Sierra Leone has shown impressive commitment and progress in accelerating maternal, newborn, and child mortality reductions. The country, in 2023, launched its National Child Survival Action Plan (2023-2025) which, under the broader RMNCAH strategy and existing priorities for maternal and newborn survival, laid out priority actions, milestones and targets to address the key causes of under-five mortality through an integrated primary health care approach.
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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.
Join the Child Health Task Force’s Re-imagining the Package of Care for Children subgroup, WHO, and Global Communities for a series in which we will discuss key strategies, challenges, and innovations in delivering integrated child-centered health services to children within the primary health care (PHC) framework.
In an effort to increase access to high quality child health services and meet the demands for scaling up training of primary health care workers in Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI), WHO has developed an online smart digital IMCI course. The course is one of the options for training health workers in IMCI and can be accessed online on the WHO Academy Platform on various electronic devices (desktop computer, laptop, tablet or smart phone) here.
Diarrhea remains one of the top leading infectious causes of childhood mortality, responsible for about 9 percent, or an estimated 500,000 deaths in children younger than five years of age worldwide. It is also a significant contributor to child growth stunting and deficits in cognitive development, with far-reaching implications for families, communities, and emerging economies.
Over the past years, WHO and UNICEF have embarked on efforts to guide a comprehensive agenda and strategic shifts in maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health programming that would allow children to survive, thrive and develop their full potential.
Join global experts in severe acute malnutrition (SAM) treatment to learn and discuss the latest research on post-discharge outcomes following initial SAM recovery in CMAM programs. During this webinar, Heather Stobaugh, PhD, and Sarah King, MPH, will present preliminary findings from a large, multi-country study led by ACF in collaboration with several academic partners, that followed over 2,400 children after SAM recovery to quantify relapse rates and identify risk factors of relapse.&
As we continue our journey towards achieving SDG 3.2 and increasing the coverage of lifesaving childhood vaccines in 54 off-track countries, the Childhood Vaccination subgroup was excited to host a pivotal meeting in preparation for the upcoming World Immunization Week (April 24-30, 2024). This special meeting served as a collaborative forum to share partners' initiatives for World Immunization Week and explore potential synergies.
