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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
Charlotte Adamczick - EBPI Zürich
Gudrun Jäger - Kinderspital St. Gallen
Andreas Hansmann - GIZ Phnom Penh
Rebecca Anderson - Kinderspital Zürich
Malte Kohns Vasconcelos - Universitäts Kinderspital beider Basel
Peter Meißner - Kinderklinik Konstanz
Andrea Jütte - GTP Sekretariat
Sarah Kotsias-Konopelska - Labor Berlin
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
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 Mitglied | StudentIn / Gesundheitsfachberuf | € 80 | € 90 |
| Arzt / Ärztin | € 190 | € 210 | |
| Kein GTP-Mitglied | StudentIn / Gesundheitsfachberuf | € 90 | € 100 |
| Arzt / Ärztin | € 210 | € 230 | |
| Gesellschaftsabend | StudentIn / 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)
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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Doctor for tropical medicine (m/f/d) at the University of Tübingen
The Institute of Tropical Medicine, Travel Medicine and Human Parasitology at the University of Tübingen is looking for:
a (Specialist) doctor (f/m/d) in full-time
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The position is initially limited until 30.11.2024, with an option for extension.
Application deadline: 11.12.2022
The doctor shall support the medical team of the outpatient department at the Institute of Tropical Medicine in the medical activities in outpatient care and preventive travel medicine as well as in conducting clinical studies. At the Institute, there is the possibility of further training for the additional title of tropical medicine and infectiology (according to DGI). In addition, academically interested persons have the possibility of habilitation.
Job advertisement in original and contact person here .
Aktualisierte Leitlinie: Empfehlungen zur infektiologischen Versorgung von Flüchtlingen im Kindes- und Jugendalter in Deutschland
Wir zitieren hier den Text der offiziellen Pressemitteilung, der im Original auf der Seite der DGKJ veröffentlicht wurde.
Geflüchtete Kinder brauchen eine spezielle medizinische Versorgung
Aktuelle Empfehlungen zur infektiologischen Versorgung von Flüchtlingen im Kindes- und Jugendalter in Deutschland
Um geflüchteten Kindern eine kompetente medizinische Unterstützung geben zu können, ist eine strukturierte Versorgung unverzichtbar. Für die sinnvolle und notwendige Infektionsprävention und -diagnostik wurden jetzt spezielle Fachempfehlungen vorgelegt.
Ob geflohen vor Kriegen, Naturkatastrophen oder Armut - geflüchtete Kinder haben eine oft extrem belastende Zeit hinter sich, lange, strapaziöse Reisen, traumatische Erlebnisse. Je nach Herkunftsland war ihre medizinische Versorgung auch schon vor der Flucht mangelhaft und die Gesundheitsbelastung groß. Diese Kinder und Jugendlichen müssen hier in einer speziell geschulten medizinischen Betreuung aufgefangen werden, um ihre besonderen Gesundheitsrisiken und -bedürfnisse erkennen und kompetent versorgen zu können.
In die Empfehlungen flossen Erfahrungen zum medizinischen Bedarf von Flüchtlingen und insbesondere auch über die Prävalenz von spezifischen Infektionserkrankungen ein, die Mitarbeiter/-innen des Gesundheitssystems bezüglich seit 2015 sammeln konnten. Zwischen 40.000 und 200.000 minderjährige Flüchtlinge im Jahr suchen seither Schutz in Deutschland [vgl. Empfehlungen, S.19]. Auch für die kommenden Jahre ist eine hohe Zahl an Flüchtlingen zu erwarten, aktuell insbesondere aus dem Kriegsgebiet in der Ukraine.
Die Stellungnahme wurde als AWMF-Leitlinie der Stufe 1 angelegt und von der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Pädiatrische Infektiologie (DGPI e.V.), der Gesellschaft für Tropenpädiatrie und Internationale Kindergesundheit (GTP e.V.), dem Berufsverband der Kinder- und Jugendärzte (BVKJ e.V.) und der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Kinder- und Jugendmedizin (DGKJ e.V.) erarbeitet. Zahlreiche weitere Fachgesellschaften und Organisationen wurden einbezogen.
