On March 20, 2026, the Global Child Health expertise group is organising an afternoon of inspiration and strategy for everyone in the Netherlands working on global child health or wanting to become active in it.
The meeting is intended for members of the Global Child Health Expertise Group, as well as (paediatric) doctors and other professionals with an interest in international child care, education or research. The programme offers space to share experiences and initiatives, to get ideas and to discuss care for children in vulnerable situations, in different contexts.
Besides substantive exchange, meeting and networking are central. The afternoon offers a low-threshold introduction to the expert group and its members. In a strategic working session, we jointly explore which themes, projects and collaborations will have priority in the coming years, and how participants can contribute to these.
Programme
| 12:00 | Reception with lunch |
| 13:00 | Welcome by the chair of the Global Child Health Expertise Group Perijne Vellekoop |
| 13:10 | Setting up paediatrics training in Sierra Leone: successes and challenges Merel Boom & Erik Wehrens |
| 13:30 | Insights into Máxima International (global paediatric oncology) Minke Huibers |
| 13:50 | Brainstorming session Global Child Health |
| 14:50 | Break |
| 15:10 | Research into the health of refugee children on Lesbos Hanaâ Benjeddi |
| 15:30 | Strategy session Global Child Health Salmaan Sana |
| 17:00 | Drinks |
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