14TH TRIENNIAL CONGRESS OF UNION OF NATIONAL AFRICAN PAEDIATRIC SOCIETIES & ASSOCIATIONS (UNAPSA) & 49TH PAEDIATRIC ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA (PAN) Annual General Meeting & Scientific Conference Abuja 2018 

 

Theme:

IMPACT OF DEPRIVATION AND INEQUITY ON THE AFRICAN CHILD 

 

Sub Theme: 

• Polio Free Africa: Opportunity for Strengthening and Sustaining Routine Immunization. 

• Insurgency  and the Health of the African child. 

• Technological Advances and Innovations for Reducing Childhood Mortality. 

 

TUESDAY 23rd - SATURDAY 27th January, 2018 

 

Venue: International Conference Centre Abuja. 

 

Dear Esteemed Colleagues, 

t is with great pleasure that I invite you to the joint 14th Triennial Congress of the Union of National African Paediatric Societies and Associations (UNAPSA), and the 49th Paediatric Association of igeria (PAN) Annual . eneral Meeting and Scientific Conference, slated to hold in Abuja, Nigeria, between January24th and 26th, 2018. 

 

The conference has the main objective of propelling and sustaining a vibrant interactive forum for advocacy, intervention and communication on child health issues. Participants will have an overview of human resources for tackling priority child health concerns in the African region, focusing on the recognition of the strengths of UNAPSA, with the aim of potentiating collaborative programmes that can scale up child survival and development. 

 

We thus consider as timely, the conference theme of: The Impact of Deprivation and Inequality on the African Child, and the sub themes: Polio-free African: Opportunity for Strengthening and Sustaining Routine Immunization, Insurgency and Health of the African Child, and Technological Advances and Innovations for Reducing Childhood Mortality 

 

It is on this note that I, on behalf of the Executives of UNAPSA and PAN, as well as the conference local Organising Committee (LOC), invite you all to the joint 2018 Conference in Abuja, Nigeria's capital city. It promises to be a warm, interactive and rewardinggathering. 

 

Welcome to Abuja 

Dr. Adaora A. Okechukwu 

Chairperson, local Organising Committee (LOC)