Workshop to establish “unified guide for practice of children’s medicine” [Archives:2006/925/Local News]
SANA'A, Feb. 26 ) The technical unit of the Higher Council for Motherhood and Childhood (HCMC) in cooperation with the Yemeni Association for Children's Medicine organized a special workshop Feb. 26-28 on a “Unified Guide for Practice of Children's Medicine” based on the annual State of the World's Children 2006. The workshop was sponsored by the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF).
The workshop, aimed at issuing such a guide in Yemen, focused on children's health status, establishing scientific principles for children's disease prescriptions and proper methods in children's medicine.
“Yemeni pediatricians graduate from different universities and countries, so prescription methods and treatment differ from one doctor to another. Therefore, we want to issue a unified guide,” which will be a medical reference for Yemeni pediatricians, HCMC general-secretary Dr. Nafeesa Al-Jaefee said.
She added that the workshop revealed positive reactions about providing quality services to children who are most likely to experience real deprivation. For example, when children are sick, some families take them to the hospital late and; consequently, in some cases, they cannot find qualified doctors.
The workshop reviewed Yemeni children's current status according to available information, providing an opportunity to share experiences in order to prepare a scientific index and recommendations for Yemeni doctors.
Sana'a University professor Dr. Abdurrahman Ishak presented a paper entitled, “A Review of Health Conditions for Yemen Children.” The paper revealed a poor health situation for Yemen children, including measles, polio 3, BCG, DPT3, hepatitis B3 and HiB3. Additionally, Ishak discussed health indices, health care access, infant mortality and Yemen's fertility rate.
Based on workshop results and recommendations, Al-Jaefee expects to form a committee to prepare the scientific index to be distributed to all concerned parties and spread awareness of the most serious problems children face in society. She pointed out that many training courses will be held, such as for traffic police.
Additionally, the workshop focused on child safety in public places such as schools, amusement parks, streets and markets, as children require special care if they have an accident and face an emergency. Hospitals should have special children's emergency procedures throughout major cities, Al-Jaefee said.
Established in 1999 by presidential decree No. 321, the HCMC is chaired by the Prime Minister under vice chairmanship of the Minister of Social Affairs and Labor.
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