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Indian Pediatr 2012;49: 785 |
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Laurels Brought to India…
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Rohit Agrawal
President IAP, 2012
Email:
[email protected]
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Yes! At last India was blessed with the rare honor of
hosting the 15th APCP –
"Asia Pacific Congress of Pediatrics" in the year 2015. A successful bid
was made by me with the help of Dr Naveen Thacker, Bharat Agarwal, Anand
Vasudev and Rajeshwar Dayal at 14th
APCP held at Kuching, Malaysia. This international conference attracts a
special significance as it has come to India almost after 2 decades (8th
APCP held in 1994). The competitors were Pakistan and Sri Lanka. We were
really thrilled because at the previous occasion we had lost the bid at
Shanghai to Malaysia. This Asia Pacific Congress is held every 3 years
and Hyderabad is chosen as the hosting venue in India. Indeed it is a
great pride for IAP and the nation as well.
As promised, the 1 st
IAPVAC course, the first of its kind, a replica of ADVAC was
successfully conducted at Bangalore organized by Dr Jagdish Chinappa
under the course directorship of Dr Naveen Thacker. Forty IAPians were
rendered a grueling 40 hours online and 16 hours in physical training in
the science of vaccinology by a distinguished invited faculty. The
second such program is due on 15th
and 16th December at New
Delhi.
IAP’s second International CME is due to be held at
Sharjah on 12 th and 13th
October to be hosted by IAP’s Emirates branch. A dozen faculties from
India are going to address to an expected congregation of about 500 –
600 pediatricians from the region.
Come September/October and its election fever on its
peak. I am delighted to inform you that marching ahead in the millennium
technologies, in all probabilities the postal ballot election might be
replaced with "e-version" election process; a project pioneered by the
hard work of Dr Ramesh Goyal.
As promised and declared earlier, on the footsteps of
huge success of National Asthma congress and National Vaccinology ToT,
IAP is holding a National Pneumonia Congress on 17 th
and 18th November at Mumbai
on "World Pneumonia Day". This will be a humble attempt on the part of
IAP inching towards achieving MDG-4. It will showcase the Govt., WHO and
other world NGOs IAP’s concerns towards Pneumonia–number 1 childhood
killer in the world. Friends, IAP is a party and signatory to the WHO’s
call to MDG-4 in "child survival and reduction in child mortality".
IAP’s "Mission Uday" a mega project, the brain child of President elect
Dr CP Bansal is likely to be launched and get commissioned coinciding
with it to be run throughout the Golden Jubilee year and thereafter for
many years.
Till then I remain in the services of child care and child betterment
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