Health
Thematic Areas:
Childwatch Projects
- Inches - International Network on Children's Health, Environment & Safety (Former Project)
- The rights of the child to health and a safe environment (Former Project)
Research Institutions and Networks
- Riche - Child Health Research: A place for research into Child Health in Europe
- Centre of Excellence for Early Childhood Development
- Centre for International Child Health (CICH)
- WHO Collaborating Centre for Research on Children's Environmental Health
- Interamerican Children's Institute - Instituto Interamericano del Niño Uruguay
- CINDE, The International Center for Education and Human Development Colombia
- The International Center for Research and Policy on Childhood (CIESPI) Brazil
- Caribbean Child Development Centre Consortium for Social Development and Research University of the West Indies Jamaica
- Children's Research Centre, Trinity College Ireland
- Faculty of Health and Social Studies, University of South Bohemia Czech Republic
- Centre for Family Research, University of Cambridge, UK England
- Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Bombay India
- Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (Codesria) Senegal
- The Children's Institute, University of Cape Town South Africa
Other Research Resources:
- Research Paper Greater DFID and EC Leadership on Chronic Malnutrition: Opportunities and Constraints by Andy Sumner, Johanna Lindstrom, Lawrence Haddad from Institute of Development Studies [pdf file]
- ID21 Insights - Improving the Nutrition Status of Women and Children -2008 article online Journal ID21 hosted by the Institute of Development Studies
- List of research reports, papers and articles on child malnutrition from the British Library for Development Studies
- List of research reports, papers and articles on child mortality from the British Library for Development Studies
- Maternal Mortality Measurement Resource (MMM-R) is a web-based collection of methods, techniques and approaches for measuring maternal mortality.
- Health Metrics Network (HMN) brings together health and statistical constituencies in order to build capacity and expertise and enhance the availability, quality, dissemination and use of data for decision-making
IGO and NGO resources
- CRIN's Desk on the Rights of Children with HIV/AIDS
- Health Wrights: Workgroup for People's Health and Rights
- Healthlink Worldwide
- Newsletter from La Sierra Madre: Newsletter of Health Wrights. This newsletter comes out 2 to 3 times a year. It contains essays and observations on community based health and disaility initiatives in Mexico and many parts of the world. It also includes "situational analyses" and discussions concerning the politics of health at the micro and macro levels. Many of the groundbreaking articles that first appear in this newsletter are picked up and republished in other magazines and journals.
- The World Bank - Children and Youth - Child Health and Nutrition page website contains data and statistics, reports and publications, many useful links for child research, and news and events info.
- Schools and Health; Improved Learning through better Health, Nutrition and Education for the School-Age Child
- Standing Committee on Nutrition (SCN)
- Millenium Development Goal # 4 Reduce Child Mortality - United Nations Development Program
- HeadsupScotland - National Project for Children and Young People's Mental Health
- The world health report 2005 - make every mother and child count
- The world health report 2006 - working together for health
- Sustainable Elimination of Iodine Deficiency
- Countdown to 2015: Maternal, Newborn and Child Survival: 2008 Report
International Standards:
