Mission:
The mission of the Chapter of Pediatrics is to attain optimal health of children in Sudan and the United States. The Chapter shall support the needs of the profession of pediatrics in Sudan and the USA.
Vision:
Our vision is to collaborate with health care professionals, communities, and health systems to promote and advance children’s health through patient care, education, research, and advocacy.
Goals:
Pediatrics Chapter’s goal is to:
- Improve the health and well-being of the Sudanese children.
- Support the profession of pediatrics in the USA and Sudan.
- Advocate for the children in Sudan and USA
- Promote reciprocity between institutions in the USA and Sudan.
The Chapter of Pediatrics will work to achieve its goals and vision through collaborations with health care professionals, communities, and health systems.
The Chapter has designed short term and long-term projects to attain its goals.
Projects:
- Supporting the profession of Pediatrics in Sudan
- January 2020- pediatric educational workshops. Among the topics covered by the workshops were fluid and electrolyte management, sickle-cell emergencies
- May 2020- COVID and the pediatrician. Live online lectures were given covering the management of pediatric and neonatal patients with COVID for the pediatrician
- Improving the Health and well-being of the children of Sudan
- June 2020- SAPA sponsored the creation of a COVID-isolation unit in Jaafar Ibn Auf Teaching Hospital
- Upcoming long-term projects: Jaffar Ibn Auf Children’s Hospital Rehabilitation Project
- Upcoming long-term projects: Pediatric Primary Health Care Project