ICAMMHA 25 conference programme - Thursday 4th & Friday 5th December, 2025 - Central African Time

Esteemed Guests:

Dr Patience Mavunganganidze - Ministry of Health, Zimbabwe

Dr. Debra Machando - WHO

Linos Muvhu - Chair ICAMMHA25

Barbara Jayson, MBE - Co Chair ICAMMH25

Day 1 Moderated by Ms Stacey Ann Pillay

Day 2 Moderated by Ms Tafadzwa Meki

Keynote Speakers:

Associate Professor, Dr. Simone Honikman: "What they don’t tell you about how to develop maternal mental health interventions in resource constrained settings."

Tatiana Salisbury PhD: “Partnering with women and communities to strengthen maternal mental health” 

Dr. Asmaa Sadek: "Integrating health care for better Dyadic mental health, an Experience from Egypt"

Dr Genesis Chorwe: "Empowering mothers: Bridging mental health and maternal care across Africa"

Notable speakers:

Ms. Shanon McNab - UNFPA

Dr Susan Pawlby - Brazelton Centre UK

Dr Naomi Dick Kaba - The Hakili Nafaya Institute

Panels:

Panel session 1:  Mental Health & Wellbeing (Moderated by Dr. Valentina Trivella)

Panel session 2: Early Parent-Infant Bonding (Moderated by Ms. Jacqueline Malombe)

Panel session 3: Climate Change (Moderated by Zintle Pillay)

Panel session 4: Fathers and Breaking Stigma (Moderated by Imke Engelbrecht)

Panel session 5: Research and Advocacy (Moderated by Jacqueline Malombe)

Panel session 6: Innovative and affordable treatments (Moderated by Vongai Zavzava)

Panel session 7: Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) (Moderated by Dr. Naomi Dick Kaba)

Lived Experience acounts:

"Beyond the tear: Lived experience of obstetric trauma and maternal mental health"

"When Motherhood Doesn’t Save: Guilt, Silence, and Rebirth

"Lessons learnt from depression"

“Voices of pregnant and postpartum women in Madagascar"

“Evolving through loss and stigma: a mother's journey to maternal mental health advocacy.