[Forwarded from the Child Health Task Force]
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Dear Child Health Task Force members,
As you know, we are dealing with an unprecedented pandemic that is threatening the progress made in child health outcomes of the past decade. Even if fewer children are experiencing severe illness from COVID-19, they are not spared from the short- and long-term socio-economic impact.
In keeping with our mission during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Task Force will continue to convene and coordinate stakeholders to share knowledge and innovative solutions to programmatic issues to stem the direct and indirect impact on children. We will collaborate with our partners on collective actions to develop new and adapt existing tools, and work with country partners to translate emerging evidence in order to ensure that essential child health services continue during and after the pandemic.
Beginning on April 23, 2020, we will hold biweekly webinars aimed at updating partners about the pandemic and how countries (with support from partners) are addressing the needs of children, including how they are and can adapt service delivery approaches in order to maintain access to essential routine child health services during and after the pandemic.
Subsequent webinars will feature Ministries of Health, WHO/UNICEF, and partner organizations to inform and learn from one another about effective approaches adopted in different countries, and share tools and resources. We will also be announcing needs expressed by countries that Task Force members can support.
In addition to the webinars, we are curating resources on child health and COVID-19 that you can access here.
Join us for the first informational teleconference on the COVID-19 Response and Child Health-Experiences from Bangladesh, Pakistan and Zambia, featuring:
Dr. David Hamer, Professor of Global Health and Medicine, Boston University Schools of Public Health and MedicineÂ
Moderator
Dr. Samir Saha, Professor and Director, Child Health Research Foundation
Dr. Senjuti Saha, Scientist, Child Health Research Foundation Bangladesh: country response and child health
Dr. Asad Ali, Professor & Associate Dean, Pediatrics & Child HealthÂ
Dr. Faisal Mahmood, Associate Professor & Head Medicine, Aga Khan University Pakistan: country response and child health
Professor Godfrey Biemba, Director and CEO, National Health Research Authority Zambia: impact on research agenda
Dr. Anne Detjen, Health Specialist, iCCM/IMCI, Childhood TB, UNICEF, New York WHO/UNICEF adapted guidelines for community case management in the time of COVID-19
Please register for this webinar using the link below in order to access the Zoom meeting connection information and add it to your personal calendar:
Register here
Kind regards,
The Child Health Task Force Secretariat
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Best wishes, Neil
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CHIFA profile: Neil Pakenham-Walsh is the coordinator of the HIFA campaign (Healthcare Information For All) and assistant moderator of the CHIFA forum. Twitter: @hifa_org FB: facebook.com/HIFAdotORG neil@hifa.org
