Events
Upcoming Events
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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.
Past Events
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Transforming Child Health through Digital Data-Use Innovations & Connecting Ministries of Health
This webinar demonstrated the power of data integration and advanced analysis in making tangible differences in child health and beyond. We explored how Zenysis’ open-source data integration and analytics technology is equipping decision-makers and frontline healthcare workers with the tools they need to turn data into breakthroughs in service provision.
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From Resolution to Reality: Accelerating Progress on Maternal and Child Survival in Africa
The recent adoption of the WHA resolution on maternal and child health has catalyzed fresh momentum and expectation, reflecting a renewed commitment from global leaders to address the urgent need for progress in this critical area. This milestone is particularly significant for Africa, where excessive maternal and child mortality remains a pressing issue.
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Launch of The Lifesaving Power of Pneumonia and Diarrhea Vaccines for Children
Global coverage of vaccines targeting pneumonia and diarrhea - the leading infectious killers of children - lag far behind other vaccines. Just seven in 10 children are fully protected with Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) vaccine, six in 10 with pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV), and five in 10 with rotavirus vaccine. If coverage of all three vaccines was above 90% - the global target - the deaths of an additional 450,000 children could be prevented by 2030.
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Introducing From Principles to Practice: An e-Learning Course on School Health and Nutrition
The Child Health Task Force has developed a self-paced e-learning course where learners will embark on a comprehensive journey through the multi-sectoral landscape of school health and nutrition. The learning experience is divided into three modules, covering the rationale for school-based health service delivery and the mechanisms and tools to support multisectoral coordination.
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Lessons from EquiPP adaptation in Madagascar and an introduction to the next generation of DHS care seeking briefs on child health
This webinar will be co-hosted by the Private Sector Engagement (PSE) and Institutionalizing iCCM subgroups of the Child Health Task Force. It will build on findings and discussion of previous sessions hosted by the PSE subgroup.