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Plan "Care for the Child and Young Persons"
10 recommendations
Plan Care for the Children and Young Persons
From 29 Ministers to 1 Minister of Child!
Latest news
An overview of recent news and publications of interest.
- Publication of interpretation rule for the reimbursement of nirsevimab (Beyfortus ®) - delivery Beyfortus ®
- Joint Statement: Attacks on the National Specialized Children's Hospital "Ohmatdyt" in Kyiv on July 8th, 2024
- SHC Advice 9831 Vaccination against seasonal flu
- Plan "Care for the Children and Young Persons"
- 10 recommendations
Upcoming events
All relevant upcoming activities in the paediatric sector.
Become a sympathizer
The Belgian Academy of Paediatrics is an independent NGO and receives no political nor pharmaceutical funding. Due to the coordinating role of the Belgian Academy of Paediatrics over the various paediatric associations, the BAoP has no direct individual members or membership fees.
However, you can become a sympathiser of the Belgian Academy of Paediatrics and make a free contribution via the account number BE 71 6451 0627 6669.
Task forces
Every two years, the priority objectives are proposed by the Board of the Academy of Paediatrics and approved at the General Assembly. Various experts are gathered in different Task Forces to set specific goals and time-lines. When new challenges arise and urgent input is needed, an additional objective is added to an existing Task Force, or an ad-hoc Task Force is created within one of the different sub-areas: Strategic, Scientific, Financial, Education and Society.
Strategic
Linking (current and future) Paediatric Care to Paediatric Training • Neonatal Care/ Low variable care • Transmural care • the Paediatric COVID 19 Task Force. Recognition of paediatric sub-specialities.
Scientific
Coordinating scientific paediatric events as well as child-related events in Belgium, Coordination of the Belgian Journal of Paediatrics, Task Force Nutrition and the Task Force Vaccination.
Financial
Revalorisation of Paediatric Care: this includes striving for correct financing of activities as paediatric day hospital or provisional admissions, as well as for PICU transports and complex consultations.
Education
Linking (current and future) Paediatric care to Paediatric Training: this Task force will deal with updating the current paediatric core curriculum as well as follow-up on the subquota dossier
The Belgian Academy of Paediatrics is an official member of the European Academy of Paediatrics
Who we are
The Belgian Academy of Paediatrics exists to represent and promote the interests of the child, based on the Convention of the Rights of the Child and therefore, in close cooperation with all child-centred organisations, we aim to inform and influence the political arena to advocate for children and youngsters.
The Belgian Academy of Paediatrics exists to represent and promote the interests of the paediatrician. Therefore, as an umbrella of all regional and Belgian scientific and professional paediatric organisations as well as all universities, we aim to improve standards in training, service and research and to represent the professional interests of paediatricians in Belgium as well as in Europe.
