1. Estonian Perinatal Society Main current goals and challenges
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Established in 1990
Joined UENPS in 2008
Current president: Pille Vaas - obstetrician
Republic of Estonia
Eesti Vabariik, 1918
1,3 million people
births/ year in
ABOUT US
Members
Around 150 members:
Obstetricians, midwives, geneticists, neonatal surgeons
Neonatologists, paediatricians, child/ neonatal intensive care and anesthesiology doctors
Neonatal and child intensive care nurses
Previous activities
Annual national conferences in perinatal care to share information and educate staff including family doctors
Collaboration with governmental institutions and other professional organizations in the field of perinatal care
creation of national guidelines - national guideline „Management of premature delivery, birth and premature newborn“ was launched in Jan.2017
participation in programs and health care boards as experts
national guidelines follow-up auditing
Main current goals and challenges
The main challenges in the national perinatal medicine that the organization is working on:
reorganization of perinatal care in the country in the situation of decreasing birth rate and concentration of deliveries into the capital and establishment of 3rd level perinatal centers
an audit of very preterm deliveries and their outcomes
implementing of changes in the Estonian Medical Birth Register to have an additional data sheet for preterm infants less than 34 gestational weeks from 2019

2. Estonian Perinatal Society
Home page:
Contact address:
Established in 1990
Joined UENPS in 2008
Current president: Pille Vaas - obstetrician
Republic of Estonia
Eesti Vabariik, 1918
1,3 million people
births/ year in
Expectations from UENPS
To create the possibility of future cooperation with neighbouring countries and UENPS-wide by
Structuring education in neonatology / perinatology
Sharing important information across UENPS e-platform
Developing recommendations, guidelines and training of the healthcare providers
Announcing and inviting to multicentric investigations and development of guidelines