NEWS & UPDATES
Recent Events
May 2023: INTER-NDA Web-based application for easy calculation and interpretation of results launched.
Learn more about the intergrowth-21st project here.
learn more about the interbio-21st study here.
May 2023: Free INTER-NDA E-training attended by 19 participants from 7 countries.
Jan 2023: Design and validation of the 1 year extension of INTER-NDA (the OX-NDA) published in BMC Paediatrics.
June 2020: INTERGROWTH-21st INTER-NDA standards of early child development published in BMJ Open.
January 2020: New findings on associations between late weaning and maternal closeness, and child motor and vision development, during the first 2 years of life, published in Nature's Scientific Reports.
January 2020: The EveryPrem Project at Oxford, measuring neurodevelopmental outcomes on the INTER-NDA in all children born preterm at the study site, begins recruitment.
November 2019: The Omama Project in Slovakia implements the INTER-NDA among socio-economically disadvantaged Roma children.
January 2019: First findings of the INTERGROWTH-21st Project Neurodevelopmental follow-up published in Nature Communications: Neurodevelopmental milestones and associated behaviours are similar among healthy children across diverse geographical locations.
June 2018: The INTERGROWTH-21st Project Neurodevelopment Package presented to the Ministries of Health and Education, Grenada, West Indies
June 2018: Grenadian reserachers investigating the effect of the Zika virus on child development trained in the INTERGROWTH-21st Project Neurodevelopment Package
March 2018: The INTERGROWTH-21st Project Neurodevelopment Package presented at the Conference of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, Glasgow and at the International Growth and Development Conference, Dubai
27 September 2017: The INTERGROWTH-21st Project Neurodevelopment Package presented at the Paediatric Innovation Education and Research Conference, Winchester, UK.
July 2017: Women First Preconceptional Maternal Nutrition Belgavi Site Team standardized in the INTERGROWTH-21st Project Neurodevelopment Package at JN Medical College, Belgavi, Karnataka, India
January 2017: 'Neurodevelopment and Vector Borne Diseases' study team at WINDREF, Grenada, trained in the INTERGROWTH-21st Project Neurodevelopment Package
17 - 18 January 2017: The INTERGROWTH-21st Project Neurodevelopment Package presented at the Technical consultation on Early Child Development Measures, WHO, Geneva.
28 - 29 November 2016: Women First Preconceptional Maternal Nutrition Team trained in the INTERGROWTH-21st Project Neurodevelopment Package at University of Alabama, Birmingham, USA
24 - 26 October 2016: The INTERGROWTH-21st Project Neurodevelopment Packaged presented at Grand Challenges Conference, London, UK.
13 May 2015: Seminar on the INTERGROWTH-21st Project Neurodevelopment Package by Dr Michelle Fernandes at Grand Rounds, The Windward Islands Research and Education Foundation, Grenada, West Indies.
11- 19 May 2015: Saving Brains Grenada trained in the INTER-NDA at The Windward Islands Research and Education Foundation and St. George's University Grenada, West Indies by Dr. M. Fernandes
21 & 22 March 2015: Accredited course on early child development t by Dr Fernandes in Dubai in collaboration with Tathqeef Health Treatment Undertaking Services.
10 - 12 February 2015: The FinnBrain Study team trained in the INTER-NDA in Turku, Finland by Dr. M. Fernandes.
11 February 2015: Seminar on the INTERGROWTH-21st Neurodevelopment Package presented at the Department of Psychiatry, University of Turku, Turku, Finland by Dr. M. Fernandes.
18 February 2015: The INTERGROWTH-21st Neurodevelopment Package presented at the Educational half day at Wexham Park Hospital, UK.
19 - 21 January 2015: The Thailand and Kilifi sites of the INTERBIO-21st Study trained in the INTERGROWTH-21st Neurodevelopment Package at Oxford, UK.
29 January 2015: The INTERGROWTH-21st Neurodevelopment Package presented at the Thames Valley Neonatal Network Governance Day at Oxford.
26 November 2014: The methodology of the INTERGROWTH-21st Project Neurodevelopment Package published in PLoS ONE.
October 2014: Standardization of the neurodevelopment assessments completed at the Brazilian, Italian, Kenyan and the UK sites of the INTERGROWTH-21st Project.
October 2014: The Oxford site of the INTERBIO-21st Study commences data collection.
13 August 2014: The INTERGROWTH-21st Neurodevelopment Package presented at the IACAPAP conference in Durban, South Africa.
Jan 2023: Design and validation of the 1 year extension of INTER-NDA (the OX-NDA) published in BMC Paediatrics.
June 2020: INTERGROWTH-21st INTER-NDA standards of early child development published in BMJ Open.
January 2020: New findings on associations between late weaning and maternal closeness, and child motor and vision development, during the first 2 years of life, published in Nature's Scientific Reports.
January 2020: The EveryPrem Project at Oxford, measuring neurodevelopmental outcomes on the INTER-NDA in all children born preterm at the study site, begins recruitment.
November 2019: The Omama Project in Slovakia implements the INTER-NDA among socio-economically disadvantaged Roma children.
January 2019: First findings of the INTERGROWTH-21st Project Neurodevelopmental follow-up published in Nature Communications: Neurodevelopmental milestones and associated behaviours are similar among healthy children across diverse geographical locations.
June 2018: The INTERGROWTH-21st Project Neurodevelopment Package presented to the Ministries of Health and Education, Grenada, West Indies
June 2018: Grenadian reserachers investigating the effect of the Zika virus on child development trained in the INTERGROWTH-21st Project Neurodevelopment Package
March 2018: The INTERGROWTH-21st Project Neurodevelopment Package presented at the Conference of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, Glasgow and at the International Growth and Development Conference, Dubai
27 September 2017: The INTERGROWTH-21st Project Neurodevelopment Package presented at the Paediatric Innovation Education and Research Conference, Winchester, UK.
