Africa

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�鶹��ý responds to WHO physical activity guidelines

25 April 2019

New guidelines from the World Health Organisation (WHO) for children under 5 are “useful benchmarks” but require cautious interpretation, says �鶹��ý's Dr Max Davie.

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Vaccinations important and highly effective, says child health expert

27 March 2019

The �鶹��ý highly recommends vaccination and that anyone who has concerns or questions talk to their health visitor, practice nurse or general practitioner (GP).

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�鶹��ý Global - saving lives, building bridges

20 December 2018

We are approaching the end of our first year of a quality improvement intervention in Rwandan district hospitals. �鶹��ý Global reflects on the successes and challenges of saving lives at birth in one of the world’s poorest countries.

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Building a culture of care quality improvement - a dispatch from our combined perinatal programmes in Rwanda

4 December 2018

Mandy Lisle, a midwife working in our Rwandan Obstetric Care Programme in the country's capital city, tells us about the efforts of local health professionals and our 'Global Links' mentors to improve the care for mothers and babies.

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�鶹��ý Global expands further in Sierra Leone

30 August 2018

We have won two major grants to continue delivering the national Emergency Triage, Assessment and Treatment Plus (ETAT+) programme with Ministry of Health and WHO, and to develop a national paediatric nurse training and mentoring programme alongside this.

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Global child health - our impact

Since our foundation, we at �鶹��ý have embraced a commitment, beyond our work in the UK, to improving child health in the world's poorest countries. We train, mentor and advise on a wide range of medical issues which affect infant and child care services worldwide. For more than 20 years, �鶹��ý G...

Child and adolescent mortality

Community child health

Continuing professional development

Health inequalities

Quality improvement

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DCH Clinical examination candidate guide

The Diploma of Child Health (DCH) Clinical assesses whether candidates have reached the standard in clinical skills expected of a newly appointed General Practitioner (GP) who has completed a short period of training in paediatrics. It is one of two exams for the DCH, and is currently available to c...

Engaging children and young people

Patient involvement

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Tackling childhood cancer in developing countries

9 April 2018

One medical success story is increased cure rates for many childhood cancers - but this advance has only been in high income countries. We feature Tim Eden, founder of World Child Cancer.

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Medical Training Initiative (paediatrics) - available posts

We list posts that are currently available and have been pre-approved by �鶹��ý as suitable for MTI applicants seeking two years of training in the NHS.

Global child health

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Emergency Triage, Assessment and Treatment plus (ETAT+) - online learning

ETAT+ is a comprehensive, proven intervention to support the poorest and most vulnerable children in rural and peri-urban areas. This free online learning is for support healthcare workers and students interested in emergency care in low-resource settings.

Emergency medicine

Global child health