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 Paediatric Society.  We are particularly grateful to Dr Sadik Aksit and Dr Adem Aydin for their hard work in organising this meeting.

Well child care, the theme of this year’s meeting, is vital to the health and well-being of children and is a key element of the role of all paediatricians but particularly primary care and social paediatricians.  Well child care is essential to ensure child health and well-being; however, the systems, schedules and medical examinations required remain controversial.  We will address the major issues and controversies in well child care examining systems in different countries and the evidence-base for the various components of well child care.

We anticipate that the Conference will be academically and socially enjoyable and productive and allow us to exchange ideas with, and gain knowledge from, new colleagues.

Professor Nick Spencer

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