President
Dr. Neelam Mohan
Director Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Liver Transplantation
Medanta the Medicity, – India
Secretary
Prof. Stephen Allen
Prof. of Paediatrics, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine UK
Treasurer
James A Breakly
Professor of Paediatric Infectious Diseases KEMRI/Wellcome Trust Research Programme, PO Box 230-80108, Kenya
Task Group Leader
R. ROBERT H.J. BANDSMA
Assistant Professor in Paediatrics, University of Toronto; Staff Gastroenterologist, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada
Commonwealth Representative
Dr. Tony Nelson
Professor in Paediatrics, Department of Paediatrics, CUHK
Hong-Kong
Training and Continuing Professional Development Lead
Debbie Thompson
Senior Research Fellow | PhD Nutrition Program
University of the West Indies, Mona Campus
Kingston, Jamaica.
Int. | Name | Country | Int. | Name | Country |
Dr. | Ahmed T | Bangladesh | Dr. | Memon Iqbal | Pakistan |
Dr. | Alvi Arshad | Pakistan | Dr. | Mitole Rachel | Africa South Africa |
Dr. | Amadi Beatrice | Africa Zambia | Dr. | Mittal N | USA Texas |
Dr. | Arshad Huma | Pakistan | Dr. | Mupere Ezekiel | Africa Uganda |
Dr. | Bandsma Robert | Canada | Dr. | Nte Alice Romokek | Africa Nigeria |
Dr. | Chandwe Kanta | Africa Zambia | Paul Siba | UK | |
prof. | Diallo Hama A | Africa Burkina Fasso (West Africa) | Dr. | Rajindrajith Shaman | Sri Lanka |
Dr. | Filteau Suzanne | UK | Dr. | Sarkar Shafiqul | Bangladesh |
Dr. | Goldfarb David | Canada | Dr. | Shahrin Lubaba | Bangladesh |
Dr. | Gwela Agnes | UK and Malawi | Dr. | Sibal A | India |
Dr. | Hasan Shamama | Pakistan | Dr. | Tobin Jacinta | Australia |
Dr. | Hill S | UK | Dr. | Yachha S K | India |
Dr. | Kelly M P | Africa (Zambia) / UK | Dr. | Robert Bandsma | Canada |
Dr. | Laving Ahmed | Kenya | Dr. | Debbie THOMPSON | UK |
Dr. | Lewa Bandika Victor | Kenya |
We have supported our members by posting and updating comprehensive links to specialist society, national and international guidelines on delivering clinical care in the context of the pandemic. These also included child and family information resources regarding the effects of COVID-19 on children and younger people with gastrointestinal and hepatic disorders.
Although COVID-19 interrupted both CAPGAN’s usual programme of 2 yearly in-person meetings (originally joint meeting with KPA in Mombasa planned for May 2022) and also other planned activities (e.g. VF Scheme), we have managed to remain active on-line.
DATE | TOPIC | SPEAKER |
27-Sept-22 | The story behind the CHAIN cohort – design and analysis principles | Dr. Moses Ngari and Dr. Jay Berkley |
Aug 30,22 | Tropical diseases affecting the Liver | Dr. D. Victor Bandika |
May 13, 2022 | Coeliac Session | TBC |
June 28, 22 | Malnutrition Enteropathy | Catriona Ling from the University of Toronto |
June 29, 2022 | Liver Disease | Dr Neelam Mohan |
April 27, 2022 | pancreatitis in children; a global perspective. | Dr Neelam Mohan |
April 19, 2022 | Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder. | Professor Alice Nte and Team, University of Port Harcourt (Nigeria) |
March 9, 2022 | Should we be using more Standard PN at Home? | Amy Phipps, Alison Dinning and Lizzie Hutchison, Bristol Royal Hospital for Children |
Feb 25, 22 | Childhood Malnutrition and Life-Threatening Infections | Prof Jay Berkley, Professor of Paediatric Infectious Diseases, KEMRI/Wellcome |
Dec 9, 2021 | Cow's Milk Protein Allergy in the Resource-Limited Setting | Dr Rachel Mlotha Mitole, Malawian Paediatrician and Paediatric gastroenterologist, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa |
Oct 28, 2021 | Severe GI Infections and Very Early-Onset IBD | Dr Kelsey Jones |
Aug 20, 2021 | ment of Intestinal Failure | Prof. Susan Hill |
July 7, 2021 | Management of Short Bowel Syndrome | Elena Cernat, consultant paediatric gastroenterologist, Leeds Children’s Hospital |
July 22, 2021 | Anne Gallagher’s Patsy Robertson Memorial Lecture | Bishakha Mukherjee |
DATE | TOPIC | SPEAKER |
Dec 2. 2020 | Functional Abdominal Pain | Mark Beattie, Consultant Paediatric Gastroenterologist, Southampton Children’s Hospital |
Dec 4. 2020 | Long Term Outcomes in Children with Liver Disease | Marianne Samyn, King’s College Hospital |
July 29 , 2020 | Recurrent Abdominal Pain – How to tackle? | Global Paediatric Lecture Series (GPLS) |
July 3, 2020 | Starting and increasing feeds in preterm low birth weight infants: what’s the latest evidence?” | Professor Nicholas Embleton (CAPGAN Ambassador Group Webinar) |
Sept 1 , 2020 | North West PGHAN Network Teaching; Paediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease | Dr Fiona Cameron, Paediatric Gastroenterology Consultant, Alder Hey Children's Hospital, Liverpool, UK |
July 17, 2020 | Approach to Pediatric Dysphagia and the role of Esophageal Manometry | Dr Manu Sood |
July 1, 2020 | Environmental Enteropathy | Prof Paul Kelly, Professor of Tropical Gastroenterology, Blizard Institute; Honorary Lecturer, University of Zambia School of Medicine, Lusaka; |
oJoint BSPGHAN/CAPGAN webinar: Pancreatitis – April 27th 2022
oCAPGAN President , Dr. Neelam Mohan was invited as Guest at Inauguration and closing ceremony of WCPGHAN in Vienna to speak on the activities of CAPGAN along with other sisters societies (APPSPGHAN, LASPGHAN, NASPGHAN, PASPGHAN). Besides this, the activities of CAPGAN were displayed on 3rd /4th June in TV studio session.
