Global child health

We are approaching the end of our first year of a quality improvement intervention in Rwandan district hospitals. RCPCH Global reflects on the successes and challenges of saving lives at birth in one of the world’s poorest countries.

Mandy Lisle, a midwife working in our Rwandan Obstetric Care Programme in the country's capital city, tells us about the efforts of local health professionals and our 'Global Links' mentors to improve the care for mothers and babies.

Congratulations to our Global team who have now won a prestigious British Medical Journal award for our work in Myanmar.

Dr Chris Hands explains how working less than full time gave him a chance to support children's charities and help rebuild paediatric emergency care structures in Sierra Leone.

This two-day course will provide you with skills to teach neonatal resuscitation using low technology methods and robust, portable equipment.

Join us in Cairo for this exceptional opportunity to hear and learn about the most up to date issues and topics in early childhood health and development.

This practically focused course equips clinicians to manage the most common childhood presentations in low resource settings, and gives insight into working abroad. It is for paediatric clinicians with an interest in global child health or who intend to work in low income countries.

We have won two major grants to continue delivering the national Emergency Triage, Assessment and Treatment Plus (ETAT+) programme with Ministry of Health and WHO, and to develop a national paediatric nurse training and mentoring programme alongside this.

RCPCH Global are developing a model of support for screening early developmental delay and disabilities and care pathway planning for implementation (depending on availability of funding) with Palestinian refugee communities in Lebanon.

With our theme, Paediatrics: pathways to a brighter future, this is a must-attend conference for paediatricians and the wider child health team. We'll showcase inspirational keynote talks, some fantastic networking events and a wide choice of sessions that explore the latest clinical updates and pol...