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Singapore Paediatric Society
GUIDELINES FOR RELATIONSHIPS WITH INDUSTRY
Adopted July 2005 Adapted from the IPA Guidelines (Version Approved at the EC/SC February 2005 to be amended 2008) Policies regarding donations from External Organizations Principle
| - | The SPS’s vision, mission and value must drive proposed relationships with donors.
| | - | Funding relationships must preserve and promote trust in SPS.
| | - | Funding relationships must preserve SPS control over all proposed activities.
| | - | Any SPS activity must promote children’s health and /or the capacity of pediatricians to improve children’s health.
| | - | The SPS will not involve itself in endorsement or marketing of specific products.
| | - | SPS activities should be funded from multiple sources whenever possible.
| | - | SPS fully supports the SIFEC (Sale of Infant Foods Ethics Committee, Singapore) and International Code on the Marketing of Breast Milk Substitutes and, its subsequent relevant resolutions (note: these are not amendments but subsequent resolutions) of the World Health Assembly. The position held is as follows: “SPS has for many years strongly advocated breast feeding for infants world wide and will continue to do so”. It supports WHO’s recent global public health recommendation – “exclusive breastfeeding for six months followed by provision of safe and appropriate complementary foods with continued breastfeeding for up to two years of age or beyond” (Resolution WHA 54.2)
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Policy
| 1. | Donations may be accepted for general or specific purposes. Discussion and written agreement with the donor are essential to ensure the donations will be used appropriately and ethically for purpose for which they are given. If they are given to support ethical research, SPS reserves the right to publish actual results in appropriate publications without censorship or influence from donors. |
2. Donations may be acknowledged in the society newsletter or annual report or any publication.3. Donations will not be accepted from organizations or industries directly engaged in: Production, distribution, advertising, marketing or sponsorship of: · Tobacco and tobacco products · Alcohol productions for consumption · Arms production Negative practices including: · Exploitation of children or child labor · Violations of the International Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes · Other unethical marketing practices · Discriminatory business practices
SPS Policy on the ethical conduct of congresses, workshops, seminars etc
1. Commercial exhibits must be for educational purposes only and open only to registered delegates. Examples of products include: · pharmaceuticals · technical equipments · educational tools
2. There will be clear acknowledgement of all corporate sponsorships in Congress materials, without use of product names.
3. Any conflicts of interest must be disclosed in written documentation for: · chairs of sessions · speakers at sessions · discussants at sessions (verbally, when appropriate) · SPS programs and publications
Examples of conflict of interest include: · employment of self or close family members in commercial organizations relevant to the content of the session · funding of research by commercial organizations · funding of delegate’s registration/travel /accommodation at the meeting
4. The SPS logo will have to be the prominently displayed at the event. Examples of sites of display may include: delegates’ kits, banners and scientific session material. Any commercial material must be secondary and less prominent.
5. The use of commercial promotion on audio visual aids is not permitted at scientific sessions.
6. Research presented at the Congress must be conducted in an ethical manner and, whenever possible, institutional ethical review approval must be documented. In the case of multinational research, all countries involved must give approval.
7. Provision of space in the Congress venue for promotion of breast-feeding is encouraged. 8. Congress organizers must adhere strictly to SPS ethical standards as set forth in this document.
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