MSF PAEDIATRIC DAYS

The Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) Paediatric Days is an event for field staff, policy makers and academia to exchange ideas, align efforts, inspire and share frontline research to advance urgent paediatric issues of direct concern for the humanitarian field.

MSF PAEDIATRIC DAYS

Photo: © MSF / Peter Caton

Call for abstracts!

All interested individuals and groups working in paediatric care are invited to submit an abstract for the 6th edition of the MSF Paediatric Days, to be held in Nairobi, Kenya and online, on 3-4 May 2024.

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Thank you for participating in the 5th edition of MSF Paediatric Days

The participating abstracts, posters and slide presentations are published in a collection on MSF Science Portal

MSF Science Portal

In February we began treating patients with dengue fever symptoms in the paediatric dengue unit at the HNMCR. Between February and April the number of cases kept growing, which is why MSF decided to increase its support for the HNMCR by implementing a filter for febrile patients in the paediatric emergency room. In Choloma, we also started activities in four primary health centres from the Minister of Health, where we hired one doctor and nurse for each centre, to take care of patients that didn’t require

Photo: © MSF/Arlette Blanco, Honduras

MSF Paediatric Days 2022 are now available on-demand

Find more info on the 5th edition of MSF Paediatric Days held on 29th November - 1st December 2022 and the full videos of the conference below.

MSF Paediatric Days 5th edition

A mother is holding a newborn and midwife at the maternity clinic is doing a consultation for the newborn.

Photo: © MSF / Seydou Camara, 2017

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Children are not the face of covid-19 but will certainly not be spared

2021-06-08 | The  COVID-19 pandemic  has impacted child health  through increases  in  poverty, loss of education, food insecurity, violence as well as  increased strain on  health systems  and reduction in access to health services. These  collateral  effects of the pandemic  have  stricken  most  in resources  limited settings  where  increase  in child mortality is a major concern.

BACK TO BASICS: DELIVERING ESSENTIAL CARE FOR THE HEALTHY DEVELOPMENT OF NEWBORNS

2021-04-13 | Florencia and Melissa are both members of the Paediatric Days Content Committee. They answer some questions about neonatal essential care, which will be the focus of our first session on April 15, 2021.

THE COMMUNITY AS A PILLAR: PROVIDING ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE IN ISOLATED OR INSECURE CONTEXTS

2021-04-03 | Access to health care is of prime importance, especially for the most vulnerable populations, who are isolated geographically or living in insecure contexts. Therefore, decentralizing health care and focusing on access in the community is a simple, adaptable and efficient strategy.

WHEN PAEDIATRIC PATIENTS DON'T RESPOND TO ANTIBIOTICS: DEALING WITH ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE IN SOUTH SUDAN

2021-03-30 | Dr. Hilaire Pato Mukobelwa is an experienced MSF paediatrician, he currently holds the position of Hospital Clinical Lead in Bentiu (South Sudan). Prior to the MSF Paediatric Days event, he shares his first-hand testimony coping with ABR in humanitarian settings.

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