Events
Upcoming Events
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Past 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.
- | Madrid, Spain
2nd Global Forum on Childhood Pneumonia
The 2nd Global Forum on Childhood Pneumonia built on the momentum for action generated by the first Global Forum in Barcelona in 2020, and pivoted political attention from COVID-19 to the specific government actions needed to reduce child pneumonia deaths.
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Members' Meeting: Virtual Conference
The Secretariat hosted a Child Health Task Force members meeting on April 19, 2023, in French and English, to share updates on planning for the virtual conference: Accelerating progress towards the 2030 SDGs - Reducing inequities in child health. The presentation reviewed the conference objectives, thematic tracks, draft agenda, received abstracts and next steps. Participants then asked questions and discussed member involvement in the conference.
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Global Launch of the Nurturing Care Handbook and Practice Guide
The global launch of the Nurturing Care Handbook and Practice Guide was co-hosted by the World Health Organization and UNICEF in collaboration with the Network for Improving Quality of Care for Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health, the Quality of Care subgroup of the Child Health Task Force, and the Early Childhood Development Action Network.
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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.