July 2017: Women First Preconceptional Maternal Nutrition Belgavi Site Team standardized in the INTERGROWTH-21st Project Neurodevelopment Package at JN Medical College, Belgavi, Karnataka, India
January 2017: 'Neurodevelopment and Vector Borne Diseases' study team at WINDREF, Grenada, trained in the INTERGROWTH-21st Project Neurodevelopment Package
17 - 18 January 2017: The INTERGROWTH-21st Project Neurodevelopment Package presented at the Technical consultation on Early Child Development Measures, WHO, Geneva.
28 - 29 November 2016: Women First Preconceptional Maternal Nutrition Team trained in the INTERGROWTH-21st Project Neurodevelopment Package at University of Alabama, Birmingham, USA
24 - 26 October 2016: The INTERGROWTH-21st Project Neurodevelopment Packaged presented at Grand Challenges Conference, London, UK.
13 May 2015: Seminar on the INTERGROWTH-21st Project Neurodevelopment Package by Dr Michelle Fernandes at Grand Rounds, The Windward Islands Research and Education Foundation, Grenada, West Indies.
11- 19 May 2015: Saving Brains Grenada trained in the INTER-NDA at The Windward Islands Research and Education Foundation and St. George's University Grenada, West Indies by Dr. M. Fernandes
21 & 22 March 2015: Accredited course on early child development t by Dr Fernandes in Dubai in collaboration with Tathqeef Health Treatment Undertaking Services.
10 - 12 February 2015: The FinnBrain Study team trained in the INTER-NDA in Turku, Finland by Dr. M. Fernandes.
11 February 2015: Seminar on the INTERGROWTH-21st Neurodevelopment Package presented at the Department of Psychiatry, University of Turku, Turku, Finland by Dr. M. Fernandes.
18 February 2015: The INTERGROWTH-21st Neurodevelopment Package presented at the Educational half day at Wexham Park Hospital, UK.
19 - 21 January 2015: The Thailand and Kilifi sites of the INTERBIO-21st Study trained in the INTERGROWTH-21st Neurodevelopment Package at Oxford, UK.
29 January 2015: The INTERGROWTH-21st Neurodevelopment Package presented at the Thames Valley Neonatal Network Governance Day at Oxford.
26 November 2014: The methodology of the INTERGROWTH-21st Project Neurodevelopment Package published in PLoS ONE.
October 2014: Standardization of the neurodevelopment assessments completed at the Brazilian, Italian, Kenyan and the UK sites of the INTERGROWTH-21st Project.
October 2014: The Oxford site of the INTERBIO-21st Study commences data collection.
13 August 2014: The INTERGROWTH-21st Neurodevelopment Package presented at the IACAPAP conference in Durban, South Africa.
COmMUNICATIONS |
PUBLICATIONS |
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1. "Parents have the power to set up their babies for life": Read about the INTERGROWTH-21st Project's overall findings, featured in the Telegraph, here.
2. "Some are born great? No, with the right start in life we all have the same chance to succeed": Read about the INTERGROWTH-21st Project's findings that neurodevelopmental milestones are similar among healthy children across diverse populations, featured in The Telegraph, here. 2. Read a brief report about the INTER-NDA, featured on The Global Health Network, here. 3. Watch a webinar on the INTERGROWTH-21st Project here. 4. Watch a video on the Saving Brains Grenada Project here. 5. Read about the Women First: Preconception Maternal Nutrition here. |
Fernandes M, Villar J, Stein A, et al
INTERGROWTH-21st Project international INTER-NDA standards for child development at 2 years of age: an international prospective population-based study BMJ Open 2020;10:e035258. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-035258. Access full text here. Villar J, Ochieng R, Staines-Urias E, Fernandes M, Ratcliff M, Purwar M, Barros F, Horta B, Ismail LC, Albernaz E, Kunnawar N. Late weaning and maternal closeness, associated with advanced motor and visual maturation, reinforce autonomy in healthy, 2-year-old children. Scientific reports. 2020 Mar 23;10(1):1-27. Access full text here. Villar, Fernandes, et al. Neurodevelopmental milestones and associated behaviours are similar among healthy children across diverse geographical populations. Nature Communications, 2019, 10:511. Access full text here. Fernandes, Stein, et al. The INTERGROWTH-21st Project Neurodevelopment Package: A Novel Method for the Multi-Dimensional Assessment of Neurodevelopment in Pre-School Age Children. PLoS ONE, 2014, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0113360. Access full text here. Murray, Fernandes, et al. "Evaluation of the INTERGROWTH-21st Neurodevelopment Assessment (INTER-NDA) in 2 year-old children." PloS one 13.2 (2018): e0193406. Access full text here. Slim J, Villar J, et al. Individual or group-based approach to the assessment of preschool children: A comparison using the INTERGROWTH-21st Neurodevelopment Assessment (INTER-NDA). International Journal of Growth and Development, 2018; 2(11): 11-33. doi: 10.25081/ijgd.2018.v2.60 Access full text here. Villar, José, et al. "The satisfactory growth and development at 2 years of age of the INTERGROWTH-21st Fetal Growth Standards cohort support its appropriateness for constructing international standards." American journal of obstetrics and gynecology 218.2 (2018): S841-S854. Access full text here. Murray, Fernandes, et al. Differential effect of intrauterine growth restriction on childhood neurodevelopment: a systematic review. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 2015, DOI: 10.1111/1471-0528.13435. Access full text here. Fernandes, Yang, Li and Cheikh‐Ismail. Smoking during pregnancy and vision difficulties in children: a systematic review. Acta ophthalmologica, 2014, DOI: DOI: 10.1111/aos.12627. Access full text here. |
