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Standards featured in The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health

2019-05-22 / News

The European Standards of Care for Newborn Health and some of the experts who contributed to the development of the standards, are featured in a new publication by The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health on “Family-centred care in the NICU”. The topic of infant- and family-centred developmental care is one of the greatest concerns of […]

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Standards presented at NIDCAP meeting in Brussels

2019-05-20 / News

The international ‚roadshow‘ about the European Standards of Care for Newborn Health is in full swing. On 16 May Dr Johanna Walz from EFCNI presented the standards and the Call to Action for Newborn Health in Europe at the NIDCAP (abbreviated for Newborn Individualized Developmental Care and Assessment Program) meeting on “Infant- and family-centred care” […]

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Training workshop on the implementation of the standards

2019-02-26 / News

Training and knowledge about the European Standards of Care for Newborn Health are key for their implementation in the different countries. This is why EFCNI is thrilled to welcome another group of parent organisation representatives from 12 countries for a “Level III” training workshop (22 to 23 February) in Munich – again with an extra “crash course” […]

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The European Standards of Care for Newborn Health are published

2018-11-30 / News

This set of standards will have an impact on future generations in Europe and beyond, setting a new benchmark for the care of preterm and ill babies. Five years after the project’s kick-off, EFCNI in the role of the project lead, gave a reception with panel discussion at the Representation of the Free State of […]

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Timeline and milestones

2018-04-05 / News

Between early summer (May/June) and August 2018 the survey for the Chair Committee will be open to vote on all about 100 standards. The endorsement of the standards by the supporting organisations and professional societies is planned for September 2018. In November 2018, the standards will be launched in the European Parliament in Brussels and published free […]

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Standards editing enters final phase

2018-03-29 / News

The European Standards of Care for Newborn Health are approaching their launch this winter. Therefore, the editorial team has gathered for a final meeting to work on the last remaining set of standards. In four days the team sat together, fine tuning 40 standards of neonatal care. Via skype calls it was possible to include almost […]

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Standards reaching final phase: 5th Chair Committee Meeting

2018-02-27 / News

he launch of the European Standards of Care for Newborn Health is continuously getting closer and we have taken another important step towards finalising the standards successfully. From 25 to 27 February 2018, more than 30 experts from 16 countries gathered at the 5th and final Chair Committee Meeting of the European Standards of Care for […]

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The editing process continues

2018-01-10 / News

Time moves on and the European Standards of Care for Newborn Health project is continuously being substantiated. The editorial team has started freshly into 2018  working on further standards. Four busy and very efficient days have resulted in a promising record: 50 standards in total were edited ready to be returned to the authors for final […]

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