Global child health programmes

We help improve child health worldwide, with cost effective, high impact programmes. We work with our membership of experienced paediatricians and other child health professionals as well as partner organisations.
Over the years, we've grown significantly, expanding the scale of our work. And, we've consolidated our strategy to focus on improving quality of clinical care for children in hospitals and health centres.
We work with local partners, ministries of health and international development agencies in a wide range of low- and middle-income settings - with programmes in Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Myanmar, Nepal and Lebanon.
Two health professionals, one in face mask, review notes in a busy hospital setting
We recruit and prepare doctors, nurses and other health professionals who help us in all aspects of programme delivery, usually through longer-term placements overseas in the Global Links programme.

‘They are out, we are not.’ How overseas aid changed child health in Sierra Leone

The loss of funding because of the Overseas Development Assistance cuts in summer 2021 stalled a valuable programme. Dickya Labicane, Dr Alexandra Pledge and Dr Andrew McArdle wrote about the impact that programmes funded by overseas aid can have for infants, children and young people in developing countries, as well as how that impact carries back to the NHS. 

Latest news and blogs relating to global child health

President's blog

Influencing change - President’s blog

After returning from Nepal, Camilla shares the crucial work being done in the region with support from the RCPCH Global Operations team. There are also updates on her clean air advocacy work and the need for powerful and urgent collective voices, as well as vaping ban campaign win news and your fina...
President's blog

Greetings from Kerala - President's blog

Camilla writes her latest message from the 61st annual conference of the Indian Academy of Pediatrics, where she has led on talks on empowering women in child health leadership roles. There's been a full day of talks on vaccines and this is a good reminder for all members to "Think measles". Plus, a...