Die jetzt vorgelegten Empfehlungen zielen darauf,
- einen unvollständigen Impfschutz frühzeitig zu erkennen und rasch zu vervollständigen (z.B. Poliomyelitis, Masern, COVID-19)
- übliche Infektionskrankheiten im Kindes- und Jugendalter, auch vor dem Hintergrund von Sammelunterkünften, Sprachbarrieren und unterschiedlichen kulturellen Auffassungen, zu diagnostizieren und zu behandeln
- in Deutschland seltene Infektionskrankheiten frühzeitig zu erkennen und zu therapieren (z.B. Tuberkulose, Dengue-Fieber).
Den Autor/-innen ist sehr bewusst, dass Kindergesundheit weit mehr braucht als einen guten infektiologischen Schutz: Psychische Gesundheit und ein sicheres und fürsorgliches Umfeld, Integration und Bildungschancen sind zentrale Aspekte für das gesunde Aufwachsen von Kindern und Jugendlichen mit Fluchterlebnissen.
Eine strukturierte und adäquate medizinische Versorgung ist ein unverzichtbarer Beitrag, der aber politisch auch abgesichert werden muss: Noch gibt es weder im ambulanten noch im stationären Bereich ausreichend Personal und finanzielle Mittel hierfür – angesichts der auch in Zukunft zu erwartenden hohen Zahl an minderjährigen Flüchtlingen eine akute Herausforderung, die eine vordringliche Aufgabe der Politik sein muss.
Hier finden Sie die aktualisierten Empfehlungen zur infektiologischen Versorgung von
Flüchtlingen im Kindes- und Jugendalter in Deutschland
Nachruf: Prof. Dr. Michael Leichsenring
Nachruf Prof. Dr. Michael Leichsenring
Im Alter von 68 Jahren verstarb bereits am 19.1.2022 Prof. Dr. med., Prof. h.c. (RSSPMCP) Michael Leichsenring. Bis zuletzt galt sein unermüdliches Wirken der Verbesserung der Kindergesundheit weltweit.
Leichsenring studierte von 1978-1984 Humanmedizin in Düsseldorf und erwarb von 1981-1983 parallel ein Diplom in Afrikanologie/Kisuaheli an der Universität Köln. 1984 absolvierte er auch den Diplomkurs des Bernhard-Nocht-Instituts in Hamburg. 1985 begann er die Weiterbildung zum Kinder- und Jugendarzt an der Kinderklinik der Universität Düsseldorf, die er ab 1987 an der Kinderklinik der Universität Heidelberg fortsetzte und 1992 abschloss und sich 1993 für das Fach Kinderheilkunde habilitierte. In den Abteilungen Allgemeine Pädiatrie und für Neonatologie der Kinderklinik der Universität Heidelberg arbeitete er von 1993 bis 1995 als klinischer Oberarzt, wobei er sein früher aufgenommenes Engagement für die Gesundheit und Ernährung von Kindern in Entwicklungsländern fortsetzte und 1995 bis 1997 die Sektion Tropenpädiatrie leitete. 1999 folgte er dann einem Ruf auf eine Professur an der Kinderklinik der Universität Ulm, die mit der Funktion des geschäftsführenden Oberarztes verbunden war. Außerdem leitete er die Bereiche Pneumologie/Mukoviszidose, Allergologie und Stoffwechselerkrankungen, wo er sich unermüdlich und mit großer Hingabe für Patienten mit seltenen Erkrankungen einsetzte. Im Jahr 2019 wurde er in den Ruhestand versetzt.
Neben seiner klinischen Tätigkeit interessierten Michael Leichsenring das Leben und die gesundheitlichen Herausforderungen fremder Nationen und Kulturen und insbesondere die Ausbildung von Ärztinnen und Ärzten in der Kinderheilkunde. Aus dieser Tätigkeit ist nicht nur die Motivierung zahlreicher junger Kolleginnen und Kollegen für eine Tätigkeit im Bereich Tropenpädiatrie und internationale Kindergesundheit zu erwähnen. Als Ausrichter von Fachtagungen der Arbeitsgemeinschaft Tropenpädiatrie (ATP) - später GTP - war er auch in Deutschland ein Pionier im Bereich Global Child Health. Neben der Planung von großen Projekten, war für ihn stets die Verbesserung der individuellen Situation kleiner und großer Patienten von Bedeutung.
