Do we need CME for paediatric environmental medicine in Europe?
It is widely recognised that children suffer a greater burden of disease attributable to environmental factors than in adults. Children are susceptible because they are growing rapidly. Their immune, nervous and respiratory systems are developing, and exposure to environmental hazards can detrimentally affect normal development patterns. The Fourth Ministerial Conference on Environment and Health, the theme of which was “The future of our children”, highlighted the seriousness of environmental hazards by adopting the Children’s Environment and Health Action Plan for Europe – CEHAPE, in June 2004. To help paediatricians and other health care providers remains abreast of developments in this field, the International Network on Children’s Health, Environment and Safety (INCHES) has developed additional training material for paediatricians within the Children’s Health, Environment and Safety Training (CHEST) project. In addition to this, the German Network Children’s Health and Environment
