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HISTORY OF APSSEAR / APPA
The Association of
Pediatric Societies of the South-East Asian Region (APSSEAR) was
established with its mission of improving the health status of
children living in the region and in surrounding areas.
It tries to
fulfill its mission by establishing linkages amongst pediatricians
in the region, providing them with educational programs to enable
them to improve the services they provide and, at the same time
advocating programs and health care services to provide overall
benefit to children.
APSSEAR was formed
on April 30,1974, at a meeting held in Manila, Philippines in
conjunction with the First Asian Congress of Pediatrics. Membership
of the organization would be confined only to National Pediatric
Associations and if considered appropriate subspecialty societies of
the region.
From an original
fifteen member countries in 1974, it has now grown to 20 members.
On October 5th,
1974, APSSEAR sought for and was accepted as an Affiliate member of
the International Pediatric Association (IPA).
The first
President of APSSEAR was Dr Lino Ed. Lim (Philippines-1974-76) while
Professor Dr Perla Santos Ocampo (Philippines-1974-2000) was its
first Secretary-General.
The essential
objectives of APSSEAR, as set out in its Constitution, are:
“promotion of research in all aspects of Pediatrics, dissemination
of knowledge in child health, organization of an Asian Congress of
Pediatrics triennially, and enhancement of national Pediatric
meetings.”
The Association
established a four-point program of action to achieve its
objectives:
1. Research
in all aspects of Pediatrics
2. Dissemination
of Pediatric Knowledge
3.
Holding of an Asian Congress of Pediatrics every three
years
4. Promotion
of National Pediatric Meetings
APSSEAR has
achieved great success for the past 28 years in fulfilling its
objectives and goals. This is the fruit of joint efforts of the
Association’s pioneer workers, past presidents, office-bearers and,
most importantly, of its members throughout the years. The Association has also attained such regional and global recognition that the IPA has frequently held pre-congress workshops, in conjunction with the Asian Pediatric Congresses aimed at disseminating its output to a huge number of pediatricians. |
Announcement |
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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
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Updated July 2006 |
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