A redesign and development
of child health guidelines and guidance materials to support implementation of
national health strategies and plans in the context of the SDGs to accelerate
progress in women's and children's health is required.The workshop considered
how to redesign the newborn and child health guidelines and guidance to meet
ambitious new goals for ending preventable newborn and child mortality, and
promote child growth and development. It also figured out how to best capture
the potential benefits of the digital revolution in communication technology
and use both the new technologies and what we have learned from our experiences
in training to rethink and improve our efforts to reach all end users and
foster adult learning and skill development.
The objectives of the
workshop were threefold:
·
To get regional
feedback on the IMNCI child health strategic review with a focus on the
recommendation on redesign of child health guidelines and guidance materials.
·
To get feedback
on a proposed draft conceptual framework for the redesign of child health
guidelines and guidance materials.
·
To provide
recommendations on the way forward for WHO guidelines for child health in the
African region.
Emerging Priorities for
Children’s Health
Congenital anomalies affect
an estimated 1 in 33 infants, resulting in 3.2 million children with
disabilities related to birth defects every year. The global disease burden due
to non-communicable diseases affecting children in childhood and later in life
is rapidly increasing, even though many of the risk factors can be prevented.]
In 2012 violence and
unintentional injuries killed an estimated 740000 children under
the age of 15, with the latter accounting for 90% of these deaths.
l Injuries
–
road traffic
injuries, drowning, burns, and falls
l Congenital anomalies
–
estimated 1 in
33 infants,
l Non-communicable diseases
–
chronic
respiratory diseases, acquired heart diseases, childhood cancers, diabetes, and
obesity
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