THIRD ANNUAL CONGRESS - Association for Preventive Pediatrics Serbia (GNP ) with international participation

PREVENTION IN PEDIATRICS - BASIS FOR HEALTHY LIFE AND LONGEVITY

In Belgrade, from 15^th to 17^th April, 2016 was held the Third Annual Congress of the Association for Preventive Pediatrics of Serbia (GNP) with international participation. The theme was "Prevention in pediatrics - basis for a healthy life and longevity". Lectures were delivered by a large number of domestic and foreign professors and lecturers from all areas of pediatrics. One of the many sessions was devoted to sports medicine. In this session, as a session moderator and lecturer representing the Serbian Institute of Sport and Sports Medicine was Dr Jadranka Plavsic, sports medicine specialist, with the lecture "The role and importance of sports medical checkup of children".

The doctors of the Serbian Institute of Sport and Sports Medicine used this opportunity to inform other colleagues of the importance of sports medical checkups as well as to introduce all the procedures the Serbian Institute of Sport and Sports Medicine, as a unique institution with a tradition of over 60 years, performs. One of the discussions was devoted to the topic related to the implementation of the new law on sport and its importance in the prevention with the youngest population. New contacts with colleagues from other cities in Serbia and abroad were also established.