Feature

42. GTP Annual Conference - Eisenach

Date

12.-14.4.24

Venue

Eisenach, Germany

 

Organizors

PD Dr Carsten Krüger & Dr Benno Kretzschmar

42. GTP Annual Conference

12.-14. April 2024
Eisenach, Germany

Topic: “Children with disabilities and chronic illness in global health”

CME points: tba


Welcome address

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Conference program - tba

Last Update: 11.7.23
Conference language: tba

Nota bene: During the event, photos and films will be taken by the GTP for public relations purposes.


Call for abstracts

Coming soon


Venue

Information coming soon


Social program

Information coming soon


Accommodation

Information coming soon


Registration, fees and cancellation policy

Conference fees

Information coming soon

Credit points

CME points are applied for

Cancellation policy

Information coming soon


Conflicts of interest and Sponsoring

The content of this event will be designed to be product and service neutral. We confirm that the scientific management and the speakers will disclose potential conflicts of interest to the participants.

We would like to thank the following supporters, whose donations made it possible to hold this event:


Contact information

General inquiries and comments (not for registration): Information coming soon

Registration: Information coming soon

Banking details

Gesellschaft für Tropenpädiatrie und
Internationale Kindergesundheit (GTP) e. V.
Volksbank Ahlen-Sassenberg-Warendorf
IBAN: DE 95 4126 2501 1102 1632 03
BIC: GENODEM1AHL
Betreff: “GTP2024 fee, you first and surname”
Abstract Submission: Information coming soon


IPUN ultrasound courses

This page informs about the activities of the GTP in the field of paediatric ultrasound diagnostics. This page is under development and will receive more comprehensive information as it progresses. Please feel free to visit us regularly.

Registration for ultrasound courses:

The course list in the grey box provides information about places still available on the individual courses.
Registration is binding and must be made using the online form below. After receipt of your registration, you will first receive an automated confirmation of receipt with further important information and then a final confirmation of your place from the organisation team with a request for payment.

GTP ultrasound courses – timeline

Since 2017, we have been offering ultrasound courses outside Germany. Here you have the opportunity to examine typical findings with experienced course leaders in that region and get to know parts of the respective country in your free time. The courses are mainly aimed at young residents who learn together with the residents of the specialist programme and young local specialists with little or no experience in sonography.

In 2021, the GTP has received a 5-year funding through the EKFS to professionalise and locally embed the course structures and to establish the “EKFS GPT International Paediatric Ultrasound Network”.

 

Basic course

Sonography of the skull, thorax and abdomen for basic diagnosis of pathologies and performance of interventions such as pleural punctures

Echocardiography

Sonography of the heart with learning of the most important sectional planes and pathologies.

General course information

Course language: English
Participants: 15-20 local medical personal, some courses are open for non-local participants
Course fees: Single course 400-500 euros, double course 700-900 euros
Not included in the course fee: Travel, accommodation, visas, travel insurance, vaccinations and malaria prophylaxis and other travel arrangements. Please organise this yourself, but we are happy to provide recommendations and assistance.
Cancellation policy: when cancelling your participation we will charge 50% of the course fee when cancellation happens between 4-8 weeks before the course and 90% if cancellation happens 4 or less weeks before the course.
General inquiries (not course applications): email to ipun-info(a)globalchildhealth.de


Next courses



Registration

We are very much looking forward to your participation! Please take a moment to read the cancellation policy and fill out the form below completely.

Your registration is binding and you will receive an automated confirmation of receipt.

A final confirmation with request for payment will be made by the organisation team after checking the local course capacities. Please do not book flights etc. until you have received final confirmation.

Cancellation policy:

If you cancel your participation, we charge 50% of the course fee if the cancellation is made between 4-8 weeks before the course and 90% if the cancellation is made 4 or less weeks before the course.

Registration form

    First name*:

    Surname*:

    Birth date*:

    Sex*:

    Billing address*:

    Zip code and city*:

    E-Mail*:

    Cellphone number*:

    Current employer:

    Specialty:

    Select course*:

    Additional information to facilitate our planning structures (Please indicate if you have already been to the course country and whether you will be arriving only for the course or whether you will be spending more time in the country. Please also let us know if you have personal contacts in the course city and whether you will be accommodated by friends during the course. You can add more information which you might want us to know):

    Place of departure:

    I allow the course organization team to share my name, email and city of residence with the other European course participants in order for the group to connect prior to departure*:



    TropPaed 2024 - Intensive Course on Tropical Paediatrics and Global Child Health

    Date

    15.-19. April 2024
    (Arrival: 14. April 2024)

    Venue

    Schloß Rauischholzhausen

    Info

    Participants: max. 50
    Course language: English

    Welcome

    After the cancellation of the course in 2021 due to the pandemic and the postponement of the TropPaed course and the GTP annual conference to the warm season in order to minimise the risk of a face-to-face event due to COVID-related restrictions, we are pleased to again invite you to Rauischholzhausen in May!

    We would like to offer you again a varied programme of lectures, practical small group work and clinically oriented seminars. In addition, there will be plenty of time for international exchange of plans and experiences.

    As our planning progresses, you will continually find more details about the timetable and lecturers on this page.

    Preliminary program

    Here you will find the preliminary topics of the course. On some days, case studies of the international guests will be presented and an evening programme will take place.

    Please note: small changes to time and in rare cases content of lectures can occur

    Possibility of dinner on the day of arrival (start between 19-20 hrs).

    Daily breakfast (7-8:30), lunch (approx. 12:45-14:15) and dinner (approx. 18:45-20)
    Two coffee breaks
    Partial optional evening programme after dinner

    Thursday evening: Farewell party with theme!

    Departure on Friday after lunch around 14:00.

    Pandemics: Current regulations will be announced before the course starts.

    Optional possibility of arrival already on Sunday.
    Check-in from 5 pm with dinner around 7-8 pm.

    Start: ca. 8:45   —   Ende: ca. 21 Uhr

    • Introduction round
    • Introduction to Global Child Health
    • Further program: tba

    Start: approx. 8:45   —   End: approx. 21 Uhr

    • The critically ill child
    • Introductions to: Malaria, Severe malnutrition, neurological emergencies, ETAT
    • Practical small groups on: Shock, severe malnutrition, neurological and respiratory emergencies, ETAT, malaria
    • Case presentations
    • Further program: tba

    Start: approx. 8:45   —   End: approx. 21 Uhr

    • Neonatology in resource limited settings
    • Obstetrics in resource limited settings
    • Practical small groups on: CPAP/KMC, neonatal rescucitation, gastroschisis, neonatology, interventions
    • Further program: tba

    Start: approx. 8:45   —   End: approx. 21 Uhr

    • Introduction to: Malnutrition, tuberculosis, HIV
    • Practical small groups on: malnutrition, HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis
    • Further program: tba
    • Farewell party

    Start: approx. 8:45   —   End: approx. 14:00

    • Practical small groups on: malnutrition, HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis
    • Further program: tba
    • Feedback and farewell

    Fees and Registration

    The price includes course participation, accommodation from 14-19 April 2024, meals and coffee breaks from Sunday (dinner) to Friday (lunch) and course materials. The price does not include alcoholic beverages and drinks outside of those served at meals and coffee breaks, as well as transport costs and any compulsory medical testing which may incur due to pandemics.

