Improving the Health of Women, Children and Adolescents - from Evidence to Action

Overview

Each year, there are roughly 10 million new-born, child, adolescent, maternal, and stillborn deaths. Most of these deaths and linked disabilities can be prevented if evidence-based interventions are implemented.

By signing up for this Improving the Health of Women, Children and Adolescents - from Evidence to Action course from London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine by FutureLearn , you’ll learn from the world’s leading experts with direct experience improving the health of women, children and adolescents across the globe. They’ll take you on a unique and compelling learning journey, summarising the latest data, evidence, and research gaps in an accessible way.

Explore the lifecycle from birth to adulthood

The course will run over six weeks, exploring the lifecycle from birth to adulthood, to look at adolescent, reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health.

Each week will focus on a different area, inviting you to discuss the most recent data, and the current policy, programme and research debates that inform action to improve health outcomes.

At the end of the course we will reflect on the importance of lifecycle thinking for women, children and adolescents in the context of the Sustainable Development Goals for 2030.

By the end of the course, you‘ll be able to...

• Investigate health across the lifecycle, from newborn to child, to adolescents and women, in areas of the world where the burden of disease is highest

• Engage with how different stages of the lifecycle affect each other

• Evaluate the evidence on what causes poor health outcomes and what is known about how to prevent them