Conference programme
Please note this is the programme template for the conference programme 20 - 22nd March, from the 'programme' item on the menu bar you can use the dropdown menu to choose each of the workshop programmes we have available.
Wednesday 20 March
| 8.30am | Pōwhiri |
| 10.00am | Morning tea |
| 10.30am | Session 1 | Tackling the big issues: climate change and the impact on reproductive health Chairperson Welcome address from PSRH President Dr Karaponi Okesene-Gafa, President, PSRH Keynote address: Realising the rights of Pacific women in our challenging and changing world Dame Teuila Percival, Consultant Paediatrician, Associate Professor, Paediatrics, University of Auckland RANZCOG President address and introduction of Brian Spurrett Orator Dr Gillian Gibson, President, RANZCOG Brian Spurrett Oration Professor Peter Stone, Emeritus Professor, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Auckland, Aotearoa New Zealand Addressing sexual and reproductive health and rights in Pacific emergencies Dr Mateen Shaheen, UNFPA Deputy Director and Representative of UNFPA Pacific SRO Interlinkages between SRHR and climate change in Kiribati - efforts by the Kiribati Family Health Association Tamoa Moannata, Program Manager, Kiribati Family Health Association (KFHA) Q&A |
| 12.30pm | Lunch |
| 1.30pm | Session 2a | Gender-based violence: impacting patients and providers Chairperson Strengthening health sector response to sexual and gender based violence across the Pacific Dr Titilola Duro-Aina, Chief of health and Technical Advisor SRHR, UNFPA PSRO, Suva, Fiji Violence in labour. Is it a problem? How do we address it? Dr Mairi Wallace, Specialist Gynaecologist, Urogynaecologist, Northland Aotearoa New Zealand, Health Specialist Programme, Cook Islands Gender based violence in the health workforce - are we looking away? Dr Swaran Naidu, Gynaecologist, Adjunct Associate Professor, Fiji National University Q&A | Session 2b | Contraception updates Chairperson Review of postpartum contraception guidelines and practice in nine Pacific Island countries Professor Kirsten Black, Sexual and Reproductive Health, University of Sydney Prevalence of pregnancy termination and associated factors among married women in Papua New Guinea: a nationally representative cross-sectional survey McKenzie Maviso, Public Health Lecturer, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Papua New Guinea Family planning service provision in Solomon Islands: a case study approach Relmah Harrington, Midwife and Senior Lecturer, James Cook University State of abortion services in five Pacific Islands Jenny Cao, Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health Program, Burnet Institute, Australia Q&A |
| 3.00pm | Afternoon tea | |
| 3.30pm | Session 3a | Adolescent health and wellbeing Chairperson Adolescent Gynaecology 101 Dr Saman Moeed, Paediatric and Adolescent Gynaecologist, Auckland, Aotearoa New Zealand Institutionalizing ASRHR in the Pacific: Fiji's experience Dr Titilola Duro-Aina, Chief of health and Technical Advisor SRHR, UNFPA PSRO, Suva, Fiji Exploring preconception health education for adolescents in the Solomon Islands Rebecca Manehanitai, National Coordinator for Adolescents Health and Development Program, Solomon Islands Sexual health issues facing Pacific young people in Aotearoa, New Zealand - what we know and how we can respond | Session 3b | Communicable and non-communicable diseases in reproductive health Chairperson Maternal and childhood oral health and NCDs Dr Seema Kumar, Dental Specialist, Te Marae Ora, Rarotonga Cook Islands Diabetes in pregnancy - the South Auckland experience Dr Heena Lakhdhir, Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, Te Whatu Ora - Counties Manukau, Auckland, Aotearoa New Zealand Increasing hope and enhancing reproductive justice: Hearing from women living with HIV who have undergone point-of-care HIV viral load testing in Papua New Guinea Ruthy Boli, Senior Social Researcher, Papua New Guinea Institute of Medical Research Challenges in Managing STIs and HIV/AIDs in primary health care in Fiji: a focus on maritime islands in the Eastern Division, Fiji Dr Malaki Ranuve, Principal Medical Officer, Levuka Hospital, Fiji Q&A |
| 5.00pm | Close of the day |
Thursday 21 March
| 8.30am | Session 4 | Gynae Oncology Chairs: Dr Ai Ling Tan & Dr Silipa Naiqiso Eliminating cervical cancer in the Western Pacific - current status with C4 consortium Professor Marion Saville, Executive Director, Australian Centre for the Prevention of Cervical Cancer Pillar 2: Prevention and early detection of cervical cancer Professor Andre Cavalho, Deputy Head, Early Detection, Prevention & Infections Branch, International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC/WHO) ROSE program - thinking outside the square of cervical screening Professor Woo Yin Ling, Consultant Gynaecological Oncologist, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Malaysia Paracetamol but not morphine Dr Wendy Muircroft, Palliative Care Consultant, Waikato, Aotearoa New Zealand Q&A |
| 10.30am | Morning tea |
