Hosted by the Menopause Study
Endorsed by the South Africa Menopause Society and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of South Africa.
Draft Programme:
All times shown are in CAT (GMT +2)
- 14.00 Welcome & Introductions
- 14.10 Background to the research programme
Part 1: MENOPAUSAL HEALTH
- 14.20 Menopausal symptoms by HIV status in older Zimbabwean women and their association with health-related quality of life: a cross-sectional study
- 14.35 Midlife women’s understanding of health in older age: a qualitative study from Zimbabwe and South Africa
- 14.50 Improving experiences of the menopause for women in Zimbabwe and South Africa: co-producing an information resource
- 15.05 PANEL DISCUSSION 1 – Menopause
15.20 Break
Part 2: MUSCULOSKELETAL HEALTH IN MID-LIFE WOMEN
- 15.30 Osteoporosis, Rather Than Sarcopenia, Is the Predominant Musculoskeletal Disease in a Rural South African Community where HIV Prevalence Is High: A Cross-Sectional Study
- 15.45 The impact of HIV on bone mineral density through menopause: a longitudinal study of urban-dwelling South African women
- 16.00 Menopause is associated with bone loss, particularly at the distal radius, in black South African women: Findings from the Study of Women Entering and in Endocrine Transition (SWEET)
- 16.15 Osteoporosis and prevalent fracture are common and remain untreated in mid-life Zimbabwean women living with HIV: a cross-sectional study
- 16.30 Global Burden of Osteoporosis: a comparison of cohorts from South Africa, The Gambia, UK, US and Zimbabwe
- 16.45 PANEL DISCUSSION 2 - Musculoskeletal
- 17.00 Close