 Countries:
Trinidad & Tobago
Name
Trinidad & Tobago Paediatric Surveillance Unit (T&TPSU)
Website
None at present
Year established
2005 to be confirmed
Association
Trinidad & Tobago Paediatric Society
Population under 15 years
500,000
General information
The Trinidad and Tobago Paediatric Surveillance Unit (T&TPSU) shall
be established to create communication channels among the health professionals
in Trinidad and Tobago who are involved in child health care delivery
systems and encourage them to cooperate in order to:
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facilitate public health and scientific research in important childhood
disorders.
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stimulate the paediatricians to participate in the active surveillance
of important childhood disorders.
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encourage the paediatricians to investigate these important disorders
to effect practical improvement in prevention, treatment and service
planning.
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raise the awareness of the health care personnel involved in the
child health care delivery systems about these disorders.
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respond effectively to public health emergencies.
Considering the significant contributions of active surveillance, realizing
the simplicity and popularity, as well as the other numerous advantages
of this strategy and recognizing the fact that reliable and useful information
on important childhood disorders are very hard to come-by in Trinidad
and Tobago, we believe that establishing such a unit will have a positive
impact on child health care delivery systems.
Moreover it is expected that this Unit shall help graduate students
as well as other investigators to conduct relevant clinical research.
Conditions studied
To be considered : Vertical transmission of AIDS
Contact
Prof. M I A Omer
Unit of Child Health
Faculty of Medical Sciences
Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex
Uriah Butler Highway
Champs Fleurs
Trinidad & Tobago, West Indies
Phone Fax (Office): + 1 868 662 9596
Phone Fax (Residence): + 1 868 640
0971
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