Resources
Welcome to the Child Health Task Force Resource Library. This database hosts a range of documents from agencies and organizations working on child health programming. When using the search function, please be as specific as possible. More specific search language will return the most appropriate results. Resources are available for download for further reading and can be sent via email or other social media platforms for ease of sharing.
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Event Materials | English | 2023
Commodities Subgroup Meeting Recording - January 25, 2023
Recording of Commodities subgroup meeting on January 25, 2023, sharing progress to date, plans for 2023, and the Call to Action paper resulting from a series of consultations on access to amoxicillina and gentamicin.
Presentation | English | 2023
Call To Action Paper Presentation - January 25, 2023
Presentation sharing the draft paper: Call to Action: Improve access and use of quality medicines to save lives of newborns and children with the Commodities subgroup of the Child Health Task Force for comment.
Call To Action Paper Presentation - January 25, 20231.58 MBPresentation | English | 2023
Commodities Subgroup Meeting Presentation - January 25, 2023
Presentation from the Commodities subgroup meeting on January 25, 2023, presenting achievements to date and planning for future activities.
Commodities Subgroup Meeting Presentation - January 25, 2023426.3 KBEvent Materials | English | 2023
Members' Meeting Presentation - March 16, 2023
Members' Meeting Presentation - March 16, 2023
Members' Meeting Presentation - March 16, 20231.87 MBEvent 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.
CHW Programmatic Gap Table Example Global Fund Application183.74 KBReport | 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.
2022 Annual Members' Survey Report465.9 KBReport | 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).
Detailed Instructions for Completing the CHW Programmatic Gap Table for Global Fund Funding Requests223.3 KBGuide | 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.
Child Survival Action: A Blueprint for Advocacy and Action1.39 MBEvent 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).
Ready to Learn and Thrive: School Health and Nutrition (UNESCO, LSHTM) Presentation- February 14, 20237.37 MBPresentation | 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.
Session 3 CHD and Heat Stress Presentation (UNICEF, UCSF, SAMRC, SUNY) - February 13, 20236.32 MBEvent 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.
Presentation The relationship between wasting and stunting (ENN, LSHTM) - February 9, 20231.31 MBAction Plan | English | 2023
Call To Action: Improve Access and Use of Quality Medicines to Save Lives of Newborns and Children DRAFT
This document is a draft of the Call to Action paper developed jointly by USAID, UNICEF and the Child Health Task Force, emerging from a series of consultative calls with the Commodities subgroup on improving access to amoxicillin and gentamicin.
Call To Action: Improve Access and Use of Quality Medicines to Save Lives of Newborns and Children DRAFT3.59 MBEvent Materials | English | 2022
Q&A from Global Fund Information Session - December 7, 2022
Following up on the Information Session: New Opportunities for Improving Funding for iCCM through the Global Fund Application session, here are the Q&A with responses from the presenters to participant questions.
Q&A from Global Fund Information Session - December 7, 2022170.1 KB