Unter diesem Vorzeichen stand auch seine Beratungs- und Lehrtätigkeit in Kirgistan (1999, 2002, 2003, 2004), Usbekistan (2009, 2012, 2013), Tadschikistan (2011) im Auftrag der kfW-Entwicklungsbank, Frankfurt/Main; und sein Engagement als Projektleiter der EU-Projekte ‘Higher Education Network for Applied Human Nutrition between Eastern Africa and Europe (HENNA)’ in Äthiopien, Kenia und Uganda und ‘E-Learning Network on Food and Nutrition Security (eLEFANS)’ mit Partneruniversitäten in Ostafrika und Europa (2008-2017); und er beriet das EU/Erasmus Plus-Programm für Zentralasien (2019-zuletzt).
Leichsenring war Mitglied der Dt. Gesellschaft für Kinderheilkunde und Jugendmedizin, der European Society for Pediatric Research, der Arbeitsgemeinschaft Pädiatrische Stoffwechselkrankheiten, der Dt. Gesellschaft für Tropenmedizin und Internationale Gesundheit sowie der Arbeitsgemeinschaft Tropenpädiatrie/Gesellschaft für Tropenpädiatrie und globale Kindergesundheit. Er publizierte über 30 Veröffentlichungen allein zu globaler Kinderheilkunde und Ernährung.
Für seinen Jahrzehnte langen Einsatz für internationale Kindergesundheit, insbesondere im Bereich Unterernährung und Infektionskrankheiten (Tuberkulose, Onchozerkose, Malaria) in Afrika und bis zuletzt in den letzten 15 Jahren für die strukturelle Verbesserung der Kindergesundheit in Zentralasien (wofür er eine Ehrenprofessur in Uzbekistan erhielt), wird er für viele Menschen unvergessen bleiben. Er war für viele Pädiater und KollegenInnen in Deutschland ein Visionär, Mentor, Wegbegleiter, Freund und Vorbild. Jemand sagte einmal über ihn: „A leader, who puts into practice, what others keep talking about.“ Zu unserem großen Bedauern hat die Welt diesen brillanten Menschen viel zu früh verloren.
Peter Meißner, Konstanz
Matthias Nelle, Böblingen/Bern
Michael Krawinkel, Gießen
Paediatrician for clinical supervision of training programme in Sierra Leone
German Doctors e. V. is looking for experienced paediatricians to supervise and train students during their first clinical rotation in hospitals in the north of Sierra Leone.
Duration: 6 weeks
Application: Submit now for starting date summer 2022
Project background:
Sierra Leone, a country of around 7 million people, has a high infant mortality rate and a relatively low number of doctors. Medical care in the West African country is mainly provided by community health officers and nurses, especially outside the capital Freetown.
Together with the Ministry of Health, a training programme was launched in Sierra Leone in autumn 2021 to train graduates of the School of Clinical Sciences in Makeni in a 2-year programme in various specialities. A total of 3 NGOs, all of which have already been working in Sierra Leone for years, accompany training programmes with recognised bachelor's degrees in surgery, internal medicine or paediatrics.
German Doctors e.V. has been active in the training of health care workers in Sierra Leone for over 10 years and is co-responsible for the 2-year paediatric training course.
Mission description:
Experienced paediatricians are needed to supervise and train students during their first clinical rotation in hospitals in northern Sierra Leone for 6-week assignments.
The hospitals are located in remote regions of the country and provide medical care that is typical for the country. The work in the hospitals is done in close cooperation with local doctors, often tropical doctors from Europe. The professional basis of the training is the national guidelines as well as the ETAT+ guidelines and recommendations of MSF and the WHO. Two programme coordinators (medical and administrative) responsible for the paediatric programme work on site and are direct contacts for medical and organisational questions.
