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Symposia and Workshops
Through our symposia and workshops we raise awareness about the need for study of particular diseases and conditions that are afflicting millions of children in developing countries.
Recent Symposium: The Global Crisis of Childhood Diarrhea
Keynote Address: The History of Childhood Diarrhea in Developing Countries
Presented by Olivier Fontaine, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
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Visit The Global Crisis of Childhood Diarrhea page for details on the April/May 2012 symposium and workshop.
Upcoming Events
The 3rd Biennial International Conference on Brain Injury in Children
Jul 9, 2013
Toronto, Canada
2013 Programme for Global Paediatric Research Symposium - Major Global Diseases of Childhood: Training for Sustainable Clinical Care and Research
May 6, 2013
Washington, DC
News
Announcement & Call For Abstracts - PGPR Symposium 2013
Tue, Sep 25, 2012
PGPR Visiting Professor, Dr. Zulfiqar Bhutta, profiled in The Lancet
Sat, Jun 9, 2012
Roger Glass named recipient of the 2012 Programme for Global Paediatric Research Award for Outstanding Contributions to Global Child Health
Fri, Jan 6, 2012
We are extremely pleased to announce the recipient of this year’s Programme for Global Paediatric Research Award for Outstanding Contributions to Global Child Health.
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International leader in child health joins SickKids
Tue, Sep 6, 2011
Dr. Zulfiqar Bhutta will spend his 2011-2012 academic leave with PGPR.
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Current and Notable News
- The Global Alliance to Prevent Prematurity and Stillbirth (GAPPS) has launched a biorepository of pregnancy specimens and linked phenotypic data that is widely-accessible to researchers
Source: GAPPS.org Date: Mon, Jun 25, 2012 - Dr. Alvin Zipursky, Chair and Scientific Director of PGPR appointed Officer of the Order of Canada
Source: SickKids Date: Fri, Jan 13, 2012 - Systematic Review of the Interconnections between Maternal & Newborn Health
Source: Family Care International - Global Health & Innovation Conference 2013
Source: GHIC 2013 Date: Sat, Apr 13, 2013 - The effect of cord cleansing with chlorhexidine on neonatal mortality in rural Bangladesh: a community-based, cluster-randomised trial
Source: HNN Date: Wed, Feb 1, 2012 - Causes of neonatal and maternal deaths in Dhaka slums: Implications for service delivery
Source: HNN Date: Mon, Jan 2, 2012 - How many births in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia will not be attended by a skilled birth attendant between 2011 and 2015?
Source: HNN Date: Wed, Jan 4, 2012 - Long-term neurodevelopmental outcomes after intrauterine and neonatal insults: a systematic review
Source: HNN Date: Mon, Jan 2, 2012 - Topical application of chlorhexidine to neonatal umbilical cords for prevention of omphalitis and neonatal mortality in a rural district of Pakistan: a community-based, cluster-randomised trial
Source: HNN Date: Wed, Feb 1, 2012
