Dear GICS community, We are writing to share our heartbreak and concern after the devastating earthquakes in southern Turkey and Syria last week. The scale of the disaster is unimaginable, …

Otolaryngology Working Group
MISSION STATEMENT
To address the burden of ear, nose and throat conditions in children in low- to middle-income countries. In doing so, to advocate for access to surgical interventions that prevent childhood developmental delays.
Goal #1
Join PENTAfrica for their webinar on tracheostomy care.
Goal #2
Collaborate with Dr Mcguire on addressing childhood hearing loss and ear health.
Goal #3
Recurrent papillomatosis in children and prevention through HPV vaccination programs — a developing world problem.
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Originally aired February 4, 2023 at 13:00GMT.
Panelists: Professor Simone Abib, Professor Adesoji Ademuyiwa, A/Prof Wearwish Teague, A/Prof Abdelbasit E Ali, and Professor Kokila Lakhoo (Moderator)
Webinar that aired January 23, 2023 from GICS Congenital Anomalies Group, in collaboration with the March of Dimes and MiracleFeet, addressing the care of club foot in low- and middle-income countries.
Facilitator

Shazie Peer
Facilitator
We need global action to address the burden of respiratory papillomatosis (RRP) in children through equal access of HPV vaccination programmes that will prevent the RRP in the next generation of children in LMICs.
Members
Kawtar Boucherbat
JoAnn Czechowicz
Mhmmad Nassif
Shazia Peer
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