    Scholarships for colleagues from LMIC are available. Applications will be received until August 15th 2023 (to: gtpscholarship(a)globalchildhealth.de). Please send us a motivational letter, CV and reference letter. Further details: “Förderung internationaler Kollegen“.

    Scholarships for colleagues from LMIC are available. Applications will be received until August 15th 2023 (to:gtpscholarship(a)globalchildhealth.de). Please send us a motivational letter, CV and reference letter. Further details under “Förderung internationaler Kollegen“.

    Soon open: registration

    Regular fee non-member

    from 12.2.24
    tba

    Regular fee non-member

    Early Bird until 12.2.24
    tba

    Member GTP/ESPID

    from 12.2.24
    tba

    Member GTP/ESPID

    Early Bird until 12.2.24
    tba

    Venue

    We are pleased to be able to hold our course again at Schloss Rauischholzhausen, the conference and training centre of the University of Gießen. This historic and beautiful venue is perfect for our course as it offers the possibility of accommodating all participants, organisers and lecturers in one place, good facilities and a very fair financial framework. The versatile room selection meets our demand of lectures combined with small group work. Catering includes three main meals and two coffee breaks per day. All but one main meal will be vegetarian. Hosting the course there for the first time in 2016 has proven to be a complete success. We will keep you informed about potential current hygiene regulations here on our homepage.

    Schloßpark 1, 35085 Ebsdorfergrund

    Sponsoring and support

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

    We assure you that our intensive course is designed to be product and service neutral and all content is independent of commercial interests. No services and/or products are advertised. Possible conflicts of interest are disclosed in a self-disclosure.

    European Society of Paediatric Infectious Diseases

    Kindermissionswerk “Die Sternsinger”


    Pressemitteilung zur Weltimpfwoche (24.-31.4.23)

    Dramatischer Rückgang der Kinderimpfquoten weltweit

    Die deutsche Gesellschaft für Tropenpädiatrie und Internationale Kindergesundheit e.V. (GTP)* beobachtet seit Beginn der COVID-19-Pandemie mit großer Sorge, dass in den Jahren 2020 und 2021 weltweit 23 bzw. 25 Millionen Kinder nicht gegen die im WHO-Impfplan aufgeführten Infektionskrankheiten (Tuberkulose, Tetanus, Diphtherie, Pertussis, Poliomyelitis, Haemophilus influenzae Typ b, Hepatitis B, Pneumokokken, Rotaviren, Masern, Röteln, Humanes Papillomavirus) geimpft worden sind. Seit 2019 haben damit laut dem aktuellen UNICEF-Jahresbericht 67 Millionen Kinder keinen umfassenden Impfschutz erhalten.1 Die Errungenschaften von 15 Jahren weltweiter Impfkampagnen sind innerhalb von zwei Jahren verloren gegangen, die Impfquoten liegen nur noch bei 81% und damit auf dem Niveau von 2008. Besonders Asien und Teile Afrikas sind von dem Rückgang stark betroffen.

    Dieser Rückschritt bei den Impfraten gefährdet die Gesundheit der Kinder und ihrer Familien nachhaltig. Schon jetzt ist weltweit ein deutlicher Anstieg bei den Masernerkrankungen und Poliomyelitisfällen zu beobachten. Eine Elimination bzw. Eradikation dieser beiden gefährlichen Virusinfektionen rückt damit in weite Ferne. Zudem zeigen wissenschaftliche Daten der vergangenen Jahre, dass es sehr schwierig ist, diejenigen Kinder zu erreichen, die bisher nicht geimpft worden sind, und somit die Impflücken zu schließen. Die WHO, UNICEF und weitere Partner haben eine weltweite Kampagne mit dem Titel „The Big Catch-Up“ gestartet, um der jetzigen besorgniserregenden Entwicklung entgegenzuwirken.2

    Die GTP appelliert daher eindringlich an die Bundesregierung sowie die Ministerien für Gesundheit (BMG), Finanzen (BMF) und Wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung (BMZ), sich international intensiv zu engagieren, indem unser Land sowohl finanziell als auch logistisch alle Programme langfristig unterstützt, die es ermöglichen, dass jedes einzelne Kind auf diesem Globus alle erforderlichen Impfungen erhält und dass größte Anstrengungen unternommen werden, auch die Kinder zu erreichen, die bisher nicht von den Impfprogrammen profitiert haben. Die GTP unterstützt ebenso den Appell der International Pediatric Association (IPA)3 und aller ihrer Mitgliedsverbände, vernehmbar und energisch für das Wohl aller Kinder zu kämpfen, denn nur gemeinsam können wir das Ziel hoher Impfraten erreichen.

    Siehe auch: Newsrubrik im Deutschen Ärzteblatt

    Informationen zur GTP:

    Die Gesellschaft für Tropenpädiatrie und Internationale Kindergesundheit e.V. ist die einzige wissenschaftliche Fachgesellschaft in Deutschland, die sich im Verbund mit internationalen Partnern seit über 20 Jahren dafür einsetzt, die gesundheitliche Situation aller Kinder von Geburt bis zum Erreichen des Erwachsenenalters nachhaltig zu verbessern und damit den Kindern und ihren Familien eine Zukunftsperspektive zu ermöglichen. Aktivitäten der GTP in Deutschland umfassen einen jährlichen Kongress mit internationaler Beteiligung, Intensivkurse zu Fragestellungen der globalen Kindergesundheit sowie die Mitgliedschaft und aktive Mitarbeit in verschiedenen wissenschaftlichen und gesundheitspolitischen Gremien. Ferner engagiert sich die GTP seit vielen Jahren in Projekten in Asien (Nepal) und Afrika südlich der Sahara (Tansania, Malawi, Burundi), die die Weiterbildung von ärztlichen und anderen Fachkräften und die Qualitätsverbesserung in der Gesundheitsversorgung von Kindern zum Ziel haben. Diese Projekte orientieren sich an den Zielsetzungen der jeweiligen Länder und werden mit siebenstelligen Beträgen vom BMZ und privaten Stiftungen gefördert.

