Upcoming Meetings

ICHG Winter Meeting 2010: Armed Conflict - protecting the health of mothers and children

Thursday 4 November, London

The aim of this meeting is to finalise and agree a proposed draft resolution on armed conflict and its effects on maternal and child healthcare, and the need for effective international health protection. The meeting is aimed at all health workers who want to learn more about the terrible effects of armed conflict on healthcare. Participants will help to act as advocates to influence the UN to provide greater protection for healthcare in conflict areas.

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Past meetings 2010

ICHG Spring Meeting 2010

Wednesday April 21st 2010, Warwick

More information will follow. See the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health.

 

Past meetings 2009

ICHG Winter Meeting '09

What works: The Evidence Base for International Child Health Interventions

Thursday 5th November 2009 10.00am - 6pm
The Medical School, University of Birmingham

The International Child Health Group, in partnership with the College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, has developed an exciting programme that is essential for international child health clinicians, policy makers, donor organisations and charities, and all interested in the health of children worldwide.

Full details of all the speakers along with details of how to register for the meeting can be found on the Events page.

The meeting is being preceded by a global email discussion on CHILD2015, with more than 1200 child health professionals worldwide, including the speakers. Together we are discussing the key themes of the meeting and preparing key questions to be discussed on the day. A summary of the discussions and feedback will be sent to CHILD2015 members shortly after the meeting. Join CHILD2015 today: www.hifa2015.org/child2015-forum

The current CHILD2015 Global Communications Package from the Joint ICHG / RCPCH International / VSO meeting 2009 can be downloaded from this link (pdf).

Presentations from this meeting:

Jennifer Bryce, Determining what works: New designs for large-scale effectiveness evaluations. Institute for International Programs, The Johns Hopkins University.

James Bunn, Long term outcomes of HIV infected Malawian children with severe malnutrition. Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, and College of Medicine, Blantyre, Malawi.

Harry Campbell, Child Health Epidemiology Reference Group (CHERG) International Child Health Review Collaboration (ICHRC) with focus on pneumonia. The University of Edinburgh.

Bernadette Daelmans, Scaling up effective child health interventions: Where do we come from… breaking new frontiers. Department of Child and Adolescent Health and Development, World Health Organization.

Shams El Arifeen, Recent evidence and programme challanges in child survival experiences from Bangladesh. International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (ICDDR,B).

Mike English, Improving hospital care for newborns and children, on behalf of the Child and Newborn Health Group.

Ruth Gilbert, Integrating evidence into clinical practice: focus on evidence-based health care in India. RCPCH and the Indian Academy of Pediatrics.

Marcus Stahlhofer, Strengthening accountability for improving child and adolescent health. Department of Child and Adolescent Health and Development, World Health Organization.

 

Past meetings 2008

ICHG Winter Meeting '08

Improving maternal, newborn and early infant health in low income countries

The Winter Meeting of the International Child Health Group for 2008 was held at the University of Sheffield on 20th November. Download the flyer (pdf).

 

Past meetings 2006

ICHG Winter Meeting (held on 17 November 2006)

'How to teach – effectively'

Speakers' presentations from this meeting:

View the Speakers' biographies.
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