Global Congress of Maternal and Infant Health

On behalf of the Organizing Committee of the GLOBAL CONGRESS OF MATERNAL AND INFANT HEALTH, we are pleased to invite you to join us in Barcelona, in September 2010.
This event will be a milestone in the history of Perinatal Medicine for several reasons:

Firstly, the most important opinion leaders of Maternal and Infant Health around the world are in the faculty of the congress. Scientific experts from over 80 countries of the five continents will be in Barcelona to share knowledge and experience on relevant topics and novel aspects of this field. For a few days, Barcelona will be the capital of the World Perinatal Medicine. A great effort has been made to present a programme with a balanced content, including research, clinical practice, daily problems and future prospecting.

Secondly, we have been particularly concerned on the huge differences in medical care needs in relation to Reproductive Medicine around the world, cultural diversities, and the very unfortunate reality that modern medicine is a privilege resource for only a few. For this reason, the key words of this Congress are: globality, dialogue and solidarity. Globality because the programme of the meeting includes participants from developed and developing countries as well as not only professionals in Maternal and Infant Health, but also sociologists, social workers, politicians and others. All international societies of Perinatal Medicine, non-governmental organizations and international agencies involved in the field will actively take part in the Congress activities. Dialogue refers to the proposal of specific sessions aimed to increase intercultural knowledge, promoting the interchange of information, beliefs and ideas in the North-South and in the East-West directions. Solidarity implies the strong wish of the organization to generate an adequate climate to promote an intense cooperation between high – and low – income nations.

Barcelona is one of the most beautiful and attractive cities in the world and offers the ideal framework for this outstanding event, not only from the richness of our artistic, cultural and architectural perspective, but also because one of the best, modern and fully technical equipped congress palace in Europe is here.

We will do our best to ensure an unforgettable experience for the GLOBAL CONGRESS OF MATERNAL AND INFANT HEALTH.

Very sincerely,