    Kontaktdaten:
    Gesellschaft für Tropenpädiatrie und Internationale Kindergesundheit e.V. (GTP)
    Dr. med. Sarah Kotsias-Konopelska, Vorsitzende
    Dr. med. Christian Schmidt, Vorsitzender
    PD Dr. med. habil. Carsten Krüger, Ehrenvorsitzender

    Geschäftsstelle am Standort St. Vinzenz-Hospital
    Andrea Jütte Dr.-Otto-Seidel-Straße 31-33
    46535 Dinslaken
    Telefon: 0177 401 48 05 (Mo-Fr 18-20 Uhr)
    Email: info@globalchildhealth.de
    www.globalchildhealth.de

    Quellen:

    1 UNICEF: The State of the World’s Children 2023: For Every Child, Vaccination. https://www.unicef.org/pressreleases/sowc_2023_immunization

    2 https://www.who.int/campaigns/world-immunization-week/2023

    3 IPA: https://ipa-world.org/


    41st GTP Annual Conference 2023 - Bonn

    Date

    12.-14.5.23

    Venue

    Bonn, Germany

     

    Organizors

    Section Global Health of the UKB

    41. GTP Annual Conference    

    12th-14th May 2023
    Bonn, Germany

    Conference theme: Learning and Teaching in Global Child Health

    CME points

    DatumInhaltVNR-Nr. / CME Punkte
    Freitag 12.5.23 (12:00-22:00)Workshops
    Eröffnungszeremonie
    VNR: 2760512023013700083
    Kategorie: A | Fortbildungspunkte: 7
    Samstag 13.5.23 (8:30-17:00)Teaching & Learning I
    Migration - a current issue in Child Health
    Novelties in Clinical Paediatrics
    VNR: 2760512023013700091
    Kategorie: A | Fortbildungspunkte: 8
    Sonntag 14.5.23 (9:00-12:50)Teaching & Learning II
    New ideas and approaches in Child Health
    VNR: 2760512023013700109
    Kategorie: A | Fortbildungspunkte: 4

    Welcome address

    We would like to cordially invite you to our 41st Annual Meeting of the Society for Tropical Paediatrics and International Child Health.

    Under the guiding theme “Teaching. Tomorrow. Together. — Learning and Teaching in the Context of Global Child Health”, the meeting will take place from 12 to 14 May 2023 in the Beethoven and UN city of Bonn. In addition to various workshops and submitted abstracts, you can expect exciting keynote speeches from renowned speakers as well as the chance to make and refresh personal contacts.

    Aspects of teaching and learning related to international child health will be presented in medical as well as socio-cultural thematic complexes in a global as well as local context. As usual, however, the annual conference also gives enough space to present other current and relevant aspects of global child health.

    Together with you, we would also like to celebrate and cordially invite you to our social evening on 13 May 2023. We will sail on the Rhine through the night, want to eat and dance to live music.

    We would like to make it possible for as many interested people as possible to attend and offer reduced prices for students and health professionals as well as childcare during the conference.

    We are very much looking forward to your coming and to lively discussions.

    Dr Andreas Schultz (Conference President) with Dr Claudia von Both, Dr Noa Freudenthal, Dr Andreas Hansmann, Andrea Jütte, Dr Sarah Kotsias-Konopelska, Dr Carsten Krüger, Eva Kuhn, Dr Hans-Jörg Lang, Dr Christian Schmidt and Dr Ralf Weigel


    Conference program

    Last Update: 20.04.23
    Conference language: English

    Nota bene: During the event, photos and films will be taken by the GTP and the Global Heath Section for public relations purposes.

    Details regarding workshops, fireside talks and the World Café are to be found here.


    Call for abstracts

    Abstract submission is closed.

    The Scientific Committee of the annual conference 2023 of the Society for Tropical Paediatrics and International Child Health e.V. invites Global Child Health clinicians, practitioners, researchers and policy makers to submit their abstract for (poster) presentation. We look forward to scientific and/or clinical projects, thought-provoking questions and lessons learned.

    You may submit your abstract as

    • topical abstract – related to the overarching conference theme,
    • a free abstract – not related to the conference theme, but still within the scope of Global Child Health.

    The abstract can be accepted either as a presentation or a poster. If your abstract is accepted, you automatically take part in the selection process for the Helmut-Wolf-Preis. The price is awarded for the best presentation or poster on the conference.

    Please submit your abstract to Globalhealthevents(a)ukbonn.de with the subject line “GTP-Abstract”.

    Criteria for your Abstract

    • Only submissions in English will be accepted.
    • Submit your abstract as a PDF file.
    • Give your full name and affiliation in the e-mail text.
    • Do not include any personal information in the abstract document to enable blind review.
    • Structure your abstract as follows:
      1. Research Abstract: title, research question, method, results, discussion
      2. Project Abstract: title, project description, lessons learned
    • The abstract must not exceed 3.000 characters (including blank spaces).
    • Indicate below the abstract
      1. if you deem it to be a topical or free abstract,
      2. if you prefer to present orally or a poster.


    Venue

    Workshop Sessions (Friday 13:00-17:30)

    University Hospital Bonn
    Lehrgebäude (A10)
    Venusberg-Campus 1
    D - 53127 Bonn
    How to get there

    Opening ceremony (Saturday 18:30)

    Hörsaalgebäude
    Hörsaal 2
    Friedrich-Hirzebruch-Allee 5
    D - 53115 Bonn

    Conference program Saturday and Sunday

    Anatomiegebäude
    Hörsaal A
    Nussallee 10
    D - 53115 Bonn
    How to get there


    Social program

    General Information

    The conference team has created a PDF with useful information about sightseeing in Bonn.

    Friday

    Afternoon

    Instead of a second workshop, we offer the opportunity to get to know Bonn better on a guided city tour. The city tour will then end at the location of the conference kick-off. Please let us know your interest in this city tour when registering (deadline: 20.4.23). For people who are not members of the GTP, a city tour on Saturday afternoon will be offered as an alternative.

    Evening

    Following the conference kick-off, we invite you to a get-together with snacks and drinks. Make new contacts, toast the reunion with colleagues and get into the conference mood.

    Saturday

    Afternoon

    For people who are not members of the GTP, a guided city tour will be offered during the GTP general meeting. For GTP members, a city tour will take place on Friday afternoon.

    Please let us know your interest in this city tour when registering (deadline: 20.4.23).

     

    Evening

    We cordially invite you to spend Saturday evening with a buffet and live music and dancing on the MS Poseidon. The ship will depart from bridge 13 after the MV at around 8 p.m. and will sail the Rhine towards Cologne and back towards Koblenz until around 1 a.m.. For all those who want to continue dancing after the end of the cruise, the conference office has further tips and information ready. 

    We also try to make it possible to leave the ship for the first time around 10.30/23 pm. 


    Accommodation

    The conference organizers have created a list of hotels close to the conference venue of different prize categories. This list can be accessed here.


    Registration, fees and cancellation policy

    Conference fees

    Early bird (until incl. 28.2.23)Regular fee (from 1.3.23)
    GTP memberPhysician€ 190€ 210
    Student / non-physician health professional€ 80€ 90
    Non GTP memberPhysician€ 210€ 230
    Student / non-physician health professional€ 90€ 100
    Social eveningRegular€ 50€ 70
    Student / non-physician health professional€ 30€ 40
    Accompanying person€ 50€ 70
    Children 0-10 years€ 0 € 0
    Children 10-14 years€ 25€ 25
    Day ticket Friday or Sunday (excl. social events)To be payed cash or via direct transfer on site€ 70€ 70
    Day ticket Saturday (excl. social events)To be payed cash or via direct transfer on site€ 130€ 130
    Day ticket Saturday (excl. social events)To be payed cash or via direct transfer on site€ 30€ 30

    Discounts

    We are pleased to offer you the following discounts.