Responsibilities:
- Supervision of students during their patient care according to their competences
- Participation in hospital services together with the students
- Regular evaluation and training of students, but also of nurses and community health workers in the clinical area.
Prerequisites:
- Paediatrician with completed specialist training and experience in clinical work in low resource settings
- Willingness to work in a country with clearly limited resources and in a remote location
- Experience with teaching
- The mission doctors can expect a stimulating environment and an interesting task.
Payment / accommodation::
For this volunteer placement, part of the flight costs will be reimbursed; board and lodging on site are free. More informationen to be found here.
Sierra Leone is a politically stable country, which makes excursions in the vicinity of the hospitals or on the Western Peninsula possible.
Contact:
German Doctors e.V. mission planning
Mrs. Carola Walter (carola.walter(a)german-doctors.de)
GOING Survey - please take part!
Dear colleagues,
the Society for Tropical Pediatrics and International Child Health is engaged in a working group on the interests of and training opportunities for physicians in the field of “Global Child Health” in Germany and abroad.
To this end, we have designed a short (15 minute) survey to collect information on how young medical professionals are training in the field of Global Child Health at hospital and university level. With this information, we plan to work with the state medical associations to improve opportunities for continuing education and training recognition in this field.
We also want to know how colleagues prepare for a stay abroad in low-and-middle-income countries (LMICs) and what future prospects they associate with it.
We would be very pleased about your participation in and dissemination of this survey!
Deadline: 31.03.2022
Don’t hesitate to contact us in case of any questions and please spread the word!
Barbara Zimmer and Judith Lindert
education(a)globalchildhealth.de
TropPaed 2022 - 12th Intensive Course on Tropical Paediatrics and Global Child Health
This 5-day-course on Tropical Paediatrics and Global Child health was initiated in 2010 and has ever since taken place and been developed further on a yearly basis. It addresses the most important medical, intercultural, political and infrastructural aspects of Global Child Health.
Date
22.-27. May 2022
Venue
Schloß Rauischholzhausen
Info
Maximal no. of participants: 50
Course language: English
Welcome!
After the cancellation of the course in 2021 due to the pandemic, we are looking forward to welcoming you again in Rauisscholzhausen in 2022!
The registration will be activated shortly. Furthermore, we encourage you to subscribe to our newsletter, through which you will receive up-to-date information on further planning.
In 2022 we will again bei offering you an interesting program 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 schedule and lecturers on this page.
Provisional Schedule
Here you can find the preliminary topics of the course. There will be an evening program and case presentations from our international guests on some of the days.
If you wish to arrive already one day before the course starts, this is possible for an extra charge of 35 euros for the additional overnight stay. Please select the corresponding option when booking the course. Check-in is possible from 5 pm.
In general, Saturday is used by the organization team for their preparations.
- Arrival and check-in around mid-day
- Lunch
- Registration and Introduction round
- Further details to follow
- Introduction into the caring for a critically ill child in a resource-limited setting
- Practical workshops regarding “the critically ill child” – i.e. malaria, neurological or respiratory emergencies, malnutrition, shock and ETAT
- Further details to be announced
- Gynaecology and Obstetrics
- Neonatology
- Practical workshops regarding interventions in a resource-limited setting (i.e. invasive techniques, KMC, bCPAP, hospital and community neonatology)
- Introduction into the big topics HIV/AIDS, malnutrition and tuberculosis
- Further details to be announced
- Practical workshops about HIV/AIDS, malnutrition and tuberculosis
- Contributions from other specialties (i.e. surgery, dermatology, oncology, family medicine, …)
- Further details to be announced
- Course content to be announced
- Feedback round and good-bye
- Evening: Good-bye party
- Breakfast
- Check-out
- Departure
Fee and application
The price includes course participation, accommodation from 22.5.-27.5., meals and coffee breaks from Sunday noon to Friday morning and course materials. If you wish to arrive already on Saturday, this is possible for an extra charge of 35 Euro for the additional overnight stay. Please select the appropriate option when registering. Not included in the price are alcoholic beverages and drinks outside of those served at meals and coffee breaks, as well as transportation costs and any mandatory Sars-CoV-2 testing that may come our way.
