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Clinic partnership GTP - Department of Paediatrics & Child Health at the University of Dodoma, Tanzania (Phase I: 2021-2024; Phase II: 2024-2026)
About the Project
This project is part of the initiative “Clinic Partnerships – Partners Strengthen Health”, funded by the Else Kröner-Fresenius Foundation (EKFS) and the German Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), with support from GIZ (German Development Cooperation).
Since 2021, GTP has been supporting pediatric specialist training in Dodoma, Tanzania. This builds on the success of a previous training program in Mwanza and Dodoma.
Because there is still a shortage of pediatricians with subspecialty training, doctors from Germany and other European countries travel to Dodoma several times a year to teach. They offer both:
- Theoretical training (lectures and case discussions)
- Practical training (ward rounds, bedside teaching, ultrasound skills)
Experienced pediatric nurses also train local nursing staff. The project provides some essential medical equipment, and supports the development of local treatment guidelines.
Join the Project – We’re Looking for:
- Pediatricians (including subspecialties)
- Nurses with experience in neonatology or pediatrics
- Lecturers wanted!
If you’re a GTP member – or would like to become one – and are interested in teaching in Dodoma, we’d love to hear from you. Teaching or international experience is helpful, but not required.
- Length of stay: 2–3 weeks (flexible timing)
- Requirements: Good English skills
- Costs covered: Flights and accommodation
Interested? Contact Us
Please send a short CV to:
- PD Dr. Carsten Krüger – Program Lead in Germany: krueger@globalchildhealth.de
- Dr. Shakilu Jumanne – Project Lead in Tanzania: shakiluj@gmail.com
Photo credit: Shakilu Jumanne
Registration for the GTP Annual Meeting in Eisenach from 12-14 April 2024
Dear colleagues and interested parties!
Please read the following information carefully before registering for the Annual Conference 2024 using the form below.
- Please note that registration via the form is binding.
- After sending the form, you will receive an automatic confirmation email with the information you have provided as well as account details for the transfer of the conference fee and other information. After receiving this email, you will then have four weeks to transfer your participation fee. Please check your spam.
- The current hygiene regulations regarding the COVID-19 pandemic will apply to conference participation at the time of the conference.
- If you have any questions, please contact the conference secretariat at gtp2024(a)globalchildhealth.de
Important notice:
If you need to apply for a visa to attend the conference, please note the following information:
- Please inform yourself BEFORE registering about the necessary documents, applicable processing times and available dates for issuing visas at the relevant embassy (we recommend at least 3-4 months lead time)
- A letter of invitation can only be issued after a) complete personal online registration (including passport number and request to receive a letter of invitation) and b) payment of the conference fees has been received.
- Please make sure that your passport is valid for at least 6 months after your return date
Bonus tickets and sponsorship of international guests
Support colleagues from LAMICs! Every year, we invite colleagues from low-and-middle-income countries (LAMICs) to our conference and the subsequent intensive course in tropical paediatrics and international child health. They make an invaluable contribution to international professional exchange and also have the opportunity to spend time shadowing in our partner clinics in Germany. Travel and stay are financed, among other things, by scholarships awarded by the GTP, which are financed by donations to the GTP and shares of course fees. You too can contribute to a scholarship by indicating a donation amount when you register. A contribution could look like this:
- 0-50 euros: scholarship grant for participation in the social evening
- 50-200 Euros: Scholarship grant for conference participation
- 200-500 euros: Scholarship grant to cover accommodation costs during a hospitation or intensive course
- 500-1000 euros: Scholarship grant to cover travel costs
Donations to the GTP e.V. are tax deductible. For donations of less than 200 euros, it is sufficient to submit a bank statement. For higher amounts we will issue a donation receipt.
IMPORTANT: Please transfer the donation indicated in the registration form separately with the subject “Donation GTP” in order to make it unmistakably identifiable for your tax return as well as for us. If the first name, surname or address for the donation receipt differs from the data given in the registration, please let us know in the comments field.
Cancellation policy
- Cancellation up to and including 28.02.2024: Full refund of participation fees.
- Cancellation up to and including 20.03.2024: 50% of the participation fee has to be paid
- Cancellation after 20.03.2024: 100% of the participation fee must be paid.
Conference fees GTP2023
| Early bird (until incl. 31.1.24) | Regular fee (from 1.2.24) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| GTP member | Physician | € 150 | € 180 |
| Student / non-physician health professional | € 30 | € 50 | |
| Non GTP member | Physician | € 180 | € 210 |
| Student / non-physician health professional | € 40 | € 60 | |
| Social evening | Regular | € 40 | € 40 |
| Student | € 20 | € 20 | |
| Accompanying person | € 40 p.p. | € 40 p.p. | |
| Day ticket Saturday or Sunday | In case of last minute booking payment is made cash or via direct transfer on site | € 90 per day | € 90 per day |
Registration form for the 41. GPT Annual Conference from 12-14 April 2024 in Eisenach:
Registration for TropPaed 5-9 May 2025
Dear colleagues,
Thank you for your interest in participation in the TropPaed course. Register via our online form (see below). Your registration is binding.
