- Eradicating extreme poverty and hunger,
- Reducing child mortality and
- Combating HIV/AIDS, malaria and diseases in children.
OCHRC is helping to set research priorities in child health, development and nutrition, and resolve related methodological issues. It also sponsors research into priority child health and nutrition problems, especially in low- and middle-income countries, with a focus on research to inform policies for scaling up effective interventions.
OCHRC aims at increasing the level of communication and discussion amongst players working on research on child health and nutrition, such as nutritionists, child health specialists, and child development specialists. It provides a platform to initiate and maintain debate on the importance and direction of the research, bringing together scientists and implementing bodies to discuss issues relevant to the current status of knowledge and the requirements for the future. ....................................................................................................
Reducing global disparities in maternal and child health
This year, almost 11 million children under five years of age will die from causes that are largely preventable. At the same time, about half a million women will die in pregnancy, childbirth or soon after. If progress is to be made, health systems have to be strengthened and known effective approaches utilized to make good care accessible to populations.
At Forum 9 in Mumbai in September 2005, OCHRC organized a plenary session on child and maternal health.
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