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MATERNAL, CHILD AND

WOMENS HEALTH RESEARCH PROGRAMME 2

PURPOSE OF THE PROGRAMME

To improve the health status and quality of life of women and children through
high-quality scientific research that informs policy and practice, improves health
services and promotes health.

UNITS THAT CONSTITUTE THIS PROGRAMME

1 Child and Adolescent Lung Health Research 3 Gender and Health Research Unit (IRU)
Unit (ERU)
2 Development Pathways for Health Research 4 Maternal and Infant Health Care Strategies Research
Unit (ERU) Unit (ERU)

PROGRAMME STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES

• To conduct and promote research for the improvement • To develop interventions for prevention of gender-
of maternal, child and women’s health, while also based violence for testing and evaluation of
making an impact on gender inequity and gender- effectiveness in affected communities.
based violence (GBV). • To test or evaluate interventions (programmes) to
• To train and mentor high calibre postgraduate prevent GBV and reduce maternal and neonatal
students in the field of maternal, child and women’s deaths in primary and secondary levels of care.
health.
• To synthesise evidence, optimise information and
knowledge flow, influence policy and practice within
the health sector and other sectors of government
in relation to issues affecting maternal, child and
women’s health.

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