Child Health: A Global Perspective
The summer school will provide a comprehensive overview on perinatal and child health in a global perspective. A case-based learning system is used. This course is a collaboration between Global Child Health research groups of the Amsterdam Medical Center and the University Medical Center Utrecht and will host a wide range of (international) experts in the field of Global Child Health.
Facts according to the World Health Organization (October 2017):
1. In 2016, 15.000 under-five children died every day (5.6 million in total) of which more than half could be prevented or treated with access to simple, affordable interventions.
2. Leading causes of death in children under-5 years are preterm birth complications, pneumonia, birth asphyxia, diarrhoea and malaria.
3. Children in sub-Saharan Africa are more than 15 times more likely to die before the age of 5 than children in high income countries.
To respond to these challenges, a diversity of relevant questions with respect to child health will be addressed during the course, all centered around the Sustainable Development Goal 3.2: how can we reduce global perinatal and child morbidity and mortality to end preventable deaths of newborns and under-5 children by 2030? More specifically, the following topics will be addressed:
• What is the role of antenatal care, including maternal feeding practices and maternal vaccination?
• Which interventions at birth will improve neonatal survival?
• Can we optimize Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission (PMTCT) of HIV?
• What is the impact of vaccine-preventable diseases on child health around the world?
• How do malnutrition and micronutrient deficiencies impact on child health?
• What dietary interventions work and how can these be implemented?
• How can we prevent and treat diarrheal disease in children around the world?
• What societal factors affect infant outcomes, including social determinants, gender dynamics and human rights?
• How should malaria, tuberculosis and parasitic infections be prevented, diagnosed and managed?
• How do the Sustainable Development Goals relate to perinatal and child health issues
• What is WHO’s perspective on global child health?
Finally, we will also take an interest in evidence-based medicine in children (research ethics and pediatric clinical trials) as well as the most important health innovations that recently contributed to a decrease in childhood mortality (i.e. Helping Babies Breathe, bubble Continuous Positive Ariway Pressure Device, Kit Yamoyo, Phone Oximeter, Rotavac).
These, and other questions will be discussed during the summer school with an international group of participants and faculty. The course will be highly interactive with an international faculty and will use the ‘case-based learning’ approach.
This course is organized by the University Medical Center Utrecht (prof Louis Bont, Julius Center of Global Health & Department of Pediatrics) and the Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam (prof. Michael Boele van Hensbroek, Emma Children's Hospital / Global Child Health Group)
At the end of this course, participants will be able to:
- Discuss key challenges in global perinatal and child health.
- Provide a comprehensive overview of strategies to improve perinatal and child health outcomes.
- Discuss the role of the Sustainable Development Goals and perinatal and child health outcomes.
- Collaborate effectively within international group of participants and faculty.
Course director
Target audience
Medical doctors and health researchers with an interest in perinatal and child health in a global context.
Course aim
Study load
Costs
Housing through Utrecht Summer School
There is a discount of €250 for medical students and LMIC residents. This discount will be applied after acceptance to the course.
When combining this course with another Global Health summer course (Challenges of Global Health or Reproductive & Maternal Health: A Global Perspective) you will receive a discount of €100 on each course. Please mention this to us, so we can apply the discount.
When you apply before 01-05-2019, you will receive an extra discount of €100.
Scholarships
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https://www.utrechtsummerschool.nl/courses/life-sciences/child_health_a_global_perspective