Speakers
Prof. Ka-Wang CHEUNG
Hong Kong
Dr Cheung is currently the Clinical Associate Professor of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, the University of Hong Kong. He is Maternal and Fetal Medicine subspecialist of Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologist and provided high quality obstetric and prenatal service to pregnant women.
He is enthusiastic in researches and actively promotes women’ health and safe delivery. More than 70 peer-reviewed articles were published. He worked with the World Health Organization to provide evidence-based clinical algorithms to manage abnormal labour.
He obtained the Health and Medical Research Fund for his research in management of hepatitis B carriers during pregnancy and prevention for preterm delivery in Hong Kong. He is an instructor in the course of Advanced Life support in Obstetrics and provide regular trainings to enhance effective management of obstetric emergency. He was nominated by the college to be the Distinguished young Fellow of the Hong Kong Academy of Medicine in 2019.
Reducing maternal mortality is a global objective. Low- and middle-income countries (LMIC) contributed the majority of maternal and perinatal deaths. The causes of deaths differed among LMIC and high-income countries (HIC). Published international mortality report by either incorporating the data into China’s or missing Hong Kong’s may fail to capture the actual performance of Hong Kong. Although the maternal mortality ratio of Hong Kong appears low, there has been no local confidential enquiry into maternal death, and underreporting is likely. In this talk, we will cover the recent findings of a cross-sectional study which revealed the hidden burden of maternal mortality. The role of obstetricians and anaesthetists in the prevention of maternal mortality will also be covered.
