Events
Upcoming Events
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Virtual Conference: Accelerating progress towards the 2030 SDGs – Reducing inequities in child health
The Child Health Task Force is pleased to host its first virtual conference, Accelerating progress towards the 2030 SDGs: Reducing inequities in child health to be held on June 6-7, 2023. The two-day, online event will unite child health partners to examine how we address health inequities to enable children throughout the lifecourse and across the globe to survive and thrive.
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Adapting Health Systems to Protect Children from the Impact of Climate Change Series
The Re-imagining the Package of Care for Children subgroup of the Child Health Task Force and UNICEF are co-hosting a webinar series building on the event in May to foster discussion around adapting child health systems to become more resilient in the face of the climate crisis moving forward.
Past Events
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Child Health Task Force Members' Meeting
The Child Health Task Force held a meeting with its members on March 16, 2023. The purpose was to share the feedback from the members’ survey and the Child Survival Action blueprint for advocacy.
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Ready to Learn and Thrive Sharing the School Health and Nutrition Global Status Report
The Child Health Task Force, UNESCO, and the Research Consortium for School Health and Nutrition hosted a webinar to mark the publication of the joint report, Ready to Learn and Thrive: School Health and Nutrition around the World (highlights here).
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What is the relationship between wasting and stunting?
The Child Health Task Force's Nutrition subgroup hosted a webinar to learn about the relationship between wasting and stunting, a critical issue for child survival. During the webinar, members of the Technical Interest Group on wasting and stunting, led by the Emergency Nutrition Network (ENN), presented findings from a systematic review, as well as related work pieces and future analyses.
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Information Session: New Opportunities for Improving Funding for iCCM through the Global Fund Application
The iCCM, Commodities and Quality of Care subgroups of the Child Health Task Force hosted an information session to share new Global Fund guidance for the next funding cycle. The Global Fund will now consider supporting the full package of commodities that community health workers need to deliver a comprehensive package of integrated community case management of childhood illnesses (iCCM) services for children under five.
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Including Nutrition Commodities on Global and National Medicines Lists: Case Examples and Country Experiences
The Nutrition and Commodities subgroups of the Child Health Task Force hosted a webinar to discuss the process for including nutrition commodities in the WHO Essential Medicines List (EML) using multiple micronutrient powders (MNPs) as a case example.
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Understanding the Drivers of Child Mortality during and after Illness in Africa and Asia
The Child Health Task Force hosted a panel discussion with authors of the Childhood Acute Illness and Nutrition (CHAIN) Network study and partners. The study of 3,100 hospitalized children (2-23 months) across 6 countries – Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Kenya, Malawi, Pakistan, and Uganda – and found that 48% of children died post-discharge and two-thirds of those died at home.
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Digital Tools for Improving Quality of Care for Children
The Digital Health and Innovations and Quality of Care subgroups of the Child Health Task Force hosted a webinar presenting some examples of digital health tools to improve quality of care for children, women and communities. During the webinar, UNICEF shared the Digital Health Centre of Excellence (DICE), a mechanism to deliver agile and coordinated technical assistance to governments on digital health solutions.
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Essential Emergency and Critical Care: A neglected area in child health
The Quality of Care and Implementation Science subgroups of the Child Health Task Force co-hosted a webinar to learn about the Essential Emergency and Critical Care (EECC) approach and lessons from across sub-Saharan Africa. Throughout the world, critical illness is common in children and adults. Providing critically ill patients with good quality care is a priority for health systems, and yet has been under-prioritized.