Please note following information prior to registration:
Course schedule
– Arrival: from Sunday 4th of May 2025 from 5 p.m. Dinner will be served, please indicate in your registration if you wish to have dinner or let us know latest a week prior to your arrival in order for us to be able to plan for the correct amount of people.
– Program starts: Monday 8:45 a.m.
– Check-out from the rooms: Friday before breakfast
– Course end and departure: Friday around 2 p.m. after lunch
Mentoring our international guests
In recent years, we have introduced that there are voluntary primary contact persons for our international guests within the European participant group, which was perceived by both sides as very positive. As a so-called mentor, you are the contact person for general questions that do not concern the course organization, feel responsible to see if everything is in order, engage in communication and may even be a room neighbor. Feel free to sign up as a mentor when you register.
Course fees
Our course fees are calculated to exactly match the course costs after deduction of sponsoring without making any profit. Course costs include full board at the castle, room rent, travel and accommodation costs for lecturers and organizers as well as the scholarships for our international guests. All organizers work on a voluntary basis, lecturers do not receive salaries.
Cancellation Policy.
If you need or chose to withdraw your course registration we will try to fill your spot with someone from the waiting list. Additionally you will have the chance to present a substitute yourself. If your registration can be filled with someone else, we will refund you with the full course fees minus a 50 Euro handling fee. If your spot cannot be filled, we will charge you the full course fee.
Pandemic – further regulations.
– If there are requirements at the time of the course regarding mandatory testing for Sars-CoV-2 or other pathogens, we reserve the right to have you perform appropriate tests independently or on site at your own expense.
– The course concerning hygiene regulations we will published and updated on our website.
GTP annual meeting in Gießen 2-4 May 2025
Prior to the TropPaed course the 43nd GTP Annual Conferece is going to take place in Gießen. We are cordially inviting you to join us there. If you can offer free seats in your car, please indicate so at registration.
For queries of any kind regarding the course, please do not hesitate to contact us: troppaed(a)globalchildhealth.de
Registration for the TropPaed course 5-9 May 2025
You will receive a registration confirmation immediately after sending the registration form. Please also check your spam folder. If you do not receive any email your registration was not successful.
You will receive a certificate of participation and confirmation of the paid fee during the course or at the start of the event. To keep administrative work to a minimum, we kindly ask you to refrain from further inquiries regarding this matter.
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“.
Regular fee non-member
from 16.3.23Regular fee non-member
Early Bird until 15.3.23Member of GTP/ESPID
from 16.3.23Mitglieder-Preis GTP/ESPID
Early Bird until 15.3.23Venue
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.
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.
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.
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Contact information
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Gesellschaft für Tropenpädiatrie und
Internationale Kindergesundheit (GTP) e. V.
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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
.
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
AG Climate Change and Global Child Health
Welcome to the Climate Change and Global Child Health WG page. The following content awaits you:
- Climate change and global child health: introduction to the topic.
- The role of the GTP: How we see ourselves
- Our 3 fields of action: The GTP as an advocate, Content for members and individuals, Content for work in the medical environment.
- Background information: Literature collection
- Calendar of events on the topic
- Get involved: Our contact details
Climate change and global child health
The formulated goal of the GTP is to improve global child health. A prerequisite for this is a clear understanding and analysis of the multiple causes that threaten children’s health globally, in order to be able to address them effectively. In addition to inadequate preventive and curative health care at the national level, global contexts of various kinds determine access to and maintenance of health in the broadest sense. One of these is climate change.
Climate change, which is already manifesting itself in some parts of the world as a climate crisis or climate catastrophe, has a direct influence on access to and preservation of health (Castello A, Lancet 2009).
Climate change results in, among other things, more frequent and severe heat waves (Robinson 2013), floods, droughts, crop loss, decline in local productivity (exemplified by http://www.fao.org/climate-change), water shortages, air pollution, fires, and with resulting wars and displacement.
The consequences for health and life are well known and manifold: malnutrition and its directly resulting diseases as well as increased vulnerability regarding further pathologies due to a weakened immune system, negative effects of diverse environmental toxins, spreading of zoonotic infectious diseases by spreading vectors, migration and flight, with the consequence of missing structure of an adequate health facility and also destroyed school structures for the growing population. Mental disorders resulting from all these circumstances are still an extremely neglected component.
Earlier prognoses of a change of the climate with corresponding consequences must be adapted more and more and draw dramatic scenarios for the near coming decades. There is consensus among climate researchers that an accelerating rise in sea level is measurable, as is a rapid increase in uninhabitable territory on the continents.
All people are affected, but especially the vulnerable groups, including children in the countries of the global south. Here, increasing numbers of (fatal) victims are to be expected, far exceeding current levels. We see the beginnings of this development, for example, in East Africa (https://kenya.savethechildren.net/news/climate-change-wajir-risks-mother-and-child-survival), Australia, or in the Near East. This raises far-reaching questions about (1) how these developments can be averted (mitigation), and (2) how the consequences for people can be mitigated (adaptation).
