RCPCH International

Raising the standards of healthcare provided to children across the globe.

Using our expertise to improve education, training and assessment of paediatricians.

Supporting our members overseas in raising the standard of healthcare wherever they work.

If you live and work outside the UK you can still become a member of the RCPCH.  See  applying for membership for details.

Forthcoming events
Announcements
Current work
The international team
Useful links

Forthcoming Events:

Child Health in Developing Countries Course 2012

14-15 June 2012 at RCPCH, London

This innovative new course is aimed at paediatric trainees who intend to work in low income countries.  It is a practically focussed course covering the commonest childhood conditions presenting to low resource settings and also addresses the broader issues of working in a different cultural and socioeconomic context. This course will be invaluable to anyone contemplating volunteering overseas.

Further information and registration available from our Events page.

Conference: Shaping the Global Health Agenda-Women, Children and Society

27-28 March 2012 at the Royal Society of Medicine, 1 Wimpole Street, London

This conference, organised by the RSM in association with the RCPCH and RCOG, will explore societal inequalities and cultural differences that impact upon healthcare for women and children, issues of domestic violence against women and children, the efficacy of overseas aid and experiences of Global Partnership Development.

Further details available from The Royal Society of Medicine website.

MSF Scientific Day - call for abstracts

25 May 2012 at the Royal Society of Medicine, London

An international forum showcasing the work and research of Medecins sans Frontieres (MSF) and its partners worldwide. All types of research considered, especially those that highlight MSFs humanitarian work and medical care in emergencies.  Presentations should reflect how operational research in such situations can impact the future work of medical humanitarian organisations and influence future policy and research agendas.

Closing date for submission of abstracts is 5 March 2012.

Further information may be found at  the MSF website.      and             the MSF website 

Registration now open for 2012

Announcements:

RCPCH/VSO Fellowship Scheme recruiting now!

The RCPCH/VSO scheme is currently recruiting for placements in Ethiopia, Cameroon, the Gambia and Sierra Leone.  Fellows work for a year in a developing country, using their clinical, teaching and managerial skills to improve local paediatric services.  If you have, or expect to have, MRCPCH in the next six months and are interested see the VSO website - paediatrics section. Applications from Consultant Paediatricians are particularly welcome.

'You can certainly expect to make a difference...not only for individual patients...[but] by training doctors to continue the work that you've been doing after you've left.' Fellow 2007, Malawi

VSO's new campaign You to the Power of 10 illustrates the impact you could have as a volunteer.

Click the image to the right to view the campaign for more volunteer doctors.

Randomised Trials in Child Health in Developing Countries 

This booklet summarises the latest evidence from all the randomised trials published over the last year.  A useful resource for reviewing treatment guidelines, clinical practice and public health approaches and in teaching paediatrics and evidence-based medicine.

RCTs in child health in developing countries (PDF, 1MB, 146 pages)

Current Work:

For information about members overseas activities view our interactive map

International training opportunities

The College supports both UK doctors who want to work overseas and overseas doctors who want to come and work in the UK. Further details for UK doctors wanting to work overseas. For overseas doctors who want to come and work in the UK  see details of our visiting fellows scheme and the medical training initiative.

Emergency Triage Assessment and Treatment (ETAT+)

The College has been supporting the roll out of a modified version of the Emergency Triage Assessment and Treatment training programme in East Africa.

Read the paper , published by the Archives of Disease in Childhood, describing the programme's scale up. Emergency Triage Assessment and Treatment (ETAT+) course. 

Diploma in Palestinian Child Health

The College has been working with MAP (Medical Aid for Palestinians) and the David Baum International Foundation to train Palestinian doctors. Further details: Diploma in Palestinian Child Health 

 Postgraduate training in Iraq

The College is working with the Ministry of Health in Kurdistan and Hawleer Medical University, Erbil to develop postgraduate teaching in paediatrics and child health. Further details:  Paediatrics Course in Iraq 

David Baum International Foundation (DBIF)

DBIF works to improve the health of children in disadvantaged areas of the world through improving standards of education and training for child health professionals. Visit the David Baum International Foundation website for further information.

International Child Health Group

The International Child Health Group (ICHG) is a RCPCH special interest group. Members use their skill to improve child health internationally through research and advocacy. 

Child Health in India 

The RCPCH has participated in two projects in India, providing training in child protection and evidence-based medicine. 

Further details: Child health in India

All of this work is set within the framework of the College's new International Strategy. 

The International Team:

Professor Stephen Allen  International Officer, David Baum Fellow and Overseas Director, Africa

Dr Justin Thacker  Head of International Operations
Email: Justin Thacker

Useful links:

• British Medical Association(BMA) - International Activities
• Child Advocacy International (CAI)
• Department for International Development (DFID)
• Department of Health (DoH)
• Global health partnerships: the UK contribution to health in developing countries Health is global - Proposals for a UK Government-wide strategy
• General Medical Council (GMC) - Important information for International Medical Graduates
• International Child Health Group (ICHG)
• International PaediatricAssociation (IPA)
• Royal Colleges' International Forum (RCIF)
• Royal College of Obstetrics and Gynaecology International News
• Royal College of Physicians
• Royal College of Surgeons
• United Nations International Childrens Emergency Fund (UNICEF)
• World Health Organization (WHO)
• Child 2015:Global campaign for child healthcare information for all by 2015