Global child health: Closing the gap between global policies and realities of local settings to improve child health

Saturday, April 29, 2023

8:00 AM – 9:30 AM ET

Location: Convention Center: 209 BC

CE: Live CME: 1.50

Selected By: CCGCH
Co-sponsored By: ISCHE

Chair(s)

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Gary Darmstadt, MD, MS

Associate Dean for Maternal and Child Health, Professor
Stanford University School of Medicine
BELLEVUE, Washington, United States

Disclosure(s):

Gary L. Darmstadt, MD, MS, Darmstadt: No financial relationships to disclose

Session

Description: Global recommendations and country policies play a critical role in shaping health care provision in country settings around the world. Often, however, recommendations and policies made by development organizations or governments fail to translate into actions at local levels that improve child healthcare and health outcomes. In this panel, we will explore how global recommendations are developed and disseminated, and how they are translated into policies and programs in-country at first-referral and tertiary-level hospitals and in communities. We will examine challenges and opportunities for translating global guidelines and national policies into child health impact, including success stories which illustrate effective translation across all levels to improve child health and survival. Ways in which we all can be involved in promoting the implementation of evidence-based guidelines will be discussed.

Learning Objectives:

Discuss the process of developing global guidelines, including considerations in maximizing effective implementation in countries
Describe examples of translating global guidelines into policies and initiatives for child healthcare at first-referral and tertiary hospitals as well as at community-level in Kenya
Compare and contrast challenges and opportunities in translating of global recommendations into local child health care programs in Africa, Asia and the Pacific region

Presentations:

8:00 AM – 8:10 AM ET

Translating global recommendations into child health impact
Speaker: Gary L. Darmstadt, MD, MS – Stanford University School of Medicine
8:10 AM – 8:30 AM ET

Development and dissemination of WHO child health recommendations
Speaker: Karen M. Edmond, MBBS FRCPCH PhD – World Health Organization
8:30 AM – 8:50 AM ET

Challenges and opportunities for translation of global recommendations into impact in Africa, Asia and the Pacific
Speaker: Kim Eva E. DIckson, MB ChB, MSc – World Health Organization
8:50 AM – 9:10 AM ET

Translation of global recommendations for care of newborn infants into impact in Uttar Pradesh, India
Speaker: Vishwajeet Kumar, MD & MPH – Community Empowerment Lab
9:10 AM – 9:30 AM ET

Panel Discussion/Q&A
Moderator: Gary L. Darmstadt, MD, MS – Stanford University School of Medicine