Partnership for Child Development
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The Partnership for Child Development (PCD) is an organisation based at Imperial College London
that seeks to improve health and nutrition in school-age children and youth in low-income countries, and thereby improve their education. It was formed in 1992 at the University of Oxford
to bridge gaps between academia, funding bodies and the education and health sectors in low-income countries. It now utilises the academic expertise of the Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology
, in St Mary's Hospital, London at Imperial College London
where it is based, and is funded by international development organisations. The organisation's activities are demand-led: PCD helps low-income countries meet their school-health needs using the findings of evidence based research and international funds.
PCD is a knowledge-based institution which creates and shares information. It conducts operational research showing how interventions can be implemented and evaluated at the country level, for example enabling mass treatment of children for common infections such as hookworms and bilharzia (described in chapter 58 of Jamison et al., 2006). PCD also facilitates the sharing of knowledge between academia, governments and agencies at both national and international level, through web sites, mail lists and a global network of partners. In recent years, a major focus of this work has been assisting educators and health professionals to work together to help schools respond to the threat that HIV&AIDS poses to education, health and poverty alleviation.
A major function of PCD is capacity-building, by means of courses and workshops. These include:
FRESH
(Focusing Resources on Effective School Health) is an inter agency initiative developed by WHO
, UNICEF, UNESCO
and the World Bank
, incorporating the experience