YEAP BLOG

January 24th is the International Day of Education, so it seemed fitting that EAP has decided to dedicate this month’s blog to the educational challenges of paediatric training across Europe.

November - December 2019 Access to medicines for childrenWhat’s the situation and how does this affect children? Millions of children still die every year before the age of 5, worldwide, due to treatable conditions. Poor access to essential medicines...

October 2019 Commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis: The futute of child health in EuropeThis month, EAP and Young EAP are honoured to have the European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety, Vytenis Andriukaitis, authoring a special blog article on the...

september 2019 Cross-border research in europe: we can and should do moreThe situation Despite ongoing improvements in child health across Europe, it still matters where you live in Europe as a child or an adolescent. Considerable differences between...

August 2019 Young EAP august 2019 blog: Εducation in vaccinology – a crucial tool to fight the vaccination crisis «I feel that the greatest reward for doing is the opportunity to do more.» – Dr. Jonas SalkTHE SITUATION Vaccination is widely...

July 2019 Adolescent medicine and health – a training challenge for europe? “We cannot always build the future for our youth, but we can build our youth for the future.”  – Franklin D. Roosevelt A safe and successful transition from childhood into...

June 2019 Protecting children on the move – the pediatricians’ perspectiveThe situation ‘History in its broadest aspect is a record of man’s migrations from one environment to another’ Ellsworth Huntington, Professor of Geography at Yale University,...

MAY 2019 Compassionate care in PediatricsThe situation Access to high quality healthcare is a key human right recognized by the European Union, its Institutions and the citizens of Europe. Any high quality, high performing healthcare system relies on...

April 2019 ‘Ethics in paediatrics’ challenges for young paediatricians The situation Paediatricians will face ethical dilemmas in their everyday practice. There can be disagreement between children/young people and their parents over treatment; cases...

March 2019 How artificial intelligence can revolutionize medicine and pediatrics in the EUThe Situation Exciting news from the European Commission: Europe wants to stay ahead on artificial intelligence (AI) applications for medicine and aims to...

February 2019 "No more pain" and "no more loss" for children with cancer and their familiesThe situation Globally, a child dies of cancer every 3 minutes.  Every year in Europe, more than 6,000 children and young people die from cancer and more than...

January 2019 High value in health care – how can we improve value for patients? The situation How is high value in health care defined? The health care sector is characterised by conflicting interests that often vary based on the stakeholder;...

November - December 2018 “Healthy child, healthy world” day – why we must keep advocating for children’s (health) rightsOn 20th November, we celebrated ‘Healthy Child Healthy World’ Day, a new initiative designed to raise awareness of every child’s...

October 2018 Raising awareness on AMR, a growing health threat for children and adults alike World Antibiotic Awareness Week takes place on 12-18 November, with the 2018 European Antibiotic Awareness Day taking place on 15 November 2018. On these...

September 2019 Cleaner air for healthier childrenIn October/November 2018 WHO will convene the ‘First Global Conference on Air Pollution and Health’, which willbring authorities, policy makers, health professionals and other relevant entities...

June 2018 Childhood obesity – a global public health concernIntroduction Childhood obesity is one of the most serious public health challenges of the 21st century. Last year, the Commission on Ending Childhood Obesity (ECHO) reported that the number...

may 2018 Protecting children from tobaccoThe situation Exposure to SHS leads to an estimated 166.000 child deaths each year worldwide, with most of those deaths resulting from lower respiratory diseases. Eighty-six percent (86%) of youth in Europe...

March 2018 How artificial intelligence can revolutionize medicine and pediatrics in the EUAcross Europe we have been facing the problem of decreasing immunisation coverage that undermines the progress made towards eliminating specific infectious...

The situation of junior health professionals in PolandIn Poland, strikes by health care professionals have become an almost annual occurrence. Last June, junior doctors demonstrated against poor wages and quality of training and a lack of regulation...

Brexit and Health “Brexit is bad for health, and doctors should say so”. Neena Modi, president of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) in the UK, argued in a recent personal view in the British Medical Journal that leaving the EU...