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.

COVID-19 and global child health

India and COVID-19 - our statement of solidarity - May 2021

How we're providing services in a pandemic - Dec 2020

Overseas aid joint statement with ICHG - Dec 2020

Impact of pandemic on global child health joint statement with ICHG - Aug 2020

Refugees and COVID-19 statement - Apr 2020

Impact

In the last 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.

Our impact report

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 and Myanmar.

Our approach

Education

As part of our commitment to train the global workforce, we run a number of UK-based global health courses. These prepare clinicians for working in low-resource settings around the world. (Our face-to-face courses are currently paused due to COVID-19.)

About our courses

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India and COVID-19 - RCPCH statement of solidarity

10 May 2021

The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health represents a large body of paediatric clinicians from and in India. As we see the devastating impact of a second pandemic wave across India, with infections passing 21 million and deaths conservatively estimated at 230,000, the College stands in soli...

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