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MATERNAL, CHILD AND
RESEARCH
PROGRAMME 2 WOMEN'S HEALTH
PURPOSE OF THE PROGRAMME PROGRAMME STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES
To improve the health status and quality To conduct and promote research for
of life of women and children through the improvement of maternal, child and
high-quality scientific research that women’s health, while also making an
informs policy and practice, improves impact on gender inequity and gender-
health services and promotes health. based violence (GBV).
To train and mentor high-calibre
postgraduate students in the field of
UNITS THAT CONSTITUTE THIS PROGRAMME maternal, child and women’s health.
Child and Adolescent Lung Health To synthesise evidence, optimise
Research Unit (ERU) information and knowledge flow, influence
policy and practice within the health sector
Development Pathways for Health and other sectors of government in relation
Research Unit (ERU)
to issues affecting maternal, child and
Gender and Health Research Unit (IRU) women’s health.
To develop interventions for prevention
of gender-based violence for testing and
evaluation of effectiveness in affected
communities.
To test or evaluate interventions
(programmes) to prevent GBV and reduce
maternal and neonatal deaths in primary
and secondary levels of care.
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