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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.

Where do we work?

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Our impact

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.
Impact

Our approach

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.
Approach
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Get involved

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.
Global Links

Educational resources in global child health

Emergency Triage, Assessment and Treatment plus (ETAT+) - on RCPCH Learning
Other courses and overseas placements

Position statements

International conflict
International work and repressive regimes
Working in fragile and conflict-affected states
Protection of children in conflict and child refugees
Rights of migrant, refugee, stateless and undocumented children
Impact of climate change on global child health
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on global child health

International crises

Middle East crisis - resources
Ukraine - resources

Opportunities in the UK for international doctors

Visiting Fellowships in global child health
Medical Training Initiative (paediatrics)
International Paediatric Sponsorship Scheme (IPSS)
Further opportunities in the UK for international doctors

Latest news and blogs relating to global child health

More news and blogs
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Blog
17 November 2025

Enhancing early childhood development in Nigeria: a collaboration project

Since early 2024 we have partnered with Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospitals Complex in Nigeria to embed early childhood development into health and community services, advocate for better policies and collect data to inform best practice and scale up interventions. Because every child need...