Centre for Global Child Health, The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids)

2018

Commitment Progress

The Centre for Global Child Health at The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) in Toronto advocates for improved global child health through strategic partnerships, collaborative policy, and setting the research agenda at institutional, regional, national and international levels. Through the above and its knowledge synthesis, translation and implementation research initiatives, the SickKids Centre for Global Child Health directly and indirectly
provides the following, aligning with the Global Strategy for Women’s, Children’s and Adolescents’ Health:
Country-Led Health Plans: e.g. Micronutrient Powder (MNP) scale-up;
Integrated Care: SickKids Centre for Global Child Health programs consider multidisciplinary function and interaction from physicians to midwives to community health workers;
Health Systems Strengthening, Health workforce capacity building: Education and training, combined with the provision of equipment: e.g. Saving Newborn Lives/Brains toolkits study, SickKids-Ghana Paediatric Nursing Education Partnership to expand paediatric nursing across Ghana, SickKids-Caribbean Initiative (SCI) to enhance capacity for care in paediatric cancer and blood disorders, the SickKids Public Health Nutrition Courses (on-line and
blended workshops), Helping Babies Breathe & Survive courses;
Coordinated Research and Evaluation: Extensive portfolio of multi-institutional global research projects with partners such as Amref Health Africa in Canada; Plan Canada;
WaterAid Canada; Care Canada; Aga Khan University; The University of the West Indies, The Ghana College of Nurses and Midwives, among others, to ensure reciprocal learning;
Global Evidence Synthesis and Translation to inform guidance on implementing effective interventions and reducing inequities in the context of sustainable development goals.

2017

Commitment Progress

The Centre for Global Child Health at The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) in Toronto advocates for improved global child health through strategic partnerships, collaborative policy, and setting the research agenda at institutional, regional, national and international levels. Through the above and its knowledge synthesis, translation and implementation research initiatives, the SickKids Centre for Global Child Health directly and indirectly provides the following, aligning with the Global Strategy for Women’s, Children’s and Adolescents’ Health:
Country-Led Health Plans: e.g. Micronutrient Powder (MNP) scale-up;
Integrated Care: SickKids Centre for Global Child Health programs consider multidisciplinary function and interaction from physicians to midwives to community health workers;
Health Systems Strengthening, Health workforce capacity building: Education and training, combined with the provision of equipment: e.g. Saving Newborn Lives/Brains toolkits study, SickKids-Ghana Paediatric Nursing Education Partnership to expand paediatric nursing across Ghana, SickKids-Caribbean Initiative (SCI) to enhance capacity for care in paediatric cancer and blood disorders, the SickKids Public Health Nutrition Courses (on-line and blended workshops), Helping Babies Breathe & Survive courses;
Coordinated Research and Evaluation: Extensive portfolio of multi-institutional global research projects with partners such as Amref Health Africa in Canada; Plan Canada; WaterAid Canada; Care Canada; Aga Khan University; The University of the West Indies, The Ghana College of Nurses and Midwives, among others, to ensure reciprocal learning;
Global Evidence Synthesis and Translation to inform guidance on implementing effective interventions and reducing inequities in the context of sustainable development goals.

2015

The SickKids Centre for Global Child Health at The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) in Toronto advocates for improved global child health through strategic partnerships, collaborative policy, and setting the research agenda at institutional, regional, national and international levels. The SickKids Centre for Global Child Health directly and indirectly provides the following, aligning with the Global Strategy for Women’s, Children’s and Adolescents’ Health:

• (1) Country-led health plans: e.g. Micronutrient Powder (MNP) scale-up;
• (2) Integrated care: Most Centre for Global Child Health programs consider multidisciplinary function and interaction from physician to community health worker;
• (3) Health systems strengthening, Health workforce capacity building: Education and training, combined with the provision of equipment: e.g. Severe Acute Malnutrition Follow-Up Study;
• (4) Saving Newborn Lives/Brains toolkits study; Sickkids-Ghana Paediatric Nurses Training;
• (5) Program, SickKids-Caribbean Initiative (SCI) to Enhance Capacity for Care in Paediatric Cancer and Blood Disorders;
• (6) Coordinated research and innovation: Extensive portfolio of multi-institutional global research projects with partners such as Save the Children; Plan Canada; Munk School of Global Affairs, University of the West Indies, University of Ghana, among others, to ensure reciprocal learning.

Commitment Progress

The Centre for Global Child Health at The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) in Toronto advocates for improved global child health through strategic partnerships, collaborative policy, and setting the research agenda at institutional, regional, national and international levels. The SickKids Centre for Global Child Health directly and indirectly provided the following, aligning with the Global Strategy for Women’s, Children’s and Adolescents’ Health:

(1) Country-Led Health Plans: e.g. Micronutrient Powder (MNP) scale-up; Integrated Care

(2) Health Systems Strengthening, Health workforce capacity building: Education and training, combined with the provision of equipment: e.g. Saving Newborn Lives/Brains toolkits study; SickKids-Ghana Paediatric Nursing Education Partnership; and the SickKids-Caribbean Initiative (SCI).

(3) Coordinated Research and Evaluation: Extensive portfolio of multi-institutional global research projects with partners such as Amref Health Africa in Canada; Plan Canada; WaterAid Canada; Care Canada; Aga Khan University; University of the West Indies, Ghana College of Nurses and Midwives, among others, to ensure reciprocal learning.

(4) Global Evidence Synthesis and Translation to inform guidance on implementing effective interventions.

2014-Every Newborn Action Plan

SickKids Centre for Global Child Health commits to improve the lives of newborns, children, and their families using focused research initiatives and the communication of research findings through creative knowledge translation strategies. The Centre will build capacity for human capital and health system improvements through education and knowledge exchange where there is a clear match between local needs and SickKids’ expertise, and through national scale-up. They will advocate for improved global child health through strategic partnerships, collaborative policy, and setting the research agenda at institutional, regional, national, and international levels. In addition, the Centre will ensure there is reciprocal learning that benefits newborns, children and their families, and other knowledge users in resource-poor environments.