Events

Nov 13, 2024 - Nov 13, 2024 | Online

IMCI: Digital adaptation kit for child health (0-59 months) in humanitarian emergencies

The Child Health Task Force will host this webinar on November 13th. In this 60-minute webinar we will review and discuss the new digital application kit (DAK) for child health (0-59 months) in humanitarian emergencies.

Oct 29, 2024 - Oct 29, 2024 | Online

From Theory to Practice: Implementing SQ-LNS to prevent child undernutrition

The SQ-LNS Taskforce, the Emergency Nutrition Network (ENN), and the Child Health Task Force will co-host this webinar on October 29. In this 90-minute webinar we will review and discuss the new Small-Quantity Lipid-based Nutrient Supplement (SQ-LNS) Operational Guidance document.

Oct 08, 2024 - Oct 08, 2024 | Online

Advancing newborn and child health: Insights into the role of the private academic institutions in advancing service delivery, knowledge and learning to improve health outcomes

The Centre of Excellence in Women and Child Health (CoE, WCH) at Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan in collaboration with the Department of Pediatrics & Child Health and the Child Health Task Force, is pleased to present a webinar highlighting key learnings and experiences in the field of newborn and child health interventions in LMIC settings.

Sep 16, 2024 - Sep 16, 2024 | Online

Accelerating Momentum for Child Health

Sep 10, 2024 - Sep 10, 2024 | Online

Accelerating UHC and Child Survival: Lessons from the ProCCM Trial in Mali

Governments currently seek approaches to accelerate progress on child survival with community based primary health care, as fifty-four countries are not currently on track to meet the under-five mortality sustainable development goal. More research is needed on the impact of community health worker home visits and other community health system strengthening approaches on population level health outcomes.

Sep 09, 2024 - Sep 09, 2024 | Online

Tools for Integrated Management of Childhood Illness cross-country results: Improving Access to Tools that Detect Severe Illness

When sick children arrive at primary health care facilities, it is critical that they are appropriately screened, diagnosed, managed, and if needed, referred for urgent care without delay. Clinical signs alone do not detect all severe illness in children. For health care providers to make a correct diagnosis, they must be equipped with the right tools, including access to pulse oximetry and clinical decision support systems.

Sep 04, 2024 - Sep 04, 2024 | Online

Risk-differentiated care: A paradigm shift to improve child mortality

WHO has recently completed analyses that show how infants and young children at high risk of mortality can be identified through 4 readily assessable, child-level characteristics. This offers opportunities to identify and provide targeted care to infants and young children at high risk of mortality; it may also help rationalize interventions for children who are at low risk of mortality.

Aug 14, 2024 - Nov 30, 2024 | Online

Climate Change and Health Forum

According to the Children’s Climate Risk Index, climate change is already significantly affecting children globally, with approximately 1 billion children at ‘extremely high risk’ of experiencing the negative impacts of climate change.