Optimizing existing health tools to deliver nurturing care for early childhood development

This official side session of the International Conference on Public Health in Africa (CPHIA 2023) was recorded on November 22, 2023. The virtual event provided an opportunity to hear from government representatives from Ethiopia, Kenya, and Mozambique, who shared several innovative examples of how existing tools, touchpoints, and system-strengthening mechanisms are being used at subnational level to ensure the integration or scale-up of missing nurturing care services.

Panelists:
Kennedy Odhiambo Oruenjo | County Director of Health, Siaya County, Kenya
Arla Alfândega | Head, Child Health Section, Department of Maternal and Child Health, MOH Mozambique
Sindu Mekuria | Director; Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health Directorate; Addis Ababa City Administration Health Bureau, Ethiopia

Moderators:
Dr. Martin Chabi | Medical Officer, WHO Nigeria
Debjeet Sen | Co-Lead for Integrated Maternal and Child Health and Development, PATH

Learn more about Integrated Maternal and Child Health and Development at PATH:
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