Archive for the ‘Conferences’ Category

PRONTO’s PartoPants™, a low-cost birthing simulator, were featured in an article, “Three Innovations that Can Save the Lives of Pregnant Mothers and their Babies,” by the Spanish newspaper El Pais. The article was published before the Demand Solutions: Ideas for Improving Lives conference held November 15-16 in Buenos Aires. Dr. Dilys Walker, PRONTO’s co-founder and board president, presented at the conference. The translated […]

PRONTO International attended the Women Deliver conference in Copenhagen in May 2016. Women Deliver brings together diverse voices and interests to drive progress and investment in the health, rights and wellbeing of girls and women. The first Women Deliver conference was in 2007, and the organization took their commitment one step further in 2016 by shaping […]

This year, a team of PRONTO International representatives attended the International Meeting on Simulation in Healthcare (IMSH).  IMSH is the world’s largest gathering of healthcare simulation professionals and explores the latest innovations and best practices in healthcare simulation.  The conference, held from January 16-20, 2016, focused on offering participants insight into the latest simulation research, strategies […]

PRONTO International had a very busy spring and is gearing up for an even busier summer! At the end of May, PRONTO had the opportunity to present at the Women Deliver conference in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Women Deliver is the most important international conference on women and girl’s health. This was the third Women Deliver […]

  PRONTO International is headed to Women Deliver in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Visit us at our booth (#111) or stop by one of our three panels, demonstrations or presentations. We have also recently joined Twitter! Follow all of our live updates from Women Deliver @PRONTO_Intl Tuesday, May 28, 11:30 am -1:00 pm; Room 307: Low-Cost, […]

The PRONTO team has recently returned from a trip to Arusha, Tanzania to attend and present at the Global Maternal Health Conference (GMHC).  “The GMHC2013 is a technical conference for scientists, researchers, and policy-makers to network, share knowledge, and build on progress toward eradicating preventable maternal mortality and morbidity by improving quality of care.” At […]

Dilys Walker presented preliminary results of the impact of PRONTO trainings at the FIGO (International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics) conference in Rome October 7-12, 2012. The FIGO congress was a rewarding scientific exchange with information about the many aspects of women’s health. There were FIGO Reproductive and sexual health pre-Congress workshops as well as pre-Congress courses and hands […]

Sept. 22-25 The annual meeting, Reproductive Health, is a three-day meeting with concurrent hands-on pre-conference workshops that takes place in a different city every year in the fall. Reproductive Health is a partnership among the Association of Reproductive Health Professionals, the Planned Parenthood® Federation of America National Medical Committee, and the Society of Family Planning. […]

June 17-19 This conference is a leading forum for educators, researchers, managers, and staff development professionals provides the ideal environment to disseminate and gain current knowledge in the area of skills/simulation lab management and simulation enhanced education. Nurses and other healthcare professionals will have the opportunity to network with colleagues and exhibitors, discuss best practice […]

“Women are at the economic heart of the developing world. And to do all this work, they need to be healthy.” Women Deliver 2010, a global conference, will be held in Washington DC on June 7-9, 2010. The theme of the conference is: “Delivering solutions for girls and women,” and we plan to focus on […]