Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) Conference, 11th-13th May 2026

3 May, 2026

Dear CHIFA colleagues,

I am forwarding this announcement from the International Child Health Group.

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Be sure to register for the RCPCH 2026 conference from 11th-13th May 2026 in Birmingham. Register now: https://www.rcpch.ac.uk/news-events/rcpch-conference

We would love to see you at our conference sessions:

Workshop - Monday 11th May 11:00 -12:15

Changing the Story: Decolonising Child Health in the UK and Globally. Come along to be inspired and challenged by a conversation on the couch with Dr Annabel Sowemimo and CHIVA youth volunteers and reflect on how you can play a role in changing the story.

Specialty Session - Tuesday 12th May 13:45 - 16:00

International Child Health Group and Young People's Health Special Interest Group

Healthy Adolescents, Healthy World: A Global Agenda.

Key notes: A call to action: The second Lancet commission on adolescent health and wellbeing. Dr. Joseph Ward, Senior Clinical Lecturer, KCL General Paediatric Consultant, Evelina London Children’s Hospital.

Gender Based Violence. Prof. Karen Devries - Professor of Social Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

Plus many excellent abstract presentations.

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HIFA profile: Neil Pakenham-Walsh is coordinator of HIFA (Healthcare Information For All), a global health community that brings all stakeholders together around the shared goal of universal access to reliable healthcare information. HIFA has 20,000 members in 180 countries, interacting in four languages and representing all parts of the global evidence ecosystem. HIFA is administered by Global Healthcare Information Network, a UK-based nonprofit in official relations with the World Health Organization. Email: neil@hifa.org

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Neil Pakenham-Walsh