The 52nd Annual National Conference of Indian Academy of Pediatrics explored the latest developments in the field of paediatrics
The 52nd Annual Conference of Indian Academy of Pediatrics (IAP), PEDICON 2015, was inaugurated in the presence of Lov Verma, Secretary, Health & Family Welfare, the Chief Guest. In its 52nd edition, the conference was held from January 22 – 25 at the Samrat Ashok Hotel Complex in New Delhi.
The four-day conference saw major issues discussed, such as gaps that exist in healthcare implementation, lack of interface between public and private players, child survival strategy in a tribal set up etc.
Verma said, “Conferences like this contribute a lot in raising the bar of healthcare.”
Dr Ajay Gambhir, Organizing Chairperson, PEDICON 2015 said, “We are happy and proud to announce that over 8000 delegates are attending the conference, thus, making PEDICON the largest conference on paediatrics in India. We have over 800 free paper presentations, 150 free paper oral presentations, 650 poster presentations and this year we have introduced E posters too.”
Dr Anupam Sachdev, Organizing Secretary, PEDICON 2015 said, “The conference is an excellent platform for knowledge sharing. A convention of such scale wherein doctors from all across the country have come together would surely help in bringing forward the latest technology and advancements happening in the arena of paediatrics.”
Dr SS Kamath, President, IAP said, “PEDICON provides a good opportunity to bring together the leading healthcare experts in the field of paediatrics who can brainstorm about the future of healthcare and more specifically paediatric healthcare.”
Dr Krishan Chugh, Organizing Chairperson, IAP said, “Quality development of every child is only possible when quality medical care is provided at every point in their lives, both when they are unwell and when they are healthy. While to some extent the private sector has succeeded in achieving this, it is only possible to attain international standards of medical care when there is a strong public private partnership. I really hope that we can in the coming future work towards building highly advanced children’s hospitals based on this model.”
On the inaugural day, seven parallel continuing medical education (CME) programmes were held wherein national and international experts discussed topics like immunology of vaccines, status of adolescent health in India, social media and internet addiction and congenital diaphragmatic hernia among many others.
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