Host Societies
International Pediatric Society (IPA)
South African Paediatric Association (SAPA)
Union of National African Paediatric Societies and Associations (UNAPSA)
Announcement &
Call for Papers
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The 26th International Pediatric Association
Congress of Pediatrics 2010
Johannesburg, South Africa | August 4-9, 2010
Three leading pediatric associations, IPA, SAPA, and UNASPA, are uniting to host the 26th International Pediatric Association Congress of Pediatrics.
More than 5,000 participants are expected to attend this landmark event, the first IPA Congress to be held in Sub-Saharan Africa. Just five years before the due date of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), IPA 2010 will unite pediatricians and health professionals working towards the MDGs target to reduce child mortality by two thirds before 2015.
Scientific Program
The scientific program is designed to meet the needs of general pediatricians from both the developed and the developing world. The IPA advocates for child health in the global context promoting awareness to the major issues affecting children worldwide.
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Plenary Sessions will include:
- The MDGs and Global Child Health – the current state of health
of children in the world and progress towards the MDGs
- The State of the World’s Newborns - major issues determining
maternal and newborn health in developing & developed countries
- Determinants of Health - genetics, nutrition and the environment
- Disasters and Trauma affecting Child Health - children’s needs
in disasters and crises and the worldwide epidemic of trauma
- Winning the War against the “Bugs” - the global burden of
infectious diseases affecting children and the challenge of emerging
infections
Workshops will include:
- Child development for the general pediatrician
- Child health and the environment
- Interpreting pediatric chest radiographs
- Implementing Pediatric HAART
- An approach to the dysmorphic child
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