    For invited speakersNo conference fee
    For corresponding author with accepted abstract (presentation and poster)For the corresponding author the conference fee will be reduced to the student fee.
    For workshop leadersExcemption from conference fee for one workshop leader per workshop
    For students and apprenticesWith presentation of a valid student ID students under the age of 31 years will have the opportunity to take part in the conference free of charge in exchange for being available for 6h or more as a conference facilitator.  Indicate in the comments field if you wish to make use of this option. You will get access to a survey at the beginning of May where you can freely indicate when and how you want to help out.

    Credit points

    CME points are applied for

    Cancellation policy

    • In case of cancellation up to and including 15.03.2023, we will refund the entire conference fee. 
    • In case of cancellation up to and including 10.04.2023, we will refund half of the corresponding conference fee. 
    • Unfortunately, we cannot make any refunds after 11.4.2023.  


    Conflicts of interest and Sponsoring

    The content of this event will be designed to be product and service neutral. We confirm that the scientific management and the speakers will disclose potential conflicts of interest to the participants.

    We would like to thank the following supporters, whose donations made it possible to hold this event:


    Contact information

    General inquiries and comments (not for registration): globalhealthevents(a)ukbonn.de

    Registration: https://globalchildhealth.de/anmeldunggtp2023/

    Banking details

    Gesellschaft für Tropenpädiatrie und
    Internationale Kindergesundheit (GTP) e. V.
    Volksbank Ahlen-Sassenberg-Warendorf
    IBAN: DE 95 4126 2501 1102 1632 03
    BIC: GENODEM1AHL
    Betreff: “GTP2023 Beitrag, Ihr Vor- und Nachname”

    Abstract Submission: Closed


    Klinikpartnerschaft GTP – Department of Paediatrics & Child Health an der Universität von Dodoma, Tansania (2021-2024)

    Über das Projekt

    Im Rahmen der Initiative “Klinikpartnerschaften – Partner stärken Gesundheit”, finanziert durch die Else Kröner-Fresenius Stiftung (EKFS) und das Bundesministerium für wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung (BMZ), technisch begleitet durch die Gesellschaft für internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), engagiert sich die GTP in Fortführung des sehr erfolgreichen Facharztprogramms für angehende PädiaterInnen in Mwanza und Dodoma (2016 bis 2020) seit 2021 (Laufzeit bis 2024) in der pädiatrischen Facharztausbildung in Dodoma, Tansania. Aufgrund des weiterhin bestehenden Mangels an Pädiaterinnen und Pädiatern mit Subspezialitäten reisen Experten aus Deutschland und anderen europäischen Ländern mehrfach pro Jahr nach Tansania, um in Dodoma theoretischen Unterricht anzubieten. Darüber hinaus findet praktischer Unterricht bei Visiten und Klinikeinsätzen statt, Ultraschallkenntnisse werden ebenso vermittelt. Das Pflegepersonal wird durch erfahrene Kinderkrankenschwestern/-pfleger geschult. Fehlende Ausstattung wird in begrenztem Maße durch das Projekt beschafft. Die Entwicklung von Behandlungsrichtlinien ist Bestandteil des Projekts.

     

    Möglichkeit zur Mitarbeit – Dozenten gesucht

    • Fachärztinnen/-ärzte für Kinder- und Jugendmedizin inklusive aller Subspezialitäten
    • Neonatologisch und pädiatrisch erfahrenes Pflegepersonal

    Wir freuen uns auf Bewerbungen von GTP-Mitgliedern oder solchen, die es werden wollen, mit Interesse an einem Unterrichtseinsatz in Dodoma. Arbeitserfahrung im Ausland und in der Lehre sind von Vorteil, aber keine unabdingbare Voraussetzung.

    • Einsatzdauer: 2-3 Wochen (Einsatzzeitpunkt flexibel)
    • Voraussetzungen: Gute Englischkenntnisse
    • Vergütung: Übernahme der Aufenthalts- und Reisekosten

     

    Kontakt und Bewerbung

    Bei Interesse schreiben Sie bitte mit einem kurzen Lebenslauf an:
    PD Dr. Carsten Krüger (krueger(a)globalchildhealth.de) – Programmverantwortlicher in Deutschland
    Dr. Shakilu Jumanne (shakiluj(a)gmail.com) – Projektleiter vor Ort


    Paediatric ETAT+ trainings 2023

    2nd to 4th June 2023 in Stuttgart, Germany and

    6th to 8th October 2023 in Hamburg, Germany

    Applications for this course are welcome!

     

    Overview

    • Target group: medical professionals with work experience, who are preparing for a placement abroad (e.g. physicians, nursing staff, midwifes, emergency technicians; no students, sorry!)
    • Course language: English
    • Organizers: working group ETAT of GTP
    • Stuttgart: Stuttgarter Pädiatrie- und Patienten-Simulator (STUPS)
    • Hamburg: Kinderkrankenhaus Wilhelmstift
    • Fees: Doctors 380€, Nursing staff 190€
    • Registration

     

    The concept ETAT

    ETAT+ (Emergency Triage Assessment and Treatment) is a comprehensive and proven intervention developed specifically for implementation in first-level facility-based care in East Africa and Asia, thereby reaching the poorest and most vulnerable children in rural and periurban areas.

    ETAT guidelines are designed to deal with common problems in paediatric departments in low resource setting where

    • Inpatient mortality is high.
    • Many of the patients die within 24 hours of admission

    Common problems are e.g. inadequate service, low training level of staff, especially in emergency care, no or few written protocols, delays in initiating care. ETAT guidelines are developed by WHO and are adapted from the Advanced Paediatric Life Support (APLS) guidelines used in western countries. ETAT guidelines are specifically aligned to common problems in the paediatric basic emergency care of in institutions with limited resources. They identify children with immediately life-threatening conditions which are most frequently seen in developing countries, such as obstruction of the airway and other breathing problems caused by infections, shock, severely altered central nervous system function (coma or convulsions), and severe dehydration in a structured and comprehensible manner and present simple yet clear guidelines for their medical care.

    These guidelines were developed in Malawi, and were field-tested in several other countries including Angola, Brazil, Cambodia, Indonesia, Kenya and Niger.

    In many places, ETAT is the cornerstone of decision making at first contact with a patient.

     

    The paediatric ETAT+ course

    The working group ETAT emerged within the GTP on the initiative of three alumni of the Intensive Course on Tropical Paediatrics (TropPaed), who have experienced the clinical significance of ETAT on various missions abroad. They have been trained as tutors and have lead trainings abroad. The first ETAT+ training by this working group was held successfully in September 2018 in Witten/Herdecke and received very positive feedback. The training is now becoming a regular event.

    The course focusses on improving global child health through capacity building as well as assessment and treatment of sick children in low resource settings. It offers an introduction to a well-organized “critical care pathway” and good quality, basic paediatric emergency care, which can help to reduce paediatric hospital mortality.

    Course objectives

    The course is primarily based on an interactive training, skill stations and scenarios which are preceded by lectures on the topic.

