KMC Europe 08

Uppsala University Main Building, Uppsala, Sweden

1^st European Conference on the Kangaroo Mother Care method 6-7 October 2008

Main topic: Why KMC in a high tech setting

7^th International Workshop on Kangaroo Mother Care 8-11 October 2008

Target groups for the events, which will be held in English, are persons involved in clinical work, education, administration and research in maternal and child health care, perinatal, neonatal, and pediatric care, and in all settings – irrespective of profession, as well as peer counsellors.

Key note speakers at the Conference

Nils Bergman and Mantua Mokhachane, South Africa, Nathalie Charpak, Colombia,

Melvin Konner and Susan Ludington, USA, Ornella Lincetto, WHO Geneva,

Kerstin Uvnäs Moberg and Ann-Marie Widström, Sweden.

Aims of the Workshop

Presentations of research and experience of implementation in

both low income settings and settings with optimal medical and health care resources.

Discussions about the revised WHO Practical Guidelines for KMC and

about obstacles to implementation and possible solutions.

Welcome to Uppsala!

Uwe Ewald, professor, and Kerstin Hedberg Nyqvist, Associate Professor, Uppsala University Hospital, Uppsala, and Department of Women’s and Children’s Health, Uppsala  University

Information:

http://www.akademikonferens.se/KMCeurope08

e-mail:kmceuorope08@akademikonferens.se