Scholarships for colleagues from countries with limited resources will unfortunately not be awarded in the usual form in 2022. The pandemic-related travel restrictions force us to accept international applications only from selected partner countries where the requirements for entry are met. Thus, with a heavy heart, we will forego the open application process in 2022. In the future we hope to be able to accept applications again in the old way. For this we ask you to send us a letter of motivation including your curriculum vitae. You can find more details on this under the section “sponsoring of international colleagues“.
Regular fee non-member
from 1.4.22Regular fee non-member
Early Bird until 31.3.22Member of GTP/ESPID
from 1.4.22Member of GTP/ESPID
Early Bird until 31.3.22Venue
We are pleased to be able to hold our course again in 2022 at Schloss Rauischholzhausen, the conference and training facility of the University of Giessen. This historic and beautiful venue is tailor-made for our course as it offers the possibility to accommodate all participants, organizers 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. Vegan and vegetarian options are available at each meal. 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.
Sponsoring and support
We sincerely thank all the volunteer co-organizers of the course for their years of dedication as well as our financial supporters!
European Society of Paediatric Infectious Diseases
Kindermissionswerk “Die Sternsinger”
27.-29. August 2021 | ETAT+ Instructor Course | Hamburg
We`re happy to announce that we could organize our second ETAT+ Instructor Course despite several challenges. Finally, we reached out to hold a three days couse in Hamburg with an international group of participants as well as instructors from August 27th – 29th 2021. After a first pilot course in 2019, which we conducted in Hannover with great support from the UK ETAT team, we planned to perform a course by a mixed instructor team including the German ETAT+ team, UK ETAT team as well as very experienced instructors from the ERC and American heart association (EPALS trainer from Germany, Switzerland as well as the Netherlands).
The goal of the ETAT+ Instructor Course is to teach and enable former ETAT+ course participants who showed instructor potential the possibility to get a deeper insight into adult learning and how to perform it efficiently. The foundation of this instructor course were the teaching methods from the European resuscitation council (ERC) and the course content from the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) in UK. A special part of the agenda were group discussions about challenges and important points related to implementing trainings in low resource settings and other cultures. With this background information it should be possible to teach ETAT+ (as well as other simulation trainings) in different countries and cultures even more effectively.
We were lucky that our international instructor team could travel over three country borders from UK, Germany and Switzerland despite the Sars-Cov-2-pandemic restrictions. And even our participants came from different European countries like the Netherlands, Ukraine and Germany. The course was held in the Wilhelmsstift Hospital in Hamburg with great support from the local team.
The three day training was very intense including a lot of practical trainings with personal feedback and room for improvement due to good repetition. It was wonderful to see the fast progress in teaching skills from day to day. All participants enjoyed the good atmosphere, the chance to train under supervision of experienced trainers as well as exchanging ideas with one another.
In total, this course was a great success and we had a fantastic time all together where everyone could benefit from another! This is great networking! This is the future of great instructors who can spread the word of ETAT around the globe!
Thanks to everyone who took part by organisation, participation and teaching!
Gudrun Jäger & Barbara Zimmer for the German ETAT+ Team & international instructors
Sponsors
We are grateful for having been sponsored by the
Friede-Springer endowed professorship for Global Child Health
The Friede Springer Endowed Professorship
is the first
German professorship for Global Child Health
and has been located at
Witten/Herdecke University (UW/H)
since October 2017
Together with its partners at home and abroad, the team of the endowed professorship develops research projects and is involved in education, training and continuing professional education in global child health in a variety of ways:
- Global health track and intercultural preparation for stays abroad as part of the "Modellstudiengang Medizin" of the Witten/Herdecke University.
