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Parent organisations meet to put standards into practice

2019-11-26 / News

Parent organisations play an important part in implementing the European Standards of Care for Newborn Health that were launched a year ago. This is why EFCNI organises workshops for representatives of parent organisations on a regular basis, deepening their knowledge of the standards. This weekend EFCNI was happy to welcome attendees from 10 countries in Munich for […]

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Silke Mader presents standards at Ukrainian Neonatal Congress in Kyiv

2019-10-08 / News

Our Chairwoman Silke Mader attended the Ukrainian Neonatal Congress in Kyiv speaking about EFCNI and the European Standards of Care for Newborn Health project. The atmosphere at the congress was filled with emotions and positive vibes. The attendees were excited about Silke Maders’ speech and she received an overwhelming applause. In the evening the organizers […]

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ESCNH information brochure available in Ukrainian

2019-10-08 / News

The information brochure about the European Standards of Care for Newborn Health (ESCNH) is now also available in Ukrainian. EFCNI would like to thank Professor Dymtro Dobriansky for the translation of the standards brochure and Atom for assuming the full responsibility for the printing costs. You can download the brochure here. Further language versions are available here.   […]

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Toolkit for the European Standards of Care for Newborn Health now available online

2019-10-07 / News

The toolkit ‘Shaping the future – Combining forces to improve newborn health’ was launched on the occasion of this year´s Congress of joint European Neonatal Societies (jENS) 2019 in Maastricht. The toolkit aims to facilitate and support the implementation of the European Standards of Care for Newborn Health on a national, regional, and local level. […]

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Research on Bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) in preterm babies

2019-08-02 / News

Interview with Prof Christoph Bührer, Medical Director Department of Neonatology, Charité Berlin Within our monthly topic of medical care and clinical practice, we talked to Prof Bührer about his work on the study “Sustained inflations and avoiding mechanical ventilation to prevent death or bronchopulmonary dysplasia: a meta-analysis”1. It is about meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials […]

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ESCNH information brochure is available in Bulgarian and Greek

2019-08-02 / News

The information brochure about the European Standards of Care for Newborn Health (ESCNH) are now also available in Bulgarian and Greek. Our partner Organisation Our premature children in Bulgaria, Ilitominon in Greece, and Thermokoitida Agapis (Θερμοκοιτίδα Αγάπης) in Cyprus promoted the European Standards of Care for Newborn Health in workshops and roundtables. The organisation Our […]

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How the ESPR seeks to improve medical care & clinical practice in Paediatrics

2019-08-02 / News

Within the monthly topic ‘Medical care and clinical practice’ of our campaign 11 Months – 11 Topics, we present you the European Society for Paediatric Research (ESPR), an organisation which has been at the forefront of Paediatric medical care and innovation since 1958. As one of the oldest and most prolific Paediatric research societies in Europe, the […]

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Important milestones for preterm babies and their parents in the Slovak Republic

2019-07-05 / News

A guest article by Iveta Jančoková from the Slovakian parent organisation “maliček”   In the Slovak Republic it is not very common that parent representatives have the opportunity to present their cause in an expert forum for medical staff, therefore it was a great honour for us and “maliček” to be invited to talk about […]

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