Announcements
Recorded webinar – Child Participation—Rights and Responsibilities-Gerison Lansdown, March 24, 2010
WEBINAR SERIES
CHILD HEALTH EQUITY AND CHILD RIGHTS
Child Participation—Rights and Responsibilities
Gerison Lansdown, an internationally renowned advocate and researcher in child rights, will be presenting on the principles of child participation as a fundamental right of all children. Article 12 of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child is one of the principle articles of [...]
The Second Annual Greenville Family Symposium, April 12-14, 2010
The Second Annual Greenville Family Symposium brings together the Clemson University Institute on Family and Neighborhood Life and three co-sponsoring national or international scientific and professional organizations (the American Orthopsychiatric Association, the International Family Therapy Association, and the International Society for Child Indicators). The diversity of cultures and disciplines represented in the symposium promises to [...]
ESSOP Annual Meeting – 13th-17th October 2010 – Izmir, Turkey
13th-17th October 2010 - Izmir, Turkey
Provisional topic: Well-child care
ESSOP 2010 – President’s Introduction
As President of the European Society for Social Paediatrics and Child Health (ESSOP), I am happy to welcome you to the 2010 ESSOP Annual Conference. We are delighted to be in the beautiful city of Kuşadası to hold this meeting jointly with the Turkish Social [...]
PAHO/WHO Symposium – February 24th, 2010 – Connecting Ideas and Knowledge Sharing on Equity and Health
Connecting Ideas and Knowledge Sharing on Equity and Health
PAHO/WHO Symposium – 9:00 am – 5:00 pm February 24th, 2010
10th Anniversary of Equity and Health listserv
This symposium on health determinants and inequalities will be focused on the analysis of thematic trends and conceptual frameworks developed in the last 10 years and their policy implications. It also will [...]
Recorded webinar in a series on Life Course Health Development – Wednesday, February 24, 2010
WEBINAR SERIES - CHILD HEALTH EQUITY AND CHILD RIGHTS
The Physiology of Racial and Ethnic Disparities
A Life Course Perspective
Michael Lu, M.D., of the Department of OB-GYN at UCLA School of Medicine, will discuss the impact of maternal stress on fetal development and the subsequent health and well-being of children and the adults they will become. Over the [...]
IV World Congress on Child and Adolescent Rights – Puerto Rico from 15th to 18th of November 2010
IV World Congress on Child and Adolescent Rights will take place in Puerto Rico from 15th to 18th of November 2010
for more information, please write to info@childrightscongress.org
For Spanish brochure of the Congress, please click here
Recorded Webinar – Child Health Equity presented January 27, 2010 by Jeff Goldhagen, MD
Recorded Webinar Child Health Equity presented on January 27, 2010 by Jeff Goldhagen, MD. You can watch the presentation and listen the discussions below:
Prof. Dr. Jeff Goldhagen 27 Jan 10 webinar
Early Childhood Matters marks 20 years of the CRC Read two articles from members of the Alliance in ECM
Early Childhood Matters marks 20 years of the CRC Read two articles from members of the Alliance in ECM
Barnard van Leer Foundation, 19 November 2009
On November 20th it is 20 years since the signing of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. The foundation’s flagship journal, Early Childhood Matters, marks this anniversary with [...]
ESSOP Completes Annual Meeting
The European Society for Social Pediatrics and Child Health (ESSOP) held its 2008 annual congress on October 8-10 in Reykjavik, Iceland. The focus was on Helath of School-Age Children and featured presentations from experts such as Dr. Clyde Hertzman and Francis Glascoe, among others. Look to their [...]