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It is the main goal of the Global Child Health Group (GCHG) to make a contribution to the improvement of children’s health (across the world). The GCHG does so by combining knowledge and experience in the sphere of Global Child Health and making it available to (international) organisations active in this field. This combination brought forth a Knowledge Centre, which can answer questions regarding Global Child Health. The organisational structure consists of a core group and an advisory group. The core group is responsible for daily affairs. The members of the advisory group have been chosen so that for each key subfield within GCH at least one expert sits in the advisory group. In addition to the core and advisory groups, members are involved in specific research and projects (PhD students, postgraduates etc.).
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The Netherlands
Within the Emma Children’s Hospital AMC (EKZ), the Global Child Health Group (GCHG), headed by Prof. Bernard Brabin, focuses on training, research and clinical support in the field of international paediatrics. For example, for paediatricians in training and for Médecins Sans Frontières , the Tropical Paediatrics and Child Health course is organised, PhD students and medical students are supervised, and in research projects the group particularly focuses on the paediatric aspects of malaria, HIV, serious anaemia, oncology and nourishment.
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International
Within Europe, the group closely cooperates with the Child and Reproductive Health Group of the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine. Furthermore, clinical collaboration takes place, on the level of paediatricians (in training), in a rapidly expanding hospital network in countries on different continents, including Malawi, Morocco, South Africa, Curacao, Suriname, Indonesia and China.
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