    • Triage all sick children when they arrive at a health facility, into the following categories:
      • those with emergency signs
      • those with priority signs
      • those who are non-urgent cases
    • Assess a child’s airway and breathing and give emergency treatments.
    • Bag and mask application
    • Assess the child’s status of circulation and level of consciousness
    • Manage shock, coma, and convulsions in a child.
    • Assess and manage severe dehydration in a child with diarrhoea
    • Intraosseous canula insertion
    • Manage acute severe malnutrition
    • Manage a sick neonate and a premature baby
    • Assess and manage burns and trauma in a child
    • Plan and implement ETAT in your own working area
    Impressions from the courses

    “I liked all of the practical sessions – all very useful.”
    “Very practical and structured training.”
    “I liked the trainer team: good mixture, lots of experience, passionate teaching.”


    TropPaed 2023 - Intensive Course on Tropical Paediatrics and Global Child Health

    FULLY BOOKED!!! The five-day intensive course on Tropical Paediatrics and Global Child Health has been held annually since 2010, is continuously developed and addresses the most important medical, intercultural, political and infrastructural challenges of global paediatrics.

    Date

    15-19 May 2023
    (Arrival: 14 May 2023)

    Venue

    Schloß Rauischholzhausen

    Info

    Participants: max. 50
    Course language: Englisch

    Welcome

    After the cancellation of the course in 2021 due to the pandemic and the postponement of the TropPaed course and the GTP annual conference to the warm season in order to minimise the risk of a face-to-face event due to COVID-related restrictions, we are pleased to invite you to Rauischholzhausen for a second time in May!

    We would like to offer you again a varied programme of lectures, practical small group work and clinically oriented seminars. In addition, there will be plenty of time for international exchange of plans and experiences.

    As our planning progresses, you will continually find more details about the timetable and lecturers on this page.

    Preliminary program

    Here you will find the preliminary topics of the course. On some days, case studies of the international guests will be presented and an evening programme will take place.

    Please note: small changes to time and in rare cases content of lectures can occur

    Possibility of dinner on the day of arrival (start between 19-20 hrs).

    Daily breakfast (7-8:30), lunch (approx. 12:45-14:15) and dinner (approx. 18:45-20)
    Two coffee breaks
    Partial optional evening programme after dinner

    Thursday evening: Farewell party with theme!

    Departure on Friday after lunch around 14:00.

    COVID-19: Current regulations will be announced before the course starts.

    Optional possibility of arrival already on Sunday.
    Check-in from 5 pm with dinner around 7-8 pm.

    Start: approx. 8:45   —   End: approx. 21:00

    • ntroduction round
    • Introduction to Global Child Health (C. Krüger)
    • Programs in international / global health (L. Molyneux)
    • Antibiotic stewardship (S. Kotsias-Konopelska)
    • Ward management (I. Schmidt, Sr. Sophia)
    • Neglected tropical diseases (C. Rothe)
    • Sickle cell disease (J. Mwatonoka)
    • Intercultural communication (A. Züchner)
    • Case presentations
    • Climate change (S. Lorenz)
    • Evening program: Discussion on climate change

    Start: approx. 8:45   —   End: approx. 21:00

    • The critically ill child (K. van ‘t Ende)
    • Introductions to: Malaria (R. Kobbe), Severe malnutrition (J. Lindert, K. Baumgartner), neurological emergencies (T. Oneko), ETAT (L.Molyneux, AG ETAT)
    • Practical small groups on: Shock, severe malnutrition, neurological and respiratory emergencies, ETAT, malaria
    • Case presentations
    • Decolonizing health (H. Mirza)

    Start: approx. 8:45   —   End: approx. 21:00

    • Neonatology in resource limited settings (L. Molyneux, M. Köhler)
    • Obstetrics in resource limited settings (C. Hach)
    • Practical small groups on: CPAP/KMC, neonatal rescucitation, gastroschisis, neonatology, interventions
    • Surgery as component of Global Child Health (J. Lindert, T. Mabanza)
    • Research in resource limited settings (xxx)
    • Evening program: with whom and how to go abroad

    Start: approx. 8:45   —   End: approx. 21:00

    • Tropical dermatology (C. Adamczick)
    • Implementing ultrasound in paediatrics in LMIC (C. Schmidt)
    • Case presentations
    • Paediatric oncology in Malawi (R. Mzikamanda)
    • Palliative care im LMIC (S. Loetz)
    • Introduction to: Malnutrition (M. Krawinkel), tuberculosis (F. Brinkmann), HIV (xxxx)
    • Practical small groups on: malnutrition, HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis
    • Farewell party

    Start: approx. 8:45   —   End: approx. 14:00

    • Practical small groups on: malnutrition, HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis
    • Laboratory in basic conditions (xxx)
    • Caring for remote populations (P. Santacruz Ortega)
    • Feedback and farewell

    Course fee and registration

    The price includes course participation, accommodation from 14-19 May, meals and coffee breaks from Sunday (dinner) to Friday (lunch) and course materials. The price does not include alcoholic beverages and drinks outside of those served at meals and coffee breaks, as well as transport costs and any compulsory Sars-CoV-2 testing we may incur.

    Scholarships for colleagues from LMIC are available. Applications will be received until Octobre 15th 2022 (to: gtpscholarships(a)globalchildhealth.de). Please send us a motivational letter, CV and reference letter. Further details: “Förderung internationaler Kollegen“.

    Course is fully booked

    Regular fee non-member

    from 16.3.23
    1200€

    Regular fee non-member

    Early Bird until 15.3.23
    1100 €

    Member of GTP/ESPID

    from 16.3.23
    1100

    Mitglieder-Preis GTP/ESPID

    Early Bird until 15.3.23
    1000 €

    Venue

    We are pleased to be able to hold our course again at Schloss Rauischholzhausen, the conference and training centre of the University of Gießen. This historic and beautiful venue is perfect for our course as it offers the possibility of accommodating all participants, organisers and lecturers in one place, good facilities and a very fair financial framework. The versatile room selection meets our demand of lectures combined with small group work. Catering includes three main meals and two coffee breaks per day. All but one main meal will be vegetarian. Hosting the course there for the first time in 2016 has proven to be a complete success. We will keep you informed about current Sars-CoV-2 hygiene regulations here on our homepage.

    Schloßpark 1, 35085 Ebsdorfergrund


    Sponsoring and support

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

    We assure you that our intensive course is designed to be product and service neutral and all content is independent of commercial interests. No services and/or products are advertised. Possible conflicts of interest are disclosed in a self-disclosure.

    European Society of Paediatric Infectious Diseases

    Kindermissionswerk “Die Sternsinger”


    Rückblick GTP2022 Basel - Bericht und Film

    Liebe GTP Mitglieder und Interessierte,

    wir freuen uns Ihnen als Abschluss einer gelungenen Tagung in Basel einen Abschlussfilm sowie einen Bericht online stellen zu können und laden Sie herzlich zu diesem Ausklang ein. Wir danken dem engagiertem Organisationsteam sowie allen an dem Gelingen der Tagung beteiligten Personen!

    Wer sich noch einmal auf der Originalseite der Tagung umschauen und z.B. das detaillierte Programm einsehen möchte, der folge diesem Link oder blicke in das Programmheft.

    Durch Klicken auf den Play-Pfeil gelangen Sie zum Film.

