Events
Upcoming Events
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Launch of The Lifesaving Power of Pneumonia and Diarrhea Vaccines for Children
Global coverage of vaccines targeting pneumonia and diarrhea - the leading infectious killers of children - lag far behind other vaccines. Just seven in 10 children are fully protected with Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) vaccine, six in 10 with pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV), and five in 10 with rotavirus vaccine. If coverage of all three vaccines was above 90% - the global target - the deaths of an additional 450,000 children could be prevented by 2030.
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Re-Imagining Child Health Through Primary Health Care: A Series
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.
Past Events
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Translating Data into Better Health for Children: Lessons from the CODES Project in Uganda
The Child Health Task Force hosted a webinar to share lessons from the Community and District-management Empowerment for Scale-up (CODES) project in Uganda. The CODES study was a randomized controlled trial showing how the use of data for evidence-based planning, district health management training and community empowerment can strengthen health systems and deliver better child health outcomes.
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Sick Child Feeding and Care Practices: Sharing findings from an MCGL report in 16 African countries
The Nutrition and Child Health subgroup hosted a webinar to share findings from a report by USAID's MOMENTUM Country and Global Leadership (MCGL) project on sick child feeding in 16 African countries. The report investigates caregivers' practices and health providers' support for nutrition counseling during and after childhood illness.
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Community Health Worker Experiences and Perceptions: Findings from a PATH-MACEPA survey of CHWs in Zambia
The Institutionalizing iCCM subgroup hosted a webinar to present findings from a survey of community health workers' experiences in Zambia. As part of an effort to better understand the community workforce providing malaria community care management (CCM) and surveillance in Zambia, the PATH Malaria Control and Elimination Partnership in Africa (MACEPA) along with Tulane University conducted the survey in 2019.
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Multisectoral Collaboration for Children: Sharing findings on operationalizing school health and nutrition
The Re-imagining the Package of Care subgroup hosted a webinar to share findings from a Child Health Task Force-commissioned report on operationalizing school health and nutrition investments.
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Panel Discussion: Early Childhood Education and Nutrition
The Nutrition subgroup of the Child Health Task Force hosted a panel discussion with three experts on evidence and programmatic lessons on early childhood development (ECD) and nutrition.
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Governance in Global Health: Achieving Impact and Sustainability for Integrated Community Case Management
The Institutionalizing iCCM subgroup of the Child Health Task Force hosted a webinar on lessons learned and key challenges to governance in community case management. The presentation by the Barcelona Institute for Global Health, MESA Alliance, shared findings from a study recently published in the BMJ Global Health.
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Improving Health Worker Performance: Lessons from a Global Review of Programs & Malawi's Experience and Learning
The Quality of Care (QoC) subgroup of the Child Health Task Force co-hosted a webinar with the Network for Improving QoC for MNCH on improving health worker performance. The first presentation shared evidence and guidance emerging from a global review on the effectiveness of interventions to improve health worker performance in LMICs.
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Engaging the Private Sector in High Quality Neonatal and Child Health Care
The Private Sector Engagement subgroup hosted a webinar to share key lessons from the Nepal experience engaging the private sector, quality interventions that go beyond training, and practical steps for implementers and governments. The presentation shared four pillars for effective private sector engagement including 1. Improving the enabling environment, 2. Improving knowledge and clinical capacity, 3. Continuously strengthening practices, and 4.