INOPSU

The Canadian Paediatric Surveillance Program offers an opportunity for collaboration with other paediatric surveillance units worldwide, through its membership in the International Network of Paediatric Surveillance Units (INOPSU). Joint collaborative studies and presentations are an important method of advancing the knowledge of uncommon childhood disorders around the world.

Established in 1998, INOPSU provides a successful platform for simultaneous cross-sectional studies of rare childhood diseases and international comparisons of demographics, diagnoses, treatments, and outcomes. INOPSU involves a variety of countries which span the globe from Canada to New Zealand. More than 10,000 clinicians contribute and over 300 conditions have been studied so far including rare infectious and vaccine-preventable diseases, mental health disorders, childhood injuries, and immunological conditions.

Additional information about INOPSU is available at www.inopsu.com.

Joint INOPSU and CPSP presentations have included the following:

Listeriosis in neonates and infants in Switzerland and Canada. Huang S, Abu Raya B, Jost M, Bortolussi R, Bettinger J, Grabowski J, Lacaze T, Robinson J, Posfay Barbe K, Mäusezahl M, Kollmann TR. International Network of Paediatric Surveillance Units 10th Scientific Conference, Glasgow, Scotland, in March 2018 (oral)

Public health impacts of INoPSU data – International perspectives. Grenier D. Workshop: International Network of Paediatric Surveillance Units – The power of international collaboration to study rare diseases, International Congress of Pediatrics, Melbourne, in August 2013 (oral)

Does active surveillance of acute flaccid paralysis by the International Network of Paediatric Surveillance Units meet WHO standards? Smith T, Desai S, Grenier D, Altpeter E, Beeli D, Dickson N, Thorley B, Sabbe M, Elliot E, Zurynski Y. Canadian Immunization Conference, Vancouver, in December 2012 (poster)

Public Health Impacts of the International Network of Paediatric Surveillance Units. Grenier D. Congreso Nacional de Pediatría, Albufeira, in October 2011 (oral)

Challenges and responses: The Canadian Paediatric Surveillance Program. Ugnat A-M. International Network of Paediatric Surveillance Units (INoPSU) Conference, Dublin, in October 2010 (oral)

Surveillance and beyond: The Canadian experience. Grenier D. International Network of Paediatric Surveillance Units (INoPSU) Conference, Dublin, in October 2010 (oral)

Public health impacts of the International Network of Paediatric Surveillance Units. Grenier D. Irish Paediatric Association Meeting, Dublin, in October 2010 (oral)

The International Paediatric Surveillance Network – Research in action. Grenier D, Ugnat AM, Laffin Thibodeau M, Lynn R. Medical & Nursing Annual Congress of the European Society of Paediatric and Neonatal Intensive Care, Verona, in June 2009 (poster)

Impacts of the International Network of Paediatric Surveillance Units. Grenier D. Annual Conference of the German Pediatric Society and the 5th INoPSU Meeting, Munich, in September 2008 (oral)

Impacts of the International Network of Paediatric Surveillance Units. Grenier D. The Royal Australasian Paediatric Congress, Adelaide, in May 2008 (oral)

International comparison of severe neonatal hyperbilirubinemia and herpes simplex virus infection. Grenier D, Sgro M, Manning D, Wong T. Jones CA. Annual Meeting of the European Society for Paediatric Research (ESPR), Prague, in October 2007 (poster)

International comparison of severe neonatal hyperbilirubinemia and herpes simplex virus infection. Grenier D, Sgro M, Wong T, Manning D, Tookey P, Jones CA. Canadian Paediatric Society Annual Conference, Montreal, in June 2007

International comparison of severe neonatal hyperbilirubinemia and herpes simplex virus infection. Grenier D, Sgro M, Manning D, Wong T, Jones CA, Tookey P. The Pediatric Academic Societies/Society for Pediatric Research (APS/SPR) Annual Meeting, Toronto, in May 2007 (poster)