HEALTH INITIATIVES

A. Childhood Injury Actions in APPA

At the Pre-Congress workshop “Childhood Injury: A Regional Threat to Child Survival” of the 7th Asian Congress of Paediatrics held in Perth, Australia, from May 4-5, 1991, delegates from 17 countries presented the problems and intervention measures for childhood injury in their own countries.

The countries were: Australia, Singapore, Taiwan, India, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Japan, Philippines, Indonesia, New Zealand, United States, Thailand, Bangladesh, Vietnam, China, Myanmar and Nepal.

After two days of discussion and deliberation, the workshop published a preamble, emerging themes and 19 recommendations. These included the following action points for the national associations/societies:

• All nations must establish injury prevention as a priority goal. Increased research investment, and increased support for control programs are needed in virtually every country.

• There should be a sustained attack on the prevention of all forms of injury at all levels.

• Pediatric associations and societies should study national and local problems, work as a collective team  with other interested groups, keep the government and public informed on the problems and advise on what action is required, and ensure widespread publicity concerning the extent of the problem and the need for action.

• Targeted studies on specific topics using scientific, comparable methods to national studies elsewhere so as to permit international comparisons. 

• Advocacy by pediatricians and pediatric societies and other bodies to strive to define and support the creation and maintenance of safer environments for children in their community. 

• First Aid, resuscitation and accident prevention should be taught to all parents and probably all potential parents and school children. 

• Positive publicity should promote road, toys, clothes, product, sport and outdoor  safety.

Announcement

APSSEAR (Association of Pediatric Societies of Southeast Asian Region) is now known as APPA (Asian Pacific Pediatric Association)!

This move was decided at the meeting of the Council in Bangkok, Thailand in November 2003. The change is to truly reflect the composition of the member societies.

With this, the webpage which was previously at apssear.com have now shifted to its current site http://www.appassoc.org

Updated July 2006

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