273546 NICHD Global Network: Generating Research Evidence to Inform Public Health Policy for Impacting the Health Outcomes of Mothers and Children in Developing Countries

Tuesday, October 30, 2012 : 9:15 AM - 9:30 AM

Shivaprasad S. Goudar, MD, MHPE , Global Network for Women's and Children's Health Research Site 8, J N Medical College, Belgaum Karnataka, India
     
The Global Network for Women's and Children's Health Research (GN) was established in 2001 by NICHD and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to expand scientific knowledge, develop sustainable research infrastructures, and improve health outcomes for pregnant women and young children in developing countries.

The ten sites of the GN located in south Asia, sub-Saharan Africa and south and central America conducted single site studies to test interventions aimed at the leading causes of maternal and neonatal mortality. The seven sites of the GN during the second phase have evolved a population based Maternal and Newborn Health Registry that provides the platform for implementing protocols across diverse settings to address common problems.

This presentation will provide an overview of the research productivity of the GN sites and the impact on public health policy resulting from the GN studies.

Learning Objectives:
1. Understand the development of research capacity for improving maternal and child health outcomes at developing country academic institutions in collaboration with US partner institutions through participation in the NICHD Global Network 2. Evaluate the key initiatives of the collaborative maternal and child health research and their impact on public health policy

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I am working as the Research Coordinator for the NICHD Global Network for Women's and Children's Health Research Site at J N Medical College, Belgaum, Karnataka, India since its inception in 2001. The Global Network was founded to expand scientific knowledge, develop sustainable research infrastructures, and improve health outcomes for pregnant women and young children in developing countries. I am responsible for the implementation of the GN studies at Belgaum.
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

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