    Die 40. Jahrestagung der GTP fand in diesem Jahr erstmalig in der Schweiz statt. Wir wählten Basel als Austragungsort, da uns mit dieser Stadt professionelle und persönliche Kontakte verknüpfen. Mitglieder des Organisations-komitees pflegen enge Verbindungen mit dem Schweizer Tropeninstitut oder arbeiten an der Universitätskinderklinik. Günstig erschien auch die gute Erreichbarkeit für die Deutschen Teilnehmer.

     

    Das Zentrums für Lehre und Forschung des Universitätsklinikums bot einen idealen Rahmen und ausreichend Räumlichkeiten für die verschiedenen Programmpunkte der Tagung, wie verschiedene Workshops zu Beginn der Tagung, der Posterpräsentation und das ausreichend grosse Auditorium.

     

    Jedes Jahr bestimmen die Ausrichter:innen der Tagung das Leitthema. Dieses Jahr wählten wir den Titel: Integrating General Paediatrics in Health Systems of Resource Limited Settings: Scope of the Speciality and Needs Assessment on Staffing and Logistics. Damit sollte die Aufmerksamkeit auf viele Innovationen bezüglich Diagnostik und Therapie geleitet werden, aber unter Berücksichtigung oft ungenügender Personaldichte oder Ausbildungsgrad.

    Unter den gut 200 Teilnehmer:innen konnten wir 11 eingeladene internationale Gäste begrüssen, die schon die Wochen zuvor an unserem jährlichen Intensivkurs in Internationaler Kindergesundheit in Rauischholzhausen teilgenommen hatten.

    Es wurden 18 Poster akzeptiert und präsentiert, 5 davon als Kurzvortrag während des Hauptprogramms. Eine Studie zu Nachbetreuung schwer kranker Kinder nach Entlassung in ihren Heimatbezirk wurde mit dem Helmut Wolf Preis ausgezeichnet.

    Als Auftakt zur Tagung wurden diesmal 5 Workshops angeboten, die auf grosses Interesse stiessen. Erstmalig wurde der Klimawandel und post-koloniale Entwicklungshilfe thematisiert. Aufgrund der grossen Nachfrage werden die Kapazitäten hierfür in den kommenden Jahren ausgebaut werden.

    Zum Auftakt des Hauptprogramms richtete Prof Utzinger vom SwissTPH die Grussworte an die Teilnehmer und betonte die Bedeutung der Pädiatrie innerhalb der Internationalen Zusammenarbeit, der jedoch vielfach nicht genügend Aufmerksamkeit und Förderung zuteil wird.

    Die erste Session bot einen Querschnitt durch konkrete Anwendungen digitaler Programme zur verbesserten Erfassung klinischer Daten, Gebrauch diagnostischer und therapeutischen Algorithmen sowie Apps, die durch präzise Befunderhebung die Erarbeitung therapeutischer und individueller Anfertigung von Hilfsmittel unterstützt.

    Die Vorstellung von GTP Projekten und Beispiele Schweizer Engagements in Ländern mit niedrigem Einkommen bot Anlass zum Erfahrungsaustausch und Werbung zur Mitarbeit.

    Neu wurde den Teilnehmern für die Themen der pädiatrischen Chirurgie, palliativen Medizin, der Rehabilitation und nicht infektiöser, chronischer Erkrankungen ein Forum zur Diskussion und Vernetzung geboten. Die Krankheitslast, mit Konsequenz für Gesundheitssysteme und Familien wurden eindrücklich präsentiert und diskutiert. Diese Themen werden auch sicher in Zukunft innerhalb der GTP mehr Beachtung finden.

    Innovationen in Diagnostik und Therapie bezüglich bedeutungsvollen Infektionserkrankungen innerhalb der pädiatrischen Bevölkerung in Ländern des globalen Südens waren Schwerpunkt der Vorträge am letzten Tagungstag. Neben der kritischen Betrachtung aktueller Therapieadaptation für Malaria wurden neue Ansätze in der Therapie von Helminthosen und Sepsis vorgestellt. Abschließend setzte sich das Auditorium nach Impulsvorträgen und Paneldiskussion kritisch mit der Auswirkung der Coronapandemie auf internationale Impf- und Gesundheitsprogramme auseinander.

    Der Gesellschaftsabend im Atlantis bot allen Gästen eine weitere willkommene Gelegenheit Kontakte professioneller und privater Art zu knüpfen.

    Herzlich danken möchten wir unseren Sponsoren  für die großzügige finanzielle Unterstützung, ohne die es nicht möglich gewesen wäre, engagierte internationale Gäste und Referenten zur Bereicherung der Veranstaltung einzuladen.


    40th GTP Annual Conference 27.-29. May 2022

    Date

    27.5.2022
    until
    29.5.2022

     

     

    Venue

    Basel, Switzerland

     

    Organizors

    Dr. Charlotte Adamczick
    Dr. Gudrun Jäger

    27-29th May 2022          

    Basel, Switzerland

    Conference theme: “Integrating General Paediatrics in health systems of resource limited settings; scope of the speciality and needs assessment on staffing and logistics

    CME points:
    18 CME points in Germany
    4 credits by the SGP (Swiss Society of Paediatrics)


    Update: Hygiene concept and registration process

    Hygiene concept

    For the GTP and many of you, this will be the first face-to-face meeting after the Coronavirus pandemic. To comply with the University Hospital regulations, we are obliged to wear a face (surgical) mask when entering the premises including the lecture hall and the foyer. We would therefore request for you to wear your mask during the entire event.

    Presentation of a negative rapid test at registration is not required and no G2 status will be checked at the entrance. However, we would like to ask you to take a rapid test at home or at a test centre before you arrive.

    Should you have any symptoms compatible with a Coronavirus infection, please…. stay at home/ask at reception for a rapid test/get a rapid test before attending and take extra social distancing measures.

    In view of our numerous guests and scholarship holders from abroad who will be visiting German hospitals after the conference, we have a responsibility towards our guests and wider community to ensure we all stay safe and would kindly like to (take special care and) ask for your understanding and cooperation.

    All information on the Corona rules can also be found on the homepage.

    Registration first!

    Before joining a workshop or the conference, facilitators and participants have to (Please) register first at the Centre for Teaching and Research (ZLF), entrance Hebelstraße 20. You will find the directions on the website and also attached. At registration you will be given directions to the venues of the various workshops and meetings.

    The bus line No. 30, stops directly at this entrance.

    The bus line No. 11, stops at the main entrance Spitalstraße. Please do not use this entrance (!), just walk around the building to Hebelstraße 20.

    For better vizualisation refer to our site map.


    Greetings from the organizors

    Dear GTP members, dear interested colleagues!

    The 40th Annual Meeting of the GTP in 2022 will take place in Basel, Switzerland – outside of Germany for the first time. This multifaceted, international city does not only offers favorable geographical conditions. We have well established contacts with the Swiss Tropical Institute and the University Children’s Hospital. Long-time GTP members have also found a new personal and professional home in Switzerland.

    In recent years, the work of the GTP (TropPaed course, ETAT courses) has enjoyed increasing attention from Swiss colleagues. By organizing the annual meeting in Switzerland, we would like to take the opportunity to exchange views on the topics of global child health with a broad circle of like-minded people here, in an environment with a long tradition and experience in the field of tropical medicine and global health, to make the activities of the GTP better known, to advertise for collaboration and to promote networking.