- Further education for students of all health professions (summer school)
- Advanced modules in the Master's programme in International Health as a partner of the Network for Education in International Health (tropEd)
- Further training for specialist candidates in paediatrics and adolescent medicine in cooperation with the Else Kröner- Fresenius- Foundation, the Westphalia-Lippe Medical Association and the Kamuzu University of Health Sciences in Blantyre/Malawi as part of the "Else Kröner Malawi Child Health Centre" (special project child health).
Detailed information on the projects and offers of the professorship can be found here
39th GTP annual conference - Global Child Health in times of pandemics
Datum
June 5th 2021 9:00
until
June 6th 2021 12:00
Ort
Virtual conference via Zoom®
Ausrichter
Prof. Dr. C. Krüger
Dr. B. Kretzschmar
5th-6th June 2021
Virtual conference via Zoom®
Leading topic: “Global Child Health in times of pandemics“
Greetings from the organizors
Dear colleagues, students and employees in the health care sector!
We would like to cordially invite you to our 39th annual conference, this year unfortunately under pandemic conditions.
Under the guiding theme “Global Child Health in times of pandemics”, the meeting will be held exclusively virtually on June 5th-6th 2021. We want to address the various impacts of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic and other risks/determinants on child health, especially in resource-poor countries, and discuss which interventions will enable children, adolescents and their families worldwide to best cope with the implications of this pandemic. This will also have to include the question of what contribution wealthy nations, which are also affected by the pandemic, can and should make.
On Saturday we have scheduled exciting keynote speeches by renowned speakers and free contributions in the form of short presentations for you. Sunday morning will be reserved for workshops. Unfortunately, due to the pandemic situation, we had to refrain from a face-to-face event. Nevertheless we could win speakers from Germany, the European and non-European countries for our online program.
The members’ assembly will also have to take place virtually this time. Details will be sent to all members in time.
Unfortunately, we have to postpone the joint celebration and social exchange, otherwise a fixed part of our annual meeting, until next year.
Due to the virtual event mode, we are charging a standard price of 20.00 EUR this year. Students, colleagues from low-ressource countries as well as lecturers and first authors of abstracts can take part free of charge.
We are very much looking forward to your virtual participation and to lively, gladly also controversial discussions.
Join us for this interesting event!
Yours
Carsten Krüger and Benno Kretzschmar
Conference program
Times are stated as CET
Last update: June 6th 2021
Friday 17:00 - 20:00
Virtual board meeting
Saturday 9:00 - 20:00 CET
09:00-09:10 Welcome address (C. Krüger, B. Kretzschmar)
09:10-10:30 Opening lecture (Chair: C. Krüger)
COVID-19 and its impact on children and women in LMICs – policy and ethical considerations (M. Knipper, Gießen)
10:00-11:30 Session 1 (Chair: M. Krawinkel)
Global programs for children in COVID-19 times
– The impact of the pandemic on the care of children in humanitarian aid (M. Tamannai, MSF Berlin)
– Sustainable food security and improving health in rural areas: The Nutrition Smart CommUNITI (S. Welte)
– Essential emergency and critical care in the context of the SARS-CoV2 pandemic (Hans-Jörg Lang, ALIMA & UWH)
11:30-12:00 Break
12:00-13:30 Session 2 (Chair: R. Weigel)
COVID-19 / Miscellaneous
– Effect of the COVID-19 pandemic response on intrapartum care, stillbirth, and neonatal mortality outcomes in Nepal (M. Målqvist, Schweden)
– Introduction of the „Child Growth Monitor“ (M. Pohl, Welthungerhilfe Berlin)
– Evaluation of an Emergency Triage Assessment and Treatment (ETAT+) training in Madagascar – preliminary findings (M. Galatsch, Witten)
13:30-14:00 Break
14:00-15:30 Session 3 (Chair: C. Herr)
Research and Projects in Global Child Health
5 short presentations á 10+5 minutes from submitted abstracts
– Heuschen A-K, Müller O.: Public health relevant consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic on the malaria burden in sub-Sahara Africa / Heidelberg
– Langha L, Weigel R.: What are the Menstrual Experiences of Schoolgirls and Students in Uganda? A Narrative Literature Review / Witten
– Leusmann A et al.: Evaluation of the Pediatric Emergency Course and Advanced Skills Training (PEAST) in Sierra Leone – A State of Knowledge Analysis Pre and Post Course / Witten
– Schmidt-Troschke H-M et al.: “Zines” as a new health education medium for children: a narrative literature review / Witten
– Heinrich A, Krüger C.: The national immunization program in Tanzania: structural prerequisites and potential for optimization. / Witten
– Announcements by the GTP
15:30-16:00 Break
16:00-17:00 Session 4 (Chair: I. Schmidt)
Free topics as well as vaccinations and nutrition in times of pandemic
– Experience of Implementation of Gastrochisis Treatment Protocol in Tanzania (Z. Bokhary. Muhimbili National Hospital, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania)
– Issues in the Corona pandemic from a nursing perspective. (I. Schmidt, Hamminkeln)
17:10-20:00 GTP members’ assembly
– Election of the new board
– Amendment to the Articles of Association
– Farewell by new board with outlook on annual meeting 2022 and TropPaed 2022
Sonntag 9:00 - 12:00
Parallel workshops
Please register for a workshop at registration or write to us at gtp2021(a)globalchildhealth.de.
