV-19 living systematic review</strong></a><strong> </strong>on COVID-19 in pregnancy.</p><h3>Expert Speakers: </h3><p><a href="https://www.qmul.ac.uk/blizard/all-staff/profiles/heinke-kunst.html" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"><strong>Dr Heinke Kunst</strong></a> – Dr. Heinke Kunst is a Senior Lecturer at Queen Mary University and Honorary Consultant in Respiratory Medicine at Barts Health NHS trust. Her main research interest is in migrant health and translational research themes in tuberculosis, latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) and infectious diseases such as COVID-19.  She is leading on a NIHR funded antenatal screening study for LTBI. As a front line clinician she has managed pregnant women with COVID-19 pneumonia and is part of the systematic review group “COVID-19 in pregnancy”. She is involved in several COVID-19 research studies and has been a site  investigator of the NIHR funded RECOVERY trial for COVID-19.</p><p> <a href="https://www.qmul.ac.uk/blizard/staff/centre-for-primary-care-and-public-health/staff/rehan-uddin-khan.html" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"><strong>Dr Rehan Khan</strong></a> – Dr Rehan Khan has a special interest in medical problems in pregnancy, and he co-wrote most of the RCOG COVID-19 maternal medicine guidelines with Shakila.  He is Women and Newborn Clinical Board chair and Dean for Education at Barts Health.  At the RCOG he is Deputy Chair of the Curriculum Committee.  His lovely wife is a GP in the East End of London, and his three children are currently refusing to consider medicine as a career, but he lives in hope.</p><p><a href="https://www.londongynaecologist.co.uk/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"><strong>Mr Joseph Aquilina</strong></a> - Joseph Aquilina was appointed Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist at St.Bartholomew’s and the Royal London Hospitals in October 2000. He is the lead Clinician for Fetal Medicine and his research interests include prediction of pre-eclampsia and sonohysterography. </p><h2>Event Format: </h2><h3><strong>Time 1.30pm BST   |    6pm IST    |    9.30am BRT</strong></h3><p>Speakers will give a short presentation about their experiences. This will be followed by a question and answer session Chaired by Professor Shakila Thangaratinam. You will have an opportunity to submit questions as part of the registration process and on the day itself. We will try our best to answer as many questions as possible during the allocated time.</p><p><strong>Please note: </strong>This seminar will be recorded and may be later made publicly available.  By registering you are consenting to this and to potentially being recorded if your video is shown. </p><p>We are limited to 300 participants on Zoom (first come, first served), however we will be providing all registered attendees a chance to join us live via a live-stream link on YouTube or Facebook. Help us promote the event and share your thoughts using #globalpregcov</p><h2>Future Events: </h2><p>Future sessions are outlined below :</p><ul><li>Webinar 2: Intrapartum Care during the COVID-19 pandemic</li><li>Webinar 3: Postnatal and neonatal Care during the COVID-19 pandemic</li><li>Webinar 4: Women’s Health Research during the COVID-19 pandemic</li></ul><p>More information will be released soon. Please contact  info@elly.org.uk if you would like to be  kept informed of the dates of these future events or sign up to our mailing list during the registration process. For more information about Elly Charity visit <a href="https://www.elly.org.uk/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Elly.org.uk</a></p>

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