S.NO | TOPIC | FACULTY | S.NO | TOPIC | FACULTY |
1 | Infectious gastrointestinal diseases (incl. gastroenteritis, H. pylori and environmental enteropathy) | Prof. Tony Nelson (HongKong) Prof. Jay Berkley (Africa) | 9 | Obesity and overweight, global initiatives and Non-communicable disease | Dr. Mark Manary (Africa) Dr. Neelam Mohan (India) |
2 | Microbiomeand health | Prof. Paul Kelly (Africa) Prof . Alan Phillips (UK) | 10 | Endoscopy | Dr. Dharam Vasudev (UK) Dr. Mohit Kehar (Canada) |
3 | Microbiomeand health | Dr. Sandhia Naik (UK) | 11 | Infant feeding/breast feeding | Dr. David Forbes (Australia ) DR. Beatrice Almadi (Africa) |
4 | Coeliac disease and gluten related disorders | Prof. S K Yachha (India) Dr. Siba Paul (UK) | 12 | Clinical trials in digestive health | Prof. Peter Sullivan (UK) Prof. Stephen Allen (UK) |
5 | Infectious Hepatitis | Prof. D Kelly (UK) Prof. Iqbal Menon (Pakistan) | 13 | Functional disorders | Dr. Shaman Rajindrajith (Srilanka) Dr. Christina Ong (Singapore) |
6 | Fatty liver, chronic liver disease and liver transplant | Dr. Neelam Mohan (India) Dr. Anupam Sibal (India) | 14 | Intestinal insufficiency, congenital disorders and gut transplantation | Dr. Naveen Mittal (USA) Dr. Susan Hill (UK) |
7 | Pancreatic disorders | Prof. Huma Cheema (Pakistan) Dr. Deepak Goyal (India) | 15 | IBD | Prof. Bhupinder Sandhu (UK) Dr. Anshu Srivastava (India) |
8 | Malnutrition and Hidden Hunger | Prof. Zulfiqar Bhutto (Canada) Prof. Tahmeed (Bangladesh ) | 16 | GI Motility | Prof. Niranga Devanarayana (Srilanka) Dr. Jacinta Tobin (Australia) |
PROFESSOR TONY NELSON
Clinical Professional Consultant
and Professor of Practice in Paediatrics,
Faculty of Medicine,
Chinese University of Hong Kong.
The theme for the 2022 CCSPF was “Commercial determinants of health: evidence, tools, dialogue and advocacy”. It was recognized that commercial entities can have a significant impact of young people’s nutrition. Tony reminded participants of the four recommendations to Commonwealth governments from the 2022 CCPSF which were:
1.Gather better evidence on how commercial determinants impact health.
2.Develop regulatory tools that minimize opportunities for commercial entities to influence policy development.
3.Convene partnerships with civil society to implement strategies what minimize negative impacts and highlight health promoting commercial practices.
4.Raise awareness of the impacts of the commercial determinants of health and establish independent monitoring and reporting mechanisms.
Tony said that while Commonwealth governments have a responsibility to limit the negative aspects of the commercial determinants of health and encourage the positive aspects it is not easy for them to find a way to reconcile commercial advertising with public health messages.
Recognise that John Walker Smith has retired from CAPGAN. Founding member and invaluable role in Leadership and support for CAPGAN over many years. His legacy will be maintained through the JWS Oration – included in this meetings programme
5 council members step down
3 members who request to unsubscribed/ remove their name from CAPGAN member list
Sept 21st , 2023 ; 12.00-13.45 GMT
Sept 5th , 2023 : 12.00-13.45 GMT
Aug 25th, 2023 : 12.00-13.45 GMT
June 6th , 2023 : 12.00-13.45 GMT
Feb 2nd , 2023 : 12.00-13.45 GMT
Aug 22nd , 2022 : 12.00-13.45 GMT
April 21st ; 2022 : 13.00-14.30 GMT
Dec 7th 2021 ; 12.00-13.45 GMT
Dec 14th 2020 ; 13.00-14.00 GMT
July 16th 2020 ; 13.00-14.00 UK time
S. No. | Group | Name | |
1 | MAFLD/NAFLD | Dr. Neelam Mohan (India) | drneelam@yahoo.com |
2 | Ingestions (foreign and caustic) | Dr. Huma ArshadDr. Huma Arshad (Pakistan) | pedgilahore@gmail.com moinaksen@gmail.com |
3 | Prevention of Food Allergy | Nick Croft | n.m.croft@qmul.ac.uk |
4 | Neonatal Cholestasis | Dr. S. K. Yachha (India) | skyachha@yahoo.co.in |
