Child Health Unit

The Child Health Unit (CHU) contributes to the development of cost-effective child health and survival programmes by enhancing the understanding of causes of childhood morbidity and mortality and by testing cost-effective public-health interventions. The mandate of the Unit is to conduct programmatic and policy-relevant child health research in collaboration with different programmes and divisions within the Centre, and with national and international institutions to conduct multidisciplinary research, and to assist the Government and other partners in programme development, policy review, and analysis. CHU has identified the following broad areas of priority research; (a) enhancing the understanding of causes of childhood, perinatal and neonatal morbidity and mortality, (b) prevention and management of low birth-weight, (c) child growth and development, including caring, care-seeking practices, and nutritional interventions, (d) testing and evaluation of different vaccines for reducing child morbidity and mortality, and (e) strengthening health systems for delivery of child health practices.

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