Child Morbidity & Mortality Unit
Surveillance and improvement systems for perinatal deaths, child deaths, and injury-related child mortality. Emphasizes data compilation, analysis, and dissemination.
Services & programmes:
• Perinatal and child death surveillance with capacity building.
• Injury-related child death monitoring.
• Respectful bereavement care programs after perinatal and child losses.
• Birth defects surveillance and prevention initiatives.
• Childhood morbidity services and immunization strengthening.
• Development of disease-specific guidelines for common childhood illnesses.
• Quality care standards for children in health facilities.
Primary responsibilities: system improvements, data management, stakeholder collaboration, logistics arrangements for care services, and strengthening child-care delivery through surveillance-identified issues.
• Perinatal and child death surveillance with capacity building.
• Injury-related child death monitoring.
• Respectful bereavement care programs after perinatal and child losses.
• Birth defects surveillance and prevention initiatives.
• Childhood morbidity services and immunization strengthening.
• Development of disease-specific guidelines for common childhood illnesses.
• Quality care standards for children in health facilities.
Primary responsibilities: system improvements, data management, stakeholder collaboration, logistics arrangements for care services, and strengthening child-care delivery through surveillance-identified issues.