| 11.00am | Session 5 | Supporting and retaining the workforce Chairperson Pacific Island health workforce training and migration trend: desperate situation, drastic solutions, and who should do what Dr William May, Associate Professor, College of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Fiji National University A health systems approach to retain the health workforce Dr Dyxon Hansel, Technical Officer Health Systems, WHO Health Facility Readiness and Service Availability (HFRSA) Assessment Freda Pitakaka, Head of Research Department, Solomon Islands Ministry of Health and Secretariat to the SI Health Research and Ethics Review Board Supporting domestic clinician workforce in Pacific countries Dr Silina Motofaga, Team Leader, Clinical Services Program, SPC Q&A |
| 1.00pm | Lunch |
| 2.00pm | Session 6a | Strengthening midwifery across the Pacific Chairperson A collaborative approach to teaching professional issues in midwifery to midwifery students in Samoa Mele Tofaeono, Registered Nurse and Midwife, Lecturer, Undergraduate Nursing and Postgraduate Midwifery, National University of Samoa and Boe Calvert, Research Midwife, Global Women's and Newborn's Health International Development, Burnet Institute, Australia Midwifery network in the Pacific: the experience of networking with Tongan Midwives Tagiyaco Vakaloloma, Deputy Director Nursing, Maternity Unit, Fiji and Akesa Halatanu, Matron, Vaiola Hospital Curative-Clinical Services Tonga Perceptions of midwives on the use of the partograph for labouring women from the rural health facilities in Papua New Guinea Nancy Geregl Kerenga, Midwifery Lecturer and Course Coordinator, Pacific Adventist University, Papua New Guinea Lessons from midwifery led point of care quality improvement adapted to a provincial maternity service in Papua New Guinea Evelyn Mondo, Senior Clinical Midwife, Angau Memorial Provincial Hospital Q&A | Session 6b | Strengthening O&G training and newborn health across the Pacific Chairperson Introduction of hysteroscopy to low resourced area – Lambasa, Fiji Dr Sunil Pillay, Endoscopic Specialist, Fertility Associates, Auckland, New Zealand Strengthening Pacific urogynaecology training Dr Jenny King, Urogynaecologist, Director of the Pelvic Floor Unit, Westmead Hospital, Sydney Chair of the Urogynaecological Society of Australasia Development of a sustainable Pacific GTD Registry: the issues, barriers & benefits Dr Andrea Garrett, Gynaecologic Oncologist, Queensland, Australia Strengthening O&G emergency training, caring for the carer Dr Sharron Bolitho and PEMNeT Q&A |
| 3.30pm | Afternoon tea | |
| 3.50pm | Session 7a | Obstetric & Gynaecology updates Chairperson Improving the post-discharge care of women with hypertensive disorders of pregnancy - review of clinical practice guidelines and stakeholder consultations at Labasa, CWM and Aspen Lautoka Hospitals between May to July 2023 Dr Bevlin Shen Ming, O&G Unit, Aspen Medical, Fiji Severe Perineal Trauma (SPT) and Obstetric Anal Sphincter Injuries (OASIs) – a qualitative study on women with SPT and OASIs and how the government of Kiribati through its ministries advocate for these women’s voices and empowerment Tareti Ruaia and Monica Tarabo, School of Midwifery, Kiribati Retrospective study of incidence, associated factors, and maternal and neonatal outcomes of fetal macrosomia at Lautoka hospital in 2018 Dr Prerna Prakash, O&G Registrar, Health Care Fiji Q&A | Session 7b | Using (digital) data to improve monitoring and quality of care Chairperson Missed opportunities for meeting the data needs of reproductive health programs Zeshi Fisher, Global Women's and Newborn's Health, Burnet Institute, Australia Global platform for strengthening maternal and newborn health – Asia-Pacific region Dr Minh Pham, Senior Research Fellow, Burnet Institute, Australia Adapting the Safe Delivery App for Papua New Guinea Dr Delly Babona, Papua New Guinea Country Coordinator, Global Monitoring Platform for Maternal and Newborn Health - Asia Pacific Q&A |
| 5.00pm | Close of the day | |
| 6.30pm | Conference dinner |
Friday 22 March
| 8.30am | Session 8 | Current initiatives building resilient reproductive health in the Pacific Chairperson Strengthening policy environment for cervical cancer: a review of the development of first cervical cancer elimination strategies in Pacific Dr Titilola Duro-Aina, Chief of Health and Technical Advisor SRHR, UNFPA, Pacific Cervical cancer elimination in the Pacific region: the EPICC program Professor Deborah Bateson, Professor of Practice, Co-Leader HPV and Cervical Cancer Stream, The Daffodil Centre, University of Sydney Strengthening preconception health services in the Pacific: strategies, lessons and resources to support resilience Meg Sheahan, Certified Nurse Midwife and Sexual and Reproductive Health Specialist, Senior Clinical Consultant for JSI’s Reproductive Health National Training Centre, Boston, USA Point-of-care testing and treatment of sexually transmitted and genital infections to improve birth outcomes in high-burden, low-resource settings: results of a pragmatic cluster randomised crossover trial in Papua New Guinea (WANTAIM) Professor Andrew Vallely, Head of Global Reproductive Health, Kirby Institute, University of NSW, Sydney, and the Papua New Guinea Institute of Medical Research Navigating the impact of changing climate on SRHR in the Pacific - spotlight on endometrial cancer and empowering resilience Dr Aumea Herman, Chief Clinical Advisor Pacific Health, Manatū Hauora New Zealand Ministry of Health Q&A |
| 10.30am | Morning tea |
| 11.00am | Reflections and close of conference |
| 12.00pm | Conference ends |
| 12.00pm | Lunch |
| 1.00pm | BGM for Financial Members |
| 2.30pm | Executive Board meeting and handover |