    The main theme of the upcoming conference will be ” Integrating General Paediatrics in health systems of resource limited settings; (scope of the speciality and needs assessment on staffing and logistics”).

    With this choice of topics, we would like to discuss the complexities that lead to well-structured pediatric primary care. In many areas of pediatric care, significant progress has been made in recent years. International programs such as those to combat malaria, HIV, TB, strengthening immunization strategies, and neonatal programs contributed significantly to reducing child mortality.

    Yet today, many partner countries lack structured pediatric preventive and surgical care. There is a lack of outpatient clinics with adequate diagnostic capabilities for chronic, endocrinological and neurological diseases, as well as palliative care and continuous, good quality monitoring and follow-up.

    In the next weeks you will find updates of the program and information about our speakers here on our website.

    We look forward to a lively international exchange with you about experiences and approaches that help us to give children worldwide a good start in life through improved health care systems and to accompany them through their childhood and adolescence.

    Yours

    Gudrun Jäger und Charlotte Adamczick
    Conference Presidents.

    The organizing team


    Tagungsprogramm

    Times are stated as CET.

    Last update: 05.05.2022

    Friday 13:00 - 22:00

    13:00-18:00  –  Registration and poster set-up

    13:30-15:30 – Workshops part 1

    • Ultrasound in LMICs
    • Fully booked: Workshop of the working group climate change and global child health
    • How (not) to go abroad

    15:45-17:45 – Workshops part 2

    • Ultrasound in LMICs
    • Paediatric surgery in LMIC: Gastroschisis Workshop
    • Titles changed: “Medicine under difficult conditions” and “How does western e-mobility affect the human rights situation in Congo?” (Working group health professions)
    • Workshop of the working gruop ETAT+
    • Postkolonial development policies

    15:30-18:00 – Board meeting

    18:15-18:45 – Conference opening

    • Welcome note by the organizers (C. Adamczick, G. Jäger)
    • Welcome note by the GTP chairs (S. Kotsias-Konopelska, C. Schmidt)
    • Welcome note by the Deputy Medical Director of the University Children’s Hospital Basel UKBB’ (S. Schulzke)

    18:45-19:45  –  Keynote lecture
    Global Child Health after the easy victories: time to step up for the difficult ones
    T. Tylleskär – University Bergen & FESTMIH

    19:45-20:00  –  Short film: Interviews with children world-wide

    20:00-22:00  –  Get together and Apero riche

    Saturday 8:30 - open end

    8:30-8:40   Welcome note and introduction to the academic program
    J. Uetzinger – SwissTPH

    8:40-10:00 Session 1: “Healthy (IT) systems” to reach every child in countries with restricted and limited resources

    Challenges and opportunities in a changing world of communication. How to reach every child from the hospital to remote communities, through new health technologies and telemedicine to provide sustainable quality care and empower health personal.
    Chairs: C. Adamczick, P. Meißner

    • 8:40-9:00 How to make health care as affordable and accessible as possible: challenges and lessions learnt from West and Central Africa
      N. Schramm – UNICEF
    • 9:00-9:20 “Banda Health”: a cloud-based clinic management system to empower healthcare providers in low-income communities across Africa to get the most out of the available resources
      S. Letchford – Kijabe Hospital, Kenia & Cofounder and president of Banda Health
    • 9:20-9:35 Digital health solutions for child care in LMICs – the example of ALMANACH
      A. Junker – SwissTPH digital health unit
    • 9:35-9:45 Abstract: Burden reduced cleft lip and palate care and healing – optimizing treatment strategy with minimal burden for patients and health systems
      B. Gözcü – Cooperation BRCCH, Basel, Warsaw, Hyderabad
      9:45-10:00 Abstract: Digital Media supporting patients with skin diseases in Sub Saharan Africa
      P. Schmid

    10:00-10:30 Coffee break

    10:30-12:00 Session 2: GTP projects, partnerships and Swiss organizations
    Overview of GTP projects and working groups and presentation of Swiss organizations related to global child health
    Chairs: S. Kotsias-Konopelska, C. Schmidt

    • 10:30-10:45 Neonatology in Tanzania: Residence program
      A. Züchner – CCBRT, Tanzania
    • 10:45-11:00 EKFS/GTP paediatric ultrasound network: experiences from international teaching and practical training courses
      C. Schmidt – St. Vinzenz Hosp. Dinslaken
    • 11:00-11:15 The ETAT program at a glance and experiences from GTP courses
      J. Lindert – Great Ormond St. Hosp. London
      B. Zimmer – Universität Münster
      S. Loetz – Olgaspital Stuttgart
    • 11:15-11:30 Training and strengthening of health systems in Sierra Leone in cooperation with the MoH
      G. Jäger – Kinderspital St. Gallen
    • 11:30-12:00 Presentations of Swiss foundations and organizations (10 min each):
      1. Paediatric critical care in LMIC with refugee crisis
      R. Anderson – Zurich University Hospital, MSF Swiss
      2. Calcutta Project Basel – A student-led project in the fields of health and prevention
      Z. Roth – Foundation Calcutta Project Basel
      3. 30 year experience of Kantha Bopha Children Hospitals in Cambodia
      Michael Grotzer – Director University Children Hospital Zurich, vice president Katha Bopha Foundation

    12:00-13:15 Lunch and poster walk

    13:15-14:40 Session 3: Preventive Child Health, chronic diseases and NCDs
    Is prevention and screening for child and adolescent illnesses neglected in Global Child Health?
    Chairs: F. Jäger, W. Schimana

    • 13:15-13:45 Promoting health and wellbeing in children and adolescents; the role of school health
      V. Baltag & B. Delmans – WHO department of maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health.
    • 13:45-14:00 Burden of NCDs and chronic diseases in LMICs with a focus on Allergies and Asthma
      A. Weise – Kaltenkirchen
    • 14:00-14:15 The diagnostic and treatment gap in child neurology in low resource settings – Example East Africa
      T. Oneko – Kenya Medical Institute, Center for Global Health Research
    • 14:15-14:25 Abstract: Continuum of care for low birth weight infants in the neonatal period in Ghana – A constructivist grounded theory study
      C. Schuler – Zurich
    • 14:25-14:35 Abstract: Travel time to reach health care facilities in the referral pathway for paediatric emergency treatment in Boeny, Madagascar
      M. Braun – University Witten/Herdecke
    • 14:35-14:40 Discussion

    14:40-15:10 Coffee break

    15:10-17:15 Session 4: Paediatric surgergy, – orthopedics, rehabilitation and palliative care in LMICs
    While some children may be cured through minor operations, others have a long way to go in rehabilitation and physiotherapy, where it is available. When cure is no longer possible, families and caretakers need special attention and support.
    Chairs: J. Lindert, tba

