A Systematic Review of the Effectiveness of Community-Based Primary Health Care in Improving Child Health: Report of the Expert Review Panel

The Expert Review Panel will be receiving a report from the Task Force describing the findings of the review. The Panel members include the following: Dr. Raj Arole, and Dr Abhay Bang from India; Dr. Rajiv Bahl and Dr. Pang Ruyan, from the World Health Organization; Dr. Al Bartlett, USAID; Dr. Robert Black, and Dr Carl Taylor from the John Hopkins University; Dr. Anthony Costello, University College London; Dr. Dan Kasaje, Tropical Institute of Community Health and Development, Kisumu, Kenya; Dr. Betty Kirkwood, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine; Dr. Rudolph Knippenberg, UNICEF; Dr. Claudio Lanata, Institute of Nutritional Research, Lima, Peru; Dr. Adetokunbo Lucas, Harvard University, Ibidan, Nigeria; Dr. David Sanders, University of Western Cape, Cape Town, South Africa; Agnes Soucat, The World Bank[;] and Dr. Mary Taylor, The Gates Foundation. The Expert Review Panel will be meeting in New York City for two days in mid-April at a face-to-face meeting sponsored by UNICEF. At this time, the Panel will determine what it considers to be the key findings of the review and make recommendations for donors and policy makers. It will also offer guidance for future research. These key findings and recommendations will be outlined in this presentation. However, neither the findings nor recommendations are available now but will be by May 2007.