Invitation: Momentum Press: 14th of May 2025
Register for our press conference taking place on Wednesday, May 14 2025, at the Jules Bordet Institute.
Dear journalists,
We are pleased to invite you to a press conference on the occasion of the "Zero Separation Tours – Brussels" (an initiative by the non-profit organization Noah's Ark Belgium), which will take place on May 14, 2025, from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM at the Jules Bordet Institute, located at 90 Meylemeersstraat, 1070 Anderlecht, in the Tagnon Auditorium.
On the occasion of the arrival of internationally renowned experts, the non-profit organization Noah's Ark Belgium and the Brussels University Hospital are pleased to invite you to an exceptional gathering on the theme of zero separation. In Belgium, 10,000 newborns are involved in this life-saving approach each year.
According to the World Health Organization, the recommendations are clear: to give newborns the best chances of survival and development, they must receive continuous skin-to-skin care with their parent from birth.
This conference will address essential topics that will be explained to you by exceptional members:
- Dr. Nils Bergman (Sweden), doctor, neonatologist, neuroscientific researcher, and professor in pharmacological sciences. He is the leading initiator of the research into immediate skin-to-skin care (iKMC) and the principal investigator of the WHO study.
- Dr. Stina Klemming (Sweden), doctor, NIDCAP trainer at the NIDCAP Training and Research Center in Lund-Malmö, and former director of the NIDCAP center at the Karolinska Institute. She is a pioneer and advocate of mother-child-oriented care techniques and a member of the Ipistoss research team.
- Dr. Nathalie Charpak (Colombia), French-Colombian pediatrician, founder of the Kangaroo Foundation, and associate researcher at the Pontifical Javeriana University. Her research on the impact of kangaroo care on the health of premature and/or low birth weight babies earned her international recognition, including the French Légion d’Honneur.
Programme: 14 May 2025
- 17:45 : welcome
- 18:00 : start of presentations (in english)
- 19:00 : aperitif cocktail & interviews
- 19:45 : end of the event
We look forward to welcoming you to this important event.
Kind regards,
The Communications Department of H.U.B.
Contact
Louis Dijon
ABOUT THE H.U.B
The Hôpital Universitaire de Bruxelles (H.U.B) is the academic hospital of the Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), which unites the Jules Bordet institute, the Erasme Hospital and the Queen Fabiola Children’s University Hospital (HUDERF) since 2021.
As an international reference center, located in the heart of the Brussels Region, the H.U.B offers high quality general, oncological and pediatric care.
This excellent care, accessible to all, is enriched and sustained by a dual approach of scientific research and teaching for the caregivers of tomorrow.
In 2022, the H.U.B. is composed of more than 6,000 employees who share the following values: Interest of the patient, Respect, Commitment, Solidarity, Diversity and Inclusion, and the principle of Free enquiry.
À propos de Noah’s Ark Belgium
L’association Noah’s Ark Belgium a été créée en 2020 par Laetitia van der Elst et Michel Collart (parents de Noah né prématurément le 22/09/2019 et décédé le 08/11/2019).
A ce jour Noah’s Ark Belgium compte plus de 20 bénévoles qui, formés à « l’écoute active de parents en néonatologie », se rendent régulièrement dans les unités de soins intensifs à l’écoute des parents.
Objectif de l’association : Donner aux nouveau-nés en soins néonatologiques le meilleur départ dans la vie.
Activités :
- Gestion de “Prematel”, une plateforme d’aide aux parents d’enfants prématurés en soins intensifs. Prematel propose
- une ligne téléphonique gratuite d’aide et d’écoute 7j/7j de 8h à 20h où nos bénévoles pratiquent l’écoute active et orientent vers des ressources appropriées.
- des permanences et des groupes de paroles au sein et en accord avec les unités de soins néonataux.
- des communautés privées facebook pour parents: PremaforumFR et PremaforumNL
- un portail d’information et de ressources appropriées aux familles de prématurés www.prematel.com ainsi que le portail www.troptot.be
- Représentation des patients (nouveau-nés en néonatologie et leurs parents) Belges dans de nombreux conseils consultatifs nationaux et internationaux
- ArtPlac, EndObesity, European Medicine Agency, RSV, Extreme Prematurity
- LUSS (Ligue des utilisateurs des services de santé) et du VPP (Vlaams Patienten Platform)
- Ambassadeurs des European Standards of Care for Newborn Health
- Donner une voix aux prématurés et à leurs parents afin d’inciter les autorités et le monde des soins à offrir le meilleur pour ces nouveau-nés et leur familles.
Pour de plus amples renseignements www.noahsark.be et www.prematel.com (Laetitia van der Elst - laetitia@noahsark.be - +32 496 64 71 42 / Michel Collart – michel@noahsark.be - +32 475 74 48 57)