    • 15:10-16:10 Surgery
      15:10-15:25 Global Paediatric Surgery
      N. Wright – UK
      15:25-15:40 Gastroschisis care at Bugando Medical Center, Tanzania
      A. Masenga – Bugando Medical Center
      15:40-15:50 Paediatric injury: a call to action for a looming epidemic
      D. Mazingi – Zimbabwe
      15:50-16:00 Improved clubfoot treatment through local networking – experiences in a project in Orissa/India
      B. Speth – UKBB, Basel
      16:00-16:10 Paediatric burns
      W. Bislima – Bukavu General Hospital
    • 16:10-17:15 The child with disability and need for rehabilitation
      16:10-16:25 Rehabilitation and physiotherapy in low-income communities in Kenya
      S. Letchford – Kijabe Hospital, Kenia
      16:25-16:40 Care-program for young patients with Albinism in Malawi
      R. Moser
      16:40-17:00 Is paediatric palliative care possible in settings with limited ressources?
      S. Loetz – Olgaspital Stuttgart
      J. Chikwana – Zomba Regional Hospital, Malawi
      17:00-17:15 Celebrating Carers: Recognising the Contribution of Family Carers and Addressing their Needs in Low and Middle-Income Countries
      A. Patil – NGO Carers world-wide

    17:15-19:00   GTP member assembly

    19:30  Social evening and dinner at the “Atlantis” in Basel Old Town

    Sunday 8:30 - 13:30

    8:30 – 10:30 Session 5: New strategies to diagnose and treat high burden infectious diseases within the paediatric community and ways to implement those in existing health systems, keeping a critical eye!
    Chairs: E. Molyneux, S. Gehring

    • 8:30-8:45 Innovative drugs in helminth infection suitable for the paediatric population
      J. Keiser – SwissTPH, Department of Medical Parasitology and Infection Biology
    • 8:45-9:00 Abstract: Effectiveness of rectal artesunate as pre-referral treatment for children with severe malaria in sub-Saharan Africa
      M. Hetzel – Swiss TPH
    • 9:00-9:15 Malaria Elimination in the Greater Mekong Region
      L. v. Seidlein – Mahidol Oxford Tropical Research Unit, Bangkok
    • 9:15-9:45 TB care integrated in general paediatic health services; update on guidelines and application
      S. Verkuijl – WHO Global Tb program
      M. Casenghi – WHO Pedaids
    • 9:45-10:00 New international guidelines on Sepsis treatment
      L. Schlapbach – University Childrens’ hospital Zürich
    • 10:00-10:10 Abstract: Use of a 9-valent-RT-PCR-ELISA in acute febrile patients
      G. Haist – University Hospital Mainz
    • 10:10-10:20 Abstract: Clinical Characteristics, transmission rate and outcome of neonates born to COVID-19 positive mothers: a prospective case series from a low and middle income country
      M. Rood – Suriname, Rotterdam
    • 10:20-10:30 Discussion

    10:30-11:10 Coffee break

    11:10-13:00 Session 6: There is more than just COVID-19
    The importance of vaccinations in prevention of childhood illnesses and the impact of COVID-19 on global child health
    Chairs: U. Heininger, N. Ritz

    • 11:10-11:35 Interruption and consequences of paediatric general services through the COVID-19 pandemic: update, resume and outlook
      E. Molyneux – Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital and College of Medicine, Blantyre
    • 11:35-11:50 Bio-psycho-social aspects in the pandemic; Swiss example and results of the “Ciao Corona” study
      S. Kriemler – Leitung “Ciao Corona” Studie
    • 11:50-12:10 Science meets politics with a global perspective
      U. Heininger – UKBB, Department of Infectious Diseases
    • 12:10-13:00 Panel discussion: Is there something such as “global vaccine equity”?

    13:00-13:30   Good-bye and pre-announcements regarding the next annual conference


    Call for abstracts

    Deadline: 31. March 2022

    We invite you to submit abstracts of your research, projects or clinical work related to the themes of our conference. They will be systematically reviewed and considered for oral or poster presentation.

    Please send your abstract to: gtp2022-abstracts(a)globalchildhealth.de.

    Accepted abstracts become eligible for the Helmut Wolf Prize.

    Abstract criteria:

    • English or German (preferably English)
    • 3000 characters (including blank characters) maximum
    • Abstract structure: Project description or research question, methods, results, discussion and conclusion.


    Venue

    University Hospital Basel, Switzerland

    Address
    Spitalstrasse 21 / Petersgraben 4
    4031 Basel
    Switzerland

    Conference entrance:
    Hebelstr. 20

    Homepage


    Rahmenprogramm

    Friday

    Get together
    After the conference kick-off, we invite you to socialize over a stand-up snack with drinks. Attendance is included in the conference fee, please indicate your attendance when registering for the purpose of catering planning.

    Saturday

    Cultural program during the general meeting.
    In the near future, we will provide here a collection of cultural notes for conference participants who will not attend the GTP General Assembly to bridge the time until our joint social evening.

    Social Evening.
    We look forward to enjoying the social evening with you at the atmospheric Atlantis! With food, drinks and live music, we will have the opportunity to further exchange ideas and celebrate with colleagues.


    Accommodation

    Basel Youth Hostel is a welcoming accommodation close to the conference venue. In one- to six-bed rooms you can stay inexpensively and at the same time in a stylish atmosphere. For more information on accommodation and room availability, please visit the homepage of the Swiss Youth Hostels.

    Jugendherberge Basel
    Maja Sacher-Platz 10
    4052 Basel
    Switzerland

    basel(a)youthhostel.ch

    Phone: +41 61 272 05 72


    Registration, Participation and Fees

    Early bird (bis inkl. 28.2.22)Regulärer Preis (ab 1.3.22)
    GTP MitgliedStudentIn / Gesundheitsfachberuf€ 80€ 90
    Arzt / Ärztin€ 190€ 210
    Kein GTP-MitgliedStudentIn / Gesundheitsfachberuf€ 90€ 100
    Arzt / Ärztin€ 210€ 230
    GesellschaftsabendStudentIn / Gesundheitsfachberuf€ 30€ 50
    Regulär€ 50€ 70
    Zusätzliche Begleitperson (sofern noch Kapazitäten)s.o.s.o.

     

    Stornierungsrichtlinien:
    – Absage bis 27.4.2022: Erstattung der gesamten Tagungsgebühr.
    – Absage bis 13.5.2022: Erstattung von 50% der Tagungsgebühr.
    – Absage ab dem 14.5.2022: Keine Rückerstattung der Tagungsgebühr.

     

    Zertifizierung:

    18 CME Punkte
    4 credits der SGP (Schweizer Pädiatrische Gesellschaft)

    Register here

    Declaration of Conflict of Interest and Sponsoring

    The content of this event will be designed to be product and service neutral. We confirm that the scientific management and the speakers will disclose potential conflicts of interest to the participants.

    We would like to thank the following supporters whose donations made it possible to hold the event:


    Contact information

    General inquiries and comments (not for registration): sekretariat(a)globalchildhealth.de

    Conference registration:

    Banking details:
    Gesellschaft für Tropenpädiatrie und
    Internationale Kindergesundheit (GTP) e. V.
    Volksbank Ahlen-Sassenberg-Warendorf
    IBAN: DE 95 4126 2501 1102 1632 03
    BIC: GENODEM1AHL
    Re: “GTP2022, your name”

    Abstract submission (deadline extended: 31st March 2022): Email: gtp2022-abstracts@globalchildhealth.de


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