Ruta Baradinskaite

In March 2025, Kanifing and Farafenni General Hospitals in The Gambia successfully hosted an Emergency Triage, Assessment, and Treatment (ETAT) training course, aimed at improving the early recognition and management of critically ill children, each attended by 20 healthcare professionals from the pediatric wards, emergency room, and outpatient department.

ETAT, developed by the World Health Organization (WHO), is a structured approach that enables healthcare workers to rapidly assess and triage pediatric patients using key clinical signs and symptoms. The training focused on identifying critically ill children and providing immediate life-saving interventions for conditions such as severe respiratory distress, shock, convulsions, coma, and severe dehydration from diarrhoea.

The course is delivered with the support of international ETAT facilitators from the UK, Sweden, and Germany, alongside national facilitators from the Edward Francis Small Teaching Hospital (EFSTH), including one pediatric resident and one nurse from the pediatric emergency room.

The training was conducted in close collaboration with The Gambia’s Ministry of Health, represented by Kawsu K. Bojang, the Integrated Management of Neonatal and Childhood Illnesses (IMNCI) Coordinator.

To ensure long-term impact, ETAT will be implemented over the next three months at Kanifing and Farafenni General Hospitals. One international facilitator will remain in each of the facilities to provide continued mentorship, ensuring that the newly trained healthcare workers can effectively apply their skills in real clinical settings.

The ETAT training and implementation are supported by funding from UNICEF and the Stiftung für Internationale Kindergesundheit (Foundation for International Child Health) in Germany. This initiative is a key step in enhancing pediatric emergency services in The Gambia, ensuring better outcomes for critically ill children.

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Support colleagues from LAMICs!

Every year, we invite professionals from low-and-middle-income countries (LAMICs) to participate in the conference and the Intensive Course in Tropical Paediatrics. They make an extremely valuable contribution to international exchange and also have the opportunity to complete observerships at our partner hospitals in Germany afterwards.

Funding:

• Participation is made possible through GTP scholarships.
• These are funded by donations and course fees.

Your Contribution:

You can support a scholarship by specifying a donation amount when registering for the annual conference.

A contribution could look as follows:

• €0-50: Scholarship subsidy for participation in the social evening
• €50-200: Scholarship subsidy for conference participation
• €200-500: Scholarship subsidy for accommodation costs during an observership or the intensive course
• €500-1000: Scholarship subsidy for travel expenses

Donations & Taxes

Donations to GTP e.V. can be tax-deductible.

• Up to €300: Bank statement is usually sufficient as proof
• Above €300: Donation receipt available upon request

Important:

Please transfer your donation separately when registering for the annual conference with the subject:
“Donation GTP2025 – Your Name”

If your name or address for the donation receipt differs, please indicate this in the comments field.

Would you like to donate independently of the registration?
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Thank you for your support!

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Dear Colleagues and Interested Participants,

Please read the following information carefully before registering for the 2025 Annual Conference using the form below:

• • Registration via the form is binding.
  • After submitting the form, you will receive an automatic confirmation email with the details you provided.
  • Once you receive this email, you will have two weeks to transfer the participation fee.
  • For any inquiries, please contact gtp2025anmeldung@globalchildhealth.de 

Cancellation Policy

• Cancellation until 04.03.2025 (inclusive): Full refund of the participation fee
• Cancellation until 30.03.2025 (inclusive): 50% of the participation fee must be paid
• Cancellation after 30.03.2025: 100% of the participation fee must be paid

Welcome

We are pleased to invite you to the TropPaed Intensive Course 2025 in May!

We would like to offer you once again a diverse program of lectures, practical small group work, and clinically oriented seminars. Additionally, we aim to allocate ample time for international exchange of your experiences.

Throughout our planning process, you will continuously receive further details regarding the schedule and speakers on this page.

Fees and Registration

The course fees are non-profit and calculated to cover course costs and to co-finance participation of international scholarship holders. The price includes course participation, accommodation from 5-9 May 2025, meals and coffee breaks from Sunday (dinner) to Friday (lunch). The price does not include alcoholic beverages and drinks outside of those served at meals and coffee breaks, as well as transport costs.
Detailed participant fees will be announced shortly.

Scholarships for colleagues from low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) will also be available for the 2025 course! To apply, please submit a motivational letter, CV, and reference letter to gtpscholarship@globalchildhealth.de. Further details can be found under “Sponsoring of International Colleagues“.

Application deadline: September 15th 2024 

Cancellation Policy:
If you need to withdraw your course registration, we will endeavor to fill your spot with someone from the waiting list. Alternatively, you may propose a substitute attendee. If we successfully fill your spot, you will receive a refund of the full course fees, minus a 50 Euro handling fee. However, if we are unable to fill your spot, the full course fee will be charged.

Venue

To be confirmed

We sincerely thank all the volunteer co-organisers of the course for their years of dedication as well as our financial supporters!
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