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1 Version 25May Let s Grow Up Together Young Child Health and Wellbeing Conference 1-2 June 2011 Dedeman Princess Hotel Sofia, Bulgaria Programme (draft) 1 June Wednesday Arrival of participants, lunch and registration Plenary Official Opening Address Dr Stefan Konstantinov, Minister of Health Address EU Presidency H.E. Judit Láng, Ambassador of Hungary Address Ms Desislava Atanasova, MP, Chairperson of the Health Parliament Committee Address Mr. Steven Allen, UNICEF Regional Director CEE/CIS Key note presentations Coffee Break Dr Giorgio Tamburlini, Director, European School for Maternal Newborn Child and Adolescent Investing in the first 1000 days of life: evidences from research and policy implications. Innovating health systems to improve child health Dr Octavian Bivol, UNICEF Health Advisor, CEE/CIS Regional Office Health system approach to the continuum of care 1

2 1 June (Continued) Parallel sessions in three working groups Working Group I. Maternal and Child Health This session covers prenatal and perinatal care, hospital practices in support of breastfeeding and early attachment, communication with parents of children with health risks in maternity hospitals, work with mothers at risk of abandoning children. Audience: health professionals working in maternity hospitals, obstetricians, neonatologists, paediatricians, midwifes, social workers and health professionals working in infant homes. Chair: Assoc. prof. Vania Nedkova Rapporteur: Dr Tzveta Timcheva Resource person: Dr Octavian Bivol Assoc. prof. Dr Vanya Nedkova, Chairperson of the National Breastfeeding Committee Breastfeeding among Bulgarian population current issues Ms Beverley Chalmers, DSc.Med. PhD., Adj. Prof, Dept. of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Ottawa, Canada Assessment of Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative Status in Bulgaria Dr Metodi Yankov, Director Serdika Hospital The role of gynaecologists/obstetricians Dr Aneta Popivanova Practices in maternity hospitals, BFHI criteria and current practices Discussion Working Group II. Health and Nutrition of Young Children This session covers support to breastfeeding, adequate introduction of complementary feeding, nutrition of young children, health education and health advice to parents. Audience: paediatricians and other health professionals dealing with young children and their parents, nutrition experts, policy makers, breastfeeding advocates. Chair: Assoc. Prof. Stefka Petrova Rapporteur: Vera Rangelova Resource Person: Joao Breda Dr João Breda, PhD, MPH, MBA, Programme Manager,Nutrition, Physical Activity and Obesity Programme,Division of Non-communicable Diseases and Health Promotion,World Health Organization - Regional Office for Europe Overview of nutrition situation and priorities in the WHO European region Dr. Stefka Petrova, Director National Centre for Protection of Public Health Main problems with the nutrition and nutrition status of children in Bulgaria aged Dr Lalka Rangelova, National Centre for Protection of Public Health Anemia and risk factors for infants, young children and women in child bearing age in Bulgaria Dr Stefka Peeva, General Practitioner, Paediatrician Organisation of Primary Health Care for children Discussion 2

3 Working Group III. Role of Health Sector in Support of Vulnerable Families This session addresses needs of most vulnerable families and their access to health services for children, especially in the light of reforming the existing institutional system of care. Types of family and community outreach services to prevent or replace institutional care will be discussed. Chair: Dessislava Encheva Rapporteur: Milena Harizanova Resource person: Deepa Grover Dr Maria Nedyalkova, Head of Department Mother and Child Health, Ministry of Health Deinstitutionalization of Infant Homes and development of new health and social services Mrs Petra Hollander, Social Worker, Catharina Hospital, Eindhoven, The Netherlands Protocol for parents with poor parenting skills. The joint work of Social Worker, Gynecologist and Pediatrician Ms Veselina Vasileva, Karin dom Early interventions for children with developmental delays community approach Dr Giorgio Tamburlini, Director, European School for Maternal Newborn Child and Adolescent Child development, child protection and child health; evidence, trends, policies and the role of child health professionals Discussion Joint dinner (continues on next page) 3

4 2 June Thursday Parallel sessions (continued) Working Group I. Maternal and Child Health This session covers prenatal and perinatal care, hospital practices in support of breastfeeding and early attachment, communication with parents of children with health risks in maternity hospitals, work with mothers at risk of abandoning children. Audience: health professionals working in maternity hospitals, obstetricians, neonatologists, paediatricians, midwifes, social workers and health professionals working in infant homes. Chair: Assoc. prof. Vania Nedkova Rapporteur: Dr Tzveta Timcheva Resource person: Dr. Octavian Bivol Mr Anton Renting, Chairman of the steering group of Early, Continuous, Integral The Netherlands Preventive Youth Health Care in the Netherlands Mrs Vessela Banova, PhD, Chairpersin Child and Space Foundation Early intervention as a community approach Dr Giorgio Tamburlini, Director, European School for Maternal Newborn Child and Adolescent Assessing and improving the quality of paediatric care: systematic peer review approach: international experiences Discussion and agreement on feed-back to plenary Working Group II. Health and Nutrition of Young Children This session covers support to breastfeeding, adequate introduction of complementary feeding, nutrition of young children, health education and health advice to parents. Audience: paediatricians and other health professionals dealing with young children and their parents, nutrition experts, policy makers, breastfeeding advocates. Chair: Assoc. Prof. Stefka Petrova Rapporteur: Vera Rangelova Resource person: Dr Joao Breda Dr. Rouzha Pancheva, National Breastfeeding Consultant Building a network of trained breastfeeding counsellors Mrs Tanya Russeva, IBCLC, La Leche Liga 30 years of International Code for Marketing of Breast milk substitutes and La Leche Liga: The importance of support provided from mothers to mothers for breast-feeding Dr João Breda, PhD, MPH, MBA, Programme Manager,Nutrition, Physical Activity and Obesity Programme,Division of Non-communicable Diseases and Health Promotion,World Health Organization - Regional Office for Europe UNICEF/WHO strategies and guidelines on infant and young child feeding (the focus should be in integration of nutrition interventions within the continuum of care and effective public health interventions such as health communication and perhaps food fortification Discussion and agreement on feed-back to plenary 4

5 Working Group III. Role of Health Sector in Support of Vulnerable Families This session addresses needs of most vulnerable families and their access to health services for children, especially in the light of reforming the existing institutional system of care. Types of family and community outreach services to prevent or replace institutional care will be discussed. Chair: Dessislava Encheva Rapporteur: Milena Harizanova Resource Person : Deepa Grover Ms Deepa Grover, UNICEF Regional Advisor on Early Childhood Development Protecting and Promoting the Development of Young Children Dr Elena Kabakchieva, Chairperson Health and Social Development Foundation Integrated health/social approach in work with marginalised communities Mrs Vivian Bennett, Chief Nursing Officer, Department of Health, London UK Home visitation approach Discussion and agreement on feed-back to plenary Coffee Break 2 June (continued) Plenary session Building alliances for change Government, Parliament, representation of professional and parents associations, civil society Mrs, Maria Trifonova, PhD, Institute on population research, Bulgarian Academy of Science Early Childhood Development Standards Feedback from parallel sessions Closing remarks Ms Desislava Dimitrova, Deputy Minister of Health Mrs Valentina Simeonova, Deputy Minister of Labour and Social Policy Mrs Nadya Shabani, Chairperson of the State Agency for Child Protection Mr Georgi Bogdanov, Executive Director of the National Network for Children Ms Vasilena Dotkova, parent s view Mrs Tanja Radocaj, UNICEF Representative for Bulgaria Lunch 5

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