Resources

Guide | English | 2023

Nurturing Care Practice Guide

The Nurturing Care Practice Guide is designed for managers and service providers who are responsible for or provide health and nutrition services for young children and their caregivers at any level. It responds to requests from practitioners and country teams who have learned about the Nurturing Care Framework and want to understand how to adapt health and nutrition services to be supportive of nurturing care and strengthen caregivers’ capacity.

Guide | English | 2023

Nurturing Care Handbook

The World Health Organization and UNICEF in collaboration with partners have developed the Nurturing Care Handbook. Like the Nurturing Care Framework, the Handbook is organized around five strategic actions. There is a separate guide for each and Start Here is designed to work in combination with any – or all – of them.

Guide | English | 2023

Nurturing Care Handbook and Nurturing Care Practice Guide - March 28, 2023

Nurturing Care Handbook and Nurturing Care Practice Guide from the Global launch of the Nurturing Care Handbook and Practice Guide webinar, which was organized 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.

Event Materials | English | 2023

Recording of the Global launch of the Nurturing Care Handbook and Practice Guide (EN, FR, SP) - March 28, 2023

Recording from the global launch of the Nurturing Care Handbook and Practice Guide on March 28, 2023, organized 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.

Presentation | English | 2023

Nurturing Care Handbook and Practice Guide Presentation EN - March 28, 2023

Presentation from the global launch of the Nurturing Care Handbook and Practice Guide that was organized 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.

Presentation | English | 2023

Members' Meeting Presentation - March 16, 2023

Presentation from the Child Health Task Force Members' Meeting on March 16, 2023, to share the feedback from the members’ survey and the Child Survival Action blueprint for advocacy. 

Event Materials | English | 2023

Members' Meeting Recording - March 16, 2023

The Child Health Task Force members will convene meetings on March 16, 2023, and April 19, 2023. The purpose will be to share the feedback from the members’ survey, the CSA blueprint for advocacy, and the Task Force conference and solicit input for taking these forward.

Tool | English | 2023

CHW Programmatic Gap Table Example Global Fund Application

Completed example of a community health worker (CHW) programmatic gap table to be included in the Global Fund proposal.

Report | English, French | Global | 2023

2022 Annual Members' Survey Report

In December 2022, the Child Health Task Force Secretariat conducted its fourth annual members’ survey as a mechanism to gauge members’ perspectives on the direction of the Task Force. The survey requested feedback on the Task Force’s progress towards meeting its goal and its usefulness to members across five themes, along with resources, meetings, and support offered.

Report | English | 2023

Oxygen financing: Global Fund opportunities

This brief outlines key information and resources for pursuing funding for oxygen and respiratory care systems through the Global Fund via the C19RM and country grants.

Guide | English | 2023

Detailed Instructions for Completing the CHW Programmatic Gap Table for Global Fund Funding Requests

These detailed instructions explain how to complete the Community Health Worker (CHW) Programmatic Gap Table (template here) as part of the Global Fund proposal (disease-specific and RSSH funding requests).

Guide | English | 2023

Guidance Note: Accessing and Programming Matching Funds, Allocation Period 2023 - 2025 Global Fund

This document provides strategic guidance to applicants eligible for additional catalytic Matching Funds beyond the allocation amount for the 2023-2025 allocation period from the Global Fund.
 

Action Plan | English | 2023

Child Survival Action: A Blueprint for Advocacy and Action

The Blueprint for Advocacy and Action on Child Survival complements the CSA vision document and sets out a coordinated approach to advocacy that sees CSA permeate the highest levels of influence, decision-making, and accountability- both at the national level and globally.

It is intended to catalyze new momentum and a renewed movement, finishing the work that we started under the Millennium Development Goals to end preventable child deaths.

Event Materials | English | 2023

Resource Pack for Protecting Children from Heat Stress

The panelists of the heat stress webinars and the facilitators together developed a short but helpful list of key selected resources as part of a Heat Stress Resource Pack that can help you quickly read up on the impact of heat stress on maternal, infant, and child populations and also see examples of plans and guidelines currently being implemented in healthcare settings across countries.

Event Materials | English | 2023

Recording Ready to Learn and Thrive: School Health and Nutrition - February 14, 2023

In the recording, 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).

Presentation | English | 2023

Ready to Learn and Thrive: School Health and Nutrition (UNESCO, LSHTM) Presentation- February 14, 2023

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).

Presentation | English | 2023

Session 3 CHD and Heat Stress Presentation (UNICEF, UCSF, SAMRC, SUNY) - February 13, 2023

In the presentation, The Child Health Task Force and UNICEF collaborated to bring together how heat stress is a worrying contributing factor and what can be done to protect pregnant women and infants against it globally. 

The series is aligned with the Healthy Environments for Healthy Children framework, which identifies which environmental and climate hazards affect children globally and their rights to a healthy environment.

Event Materials | English | 2023

Session 3 CHD and Heat Stress Recording - February 13, 2023

In this recording, The Child Health Task Force and UNICEF have collaborated to bring together various climate and health experts to discuss high-priority health issues affecting pregnant people, infants, and children globally. 

Event Materials | English | 2023

Recording The relationship between wasting and stunting - February 9, 2023

In the recording, 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 recording, 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.

Presentation | English | 2023

Presentation The relationship between wasting and stunting (ENN, LSHTM) - February 9, 2023

In the presentation, 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.