Membership
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What does the ICHG do?
Within the RCPCH
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ICHG has convened a scientific session at all Annual (Spring) meetings of the BPA and RCPCH since the ICHG's foundation attracting high quality papers from all over the world. The Group has attracted a number of very eminent plenary speakers from the developing world.
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The ICHG works with the RCPCH in sponsoring special evening meetings on a diverse range of topics including detention of children in South Africa, work opportunities for paediatricians overseas, sustainable development and maternal and child health.
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Holds the register of people willing to act as mentors for paediatricians giving service overseas.
Scientific Meetings
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ICHG has hosted a series of highly successful mid year on topics such as children and violence, malnutrition, tuberculosis, disability, the travelling child and perinatal care.
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In 2000, a partnership with Save the Children Fund and the Centre for International Child Health led to a conference on Poverty and Child Health with internationally renowned speakers.
Advocacy
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Advocacy activities have concerned the promotion of breastfeeding in HIV positive mothers and the impact of military actions and sanctions on the health of children in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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The ICHG is represented on the Committee of the Inter-agency Group on Breastfeeding Monitoring.
Benefits of Joining
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Membership of an organisation which keeps you up to date with both professional and advocacy issues in International Child Health.
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At least three Newsletters per year.
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Opportunity to network with fellow professionals with an interest in International Child Health.
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Be a voice calling for the improvement of Child Health throughout the world.
Subscription fees
International Child Health Group (ICHG) membership is open to all with a professional interest in advancing child health internationally.
Group Membership
We have introduced a new category of group membership to benefit those living outside the USA and EU countries. Up to 10 members may join on one group subscription of £20 per year. Copies of Child will be posted to one member of the group who can then distribute copies to the others.
Membership subscription
Increase in subscription to International Child Health Group
ICHG has kept the same annual membership fee (£20) for UK-based colleagues for the past 5 years. During this time we have been able to run two meetings per year and produce a regular newsletter. As a relatively small specialist group linked to RCPCH we have been able to exert considerable influence, for example by sponsoring resolutions at the AGM of the College.
We are now required to pay the going rate for an administrator's time and expenses and have to budget accordingly. At the ICHG Annual General Meeting on April 29th 2005, an increase in the standard subscription was agreed, whilst leaving the subscription for those working in poor countries at £5 and for retired members at £10.
Individual in EU or USA |
£40 | Individual outside EU or USA (Type B) |
£5 |
| Retired individual in EU or USA (Type C) |
£10 | Group (10) outside EU or USA (Type D) |
£5 |
