KARACHI: Health conference

Published January 14, 2002

KARACHI, Jan 13: The Pakistan Paediatric Association Sindh will be hosting the 16th international biennial paediatric conference at PPA Centre from Feb 14-17 in Karachi.

The theme of the conference is ‘Optimising Child Care—in a resource constrained environment’.

An elaborate scientific programme comprising seminars, symposia, workshops and update lectures by renowned international and national figures is being organized.

Debates and discussion on the controversies in the field of paediatrics will be another salient feature of the conference.

The conference will also include free papers and posters sessions. Awards for best paper and poster presentation and as well as a junior research award will be distributed at the end.

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