The role of the GTP
The GTP can play an important role as an advocate for affected populations and provide early information on climate change impacts through its international networking. It can serve as a multiplier of the voices and concerns of its international partners. The GTP should be seen as an advisor to government agencies and policymakers that take up development cooperation issues, define projects, and fund their implementation.
The GTP can pool and actively disseminate existing information resources from other relevant organizations and integrate them into its own projects. A close cooperation with organizations dealing with prevention, research and political engagement in relation to climate change is to be strived for.
In addition, the GTP feels obliged to design or redesign its internal processes and projects in a climate-responsible manner and to communicate this transparently to the outside world in order to set a good example.
“We, the working group Climate Change and Global Child Health, want to hold the GTP and its members and interested parties accountable and motivate them to act in a climate-sensitive manner on a daily basis and have therefore formulated the following goals”:
The GTP as advocate
In a position paper, we would like to highlight the problematic impacts of climate change on global child health in order to give a voice to the vulnerable group of children and their families and represent them before decision makers.
We aim to be another disseminator of long known facts about the impact of climate change on global child health and also to provide emerging information. To this end, we refer to the relevant literature on the topic and are in exchange with organizations that are scientifically based on the topic of “climate change and health” as a mainstream activity.
German Alliance Climate Change and Health (KLUG) e.V.
Homepage
Health for Future
Homepage, Position paper
For our members and interested parties as private individuals
On this page we refer to established organizations and their information and recommendations on how everyone can individually contribute to positively influencing climate change.
Planetary Health Academy
Initiated by KLUG e.V., the Planetary Health Academy offers free online seminar series on “Planetary Health”.
Homepage
Sustainable travelling: Recommendations of the German Society for Tropical Medicine (DTG e.V.)
Link
The plastic atlas
Thoroughly researched publication by the Heinrich Böll Foundation on the creation, use and disposal of plastic and the associated problems for the environment.
Website and download
Videos and podcasts of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK)
Website
For work in the medical environment
Here, too, we refer to established organizations and their information, educational offers and recommendations for action for the climate-neutral design of practices, hospitals, etc.
Sustainable travel:
Recommendations of the German Society for Tropical Medicine (DTG e.V.) including information poster for patients
Link
Climate Change and Health
The American NGO “My Green Doctor” offers a lot of information about the impact of climate change on health as well as advice and action guidelines.
Link
Wie wird mein Arbeitsplatz klimafreundlich?
The American NGO “My Green Doctor” offers many practical recommendations for action to transform the workplace as well as working practices, including certified courses.
Link
Sustainable vaccination
Recommendations for action by the DTG for climate-sensitive use of resources in vaccination.
Background information
Helldén D et al. “Climate change and child health: a scoping review and an expanded conceptual framework”. Lancet Planet Health 2021. 5: e164–75. Free full text
Castello A, et al. “Managing the health effects of climate change”. The Lancet Commissions. Volume 373, ISSUE 9676, P1693-1733, May 16, 2009. Free full text.
Planetary Health – Klima, Umwelt und Gesundheit im Anthropozän
C. Traidl-Hoffmann, C. Schulz, M. Hermann, B. Simon; MWV Medizinisch Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellschaft; 2021; 1. Auflage; ISBN 978-3-95466-650-8
Calendar of events
We publish upcoming events on the topic here. We make no claim to completeness.
On site:
Calendar of events of the Climate Change and Health Alliance (events partly online partly in presence)
Webseite
Hybrid
Calendar of events of the Climate Change and Health Alliance (events partly online partly in presence)
Website
Online
Calendar of events of the Climate Change and Health Alliance (events partly online partly in presence)
Website
Contact details
We are looking forward to further comrades-in-arms, suggestions, ideas, inquiries and comments at climatechange(a)globalchildhealth.de
You can also use this email to sign up for the email distribution list for events or publications relevant to the topic.
GOING Survey - machen Sie mit!
Liebe Kolleginnen und Kollegen,
die Gesellschaft für Tropenpädiatrie und internationale Kindergesundheit beschäftigt sich in einer Arbeitsgruppe mit den Interessen von und Weiterbildungsmöglichkeiten für Ärztinnen und Ärzte im Gebiet „Global Child Health“ im In- und Ausland.
Hierzu haben wir eine kurze (15 Minuten) Umfrage entworfen, die Informationen darüber sammeln soll, wie junge MedizinerInnen sich auf Krankenhaus- und Universitätsebene auf dem Gebiet „Global Child Health“ weiterbilden. Mit diesen Informationen planen wir zusammen mit den Landesärztekammern die Möglichkeiten der Fortbildung und Weiterbildungsanerkennung auf diesem Gebiet zu verbessern.
Außerdem wollen wir wissen, wie sich KollegInnen auf einen Auslandsaufenthalt in Ländern mit niedrigem und mittlerem Einkommen (low-and-middle-income countries = LMICs) vorbereiten und welche Zukunftsperspektiven sie damit verbinden.
Über Ihre Teilnahme an sowie die Weiterverbreitung dieser Umfrage würden wir uns sehr freuen!
Deadline ist der 31.03.2022
Für Rückfragen stehen wir gern zur Verfügung!
Barbara Zimmer und Judith Lindert
education(a)globalchildhealth.de