Related Organisation

1. MALAYSIAN PAEDIATRIC ASSOCIATION (MPA)

            The Malaysian Paediatric Association (MPA) was founded in 1979. MPA plays a major role in advocacy on all issues related to paediatrics and child health. This covers not only health, but social issues and current controversies as well, such as child abuse and neglect, inappropriate advertising targeted at children and adolescents, unsuitable TV programmes for viewing, injury prevention, substance abuse and cigarette smoking.


AIMS AND OBJECTIVES of MPA
The aims and objectives of the Association shall be:
  1. To advance the knowledge and practice of paediatrics.
  2. To promote child health.
  3. To promote research in Malaysia in the field of paediatrics and child health.
  4. To bring together periodically medical practitioners for scientific discussion and practical demonstration on paediatric subjects.
  5. To acquire, establish, print and publish books, magazines, periodicals, leaflets or other literary or scientific works that the Association may think desirable for the promotion of its objects with the approval of the authorities concerned.
  6. To do all such acts and things incidental or subsidiary to all or any of the above objects.

The activities including Annual Scientific Congress, Official Newsletter Berita MPA, Promoting Professional Development, MPA Website, Community and Charitable Activities.
Membership is made up of paediatricians, paediatric nurses and others involved in the care of the child.

MPA is affiliated with the Association of Pediatric Societies of the Southeast Asia Region (APPSEAR), now renamed Asian Pacific Pediatric Association (APPA), and International Paediatric Association (IPA). Locally, MPA is affiliated with the National Council for Child Welfare.







2. International Pediatric Association(IPA)
              The International Pediatric Association (IPA) was formed in Paris in 1910 by a group of European pediatricians who assembled for the First International Congress of Pediatrics in 1912.
 
              Over the years, the IPA has evolved into a non-governmental organization with a membership of 145 National Pediatric Societies from 140 countries, 10 Regional Pediatric Societies representing all areas of the world, and 13 International Pediatric Specialty Societies including the International Pediatric Chairs Association and the World Federation of Associations of Pediatric Surgeons.

             The IPA, currently a volunteer-staffed organization, is incorporated in Switzerland and is governed by a Council of Delegates comprised of one representative from each Member Society, an elected Standing Committee, an Executive Committee of the Standing Committee, and its Officers

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Main activities

           The original purpose of the IPA was to foster relationships among the pediatricians of the world, thus promoting education and sharing of information about child health.
  
          The IPA is now working to mobilize its extensive network of pediatricians for advocacy and programs in child health, working whenever possible with UN agencies and with other global organizations. Key programs and interest areas include:
  •  Better Medicines for Children,
  • Child Health in Sub-Saharan Africa,
  • Childhood Tuberculosis,
  • Children's Environmental Health,
  • Child Health in Humanitarian Emergency,
  • Universal Immunization,
  • Newborn Survival and Health,
  • Child Survival and Health,
  • Nutrition,
  • Adolescent Health,
  • HIV/AIDS, and
  • Quality of Care in Hospitals and Facilities.



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