Date: Friday 20 January 2012

Venue: Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, London
 

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Session One

Epidemiology of HIV among pregnant women in the UK and Ireland
Dr Pat Tookey, Institute of Child Health, London

Antiretroviral therapy in pregnancy
Dr Annemiek de Ruiter, St Thomas’ Hospital, London

Vaginal delivery and viral load
Miss Kate Harding, St Thomas’ Hospital, London

Panel discussion

Session Two

Does antiretroviral therapy cause pre-term delivery?
Dr Claire Thorne, MRC Centre of Epidemiology for Child Health, London

Screening and testing for trisomy 21
Miss Sam Pretlove, Birmingham Women’s Hospital

Panel discussion

Session Three

Peer support and the African experience
Dr Mitch Besser, mothers2mothers, Cape Town, South Africa

Peer support for pregnant women with HIV in the UK
Ms Angelina Namiba, HIV i-Base

Session Four

Long-term effects of in utero and neonatal antiretroviral drug exposure on exposed but uninfected infants
Dr Steve Welch, Birmingham Heartlands Hospital

HIV and breastfeeding: WHO and UK guidelines
Dr Graham Taylor, Imperial College London

Panel discussion

Session Five

Co-infection with hepatitis B or C
Dr Ed Wilkins, North Manchester General Hospital

Management of term and pre-term rupture of membranes (ROM) in HIV
Dr Yvonne Gilleece, Royal Sussex County Hospital, Brighton

Management of term and pre-term rupture of membranes (ROM) in HIV
Dr Kees Boer, Consultant Obstetrician, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Panel discussion