In response to this Neal Long, Sands Director, has suggested that the Walking 4 Barney funds will be partly used to provide scientific bursaries to assist health professionals and investigators from developing countries to participate in International Stillbirth Alliance Conference.
ISA 2007 will be hosted jointly by Sands and the NHS Perinatal Institute in Birmingham (29th September - 2nd October 2007).
The conference will be a very special meeting to focus on perinatal loss - the human impact, the causes, and the possibilities for prevention. It will be a rare opportunity to bring together researchers, clinicians, health care professionals, bereaved families, and support organisations from many different countries.
Many clinicians and scientists devote much of their working lives to furthering the understanding of adverse pregnancy outcome. And many bereaved parents, knowing the real consequences of baby loss, are committed to improving the care that others who have suffered a loss receive. Both groups have much in common and together can represent a very powerful force for change.
The conference will be run in two parallel streams: scientific and bereavement, and will include joint plenary sessions to discuss the key issues of interest to all. Its main purpose is to gain insights and ideas for future collaborative initiatives to reduce the burden of perinatal death.
The aims will be:
- to present the human consequences of stillbirth and other perinatal loss
- to share information on current activities and research programs
- to strengthen collaboration on initiatives to reduce perinatal death
- to share knowledge and experience of best practice in care when a baby dies
- to encourage networking and informal exchange
We feel this is an extremely good use of the money that has been donated so far and we are sure that as a direct result of Walking 4 Barney a real step forward can be made into the cause and prevention of the loss of babies' lives. We sincerely hope you agree.
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