COVID-19: First hand experiences from Brazil and Kenya
ETAT+
ETAT+ (Emergency Triage Assessment and Treatment) is a structured and effective intervention designed for primary health structures in resource-linited settings in Africa and Asia. In settings where child mortality is high and most deaths of paediatric patients occur within 24 hours after admission, implementation of ETAT+ reduces intra-hospital mortality.
ETAT helps in identification of acute life threatening problems like severe respiratory problems, shock, severe alterations of consciousness and severe dehydration. ETAT offers a structured way of identifying and treating those conditions.
In our workshop, we will discuss the background of intrahospital child mortality, get to know the elements of ETAT and work through a primary assessement together. There will be the opportunity for questions and discussion with the speakers; they are ETAT instructures and have used or implemented ETAT in resource limited settings.
For participation in the workshop, it is not required to be a member of the AG ETAT or have previous knowledge / experience. Everyone is welcome.
Introductory lecture by Prof. Niessen followed by discussions, small group work and goal setting, and resource gathering for the GTP as well as workshop participants.
Cancelled
Call for abstracts extended!
Deadline: finished
We are looking forward to your contributions to the conference theme and the overall topic “Global Child and Adolescent Health”. Tell us about your scientific or clinical projects or interesting questions.
Participation is free for invited presenters and first authors of accepted abstracts.
Abstract criteria: German or English (preferably English); max. 3000 characters incl. spaces; structure: Research question/project description, methodology, results, discussion, and conclusion.
Abstract submission at gtp2021(a)globalchildhealth.com.
Due to the current circumstances, we will unfortunately only be able to publish the abstracts online on the GTP website. We kindly ask for your understanding.
Venue
Due to the current pandemic situation, the annual meeting will be held virtually on the Zoom® platform. You will receive the participation link after registration and payment.
Application
Registration is possible until incl. 3.6.2021!
Participation fees for all participants 20,- Euro.
Participation for invited speakers, authors of accepted abstracts, colleages from low and middle income countries and students free of charge.
Cancellation policy:
- until incl. May 6th 2021: Complete refund of the participation fees
- Until incl. May 20th 2021: 50% refund of the participation fees
- from May 21st 2021: Full fees need to be payed
Technical requirements:
All registered participants will receive a personalized access link for the ZOOM® platform after payment of the participation fee.
CME credit points
Credit points for Germany doctors (CME) are applied for at the medical board Hessen.
Conflict of interest and sponsorship declaration
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. There is no sponsorship of the event.
Contact information
General inquiries and comments (nicht für Anmeldungen):
gtp2021@globalchildhealth.de
Conference registration:
https://globalchildhealth.de/anmeldung-zur-gtp-jahrestagung-2021/
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
Abstract submission (deadline: April 30th 2021):
gtp2021(a)globalchildhealth.de
(Abstract criteria see above)
Copyright
Title picture: Viktoria Schools, Mwanza, Tanzania