Armenian Pediatricians' Conference

On November 21-22, 2008 in the conference hall of Marriott hotel Armenian Pediatricians’ Conference was held. The conference dedicated to the 75-th anniversary of the Academician Vilen Astvatsatryan was organized by Mission East’s partner Arabkir Medical Center – Institute of Child and Adolescent Health. Doctor Ara Babloyan the Permanent Chairman of the Committee for Social, Health and Environmental Issues of National Assembly RA facilitated the two-day conference, which was attended by a number of guests and representatives from different governmental and medical institutions from Armenia, Russia, and Switzerland.
Presentation of the “Basics of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics” manual, developed in the scope of "A Healthy Start" project, took place during the conference, and it was distributed among all pediatricians.

The first part of the second day was devoted to “A Healthy Start” project - phase 1, implemented by Mission East in cooperation with Arabkir Medical Center from 2006-2008 in 11 communities of Armavir region. The doctors of the Arabkir Medical Center – Nune Aleksanyan and Artsrun Hakobyan who worked in the frames of “A Healthy Start” project made their presentations on “Current Problems of Child Development Assessment and Rehabilitation Services in Armenia” and “Health Description of Socially Vulnerable Children in the Communities of Armenia”. The doctors raised the issues of early identification and treatment of disability, the importance of the establishment of the Child Development and Rehabilitation Centers in each region of Armenia.
Both speakers expressed their gratitude to Mission East for the devoted work.