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Discussion:

Sickle cell disease is the most common inherited disorder worldwide with varying clinical severity and potentially serious complications.

Join us as we discuss what we can do better as health care providers in managing sickle cell disease during pregnancy.

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We are delighted to invite you to join us at the mDoc Quality Network tele-ECHO Session for Health Care Workers

Topic:

Stepping Up Management of Sickle Cell Disease In Pregnancy: What Can We Do Better?

Date:

Thursday, 18th February 2021

Time:

2:30pm - 4pm WAT

Speaker:

Dr Bosede B Afolabi

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About Our Speaker

Dr. Bosede B Afolabi (MD, FRCOG, PhD) is a Professor of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, trained in Nigeria and the United Kingdom. She is a maternal medicine expert and her doctoral thesis was on cardiovascular aspects of pregnancy in sickle cell disease. She also has clinical and research interests in endometriosis and minimal access surgery. She is the lead and co-investigator of several research grants, has published over 70 peer-reviewed papers, and was featured on CNN African voices for her work in sickle cell pregnancy and maternal health.

http://edition.cnn.com/video/#/video/international/2013/02/01/bosede-afolabi-sickle-cell- anemia-a.cnn

Dr Bosede is the current Head of Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the College of Medicine, University of Lagos. She is a fellow of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, UK and of the Nigerian postgraduate colleges – West African College of Surgeons and the National Postgraduate Medical College of Nigeria. She also has a certificate in Epidemiology and Biostatistics from Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, USA. She has mentored more than 20 young obstetricians and gynaecologists and is a mentor to many other medical and non-medical colleagues. She is a women’s advocate and is passionate about reducing maternal mortality.

Dr Bosede is the current Head of Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the College of Medicine, University of Lagos. She is a fellow of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, UK and of the Nigerian postgraduate colleges – West African College of Surgeons and the National Postgraduate Medical College of Nigeria. She also has a certificate in Epidemiology and Biostatistics from Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, USA. She has mentored more than 20 young obstetricians and gynaecologists and is a mentor to many other medical and non-medical colleagues. She is a women’s advocate and is passionate about reducing maternal mortality.

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Upcoming ECHO:

- ECHO for women and the general public

Saturday 27th March 2021

- ECHO for Health Care Workers

Thursday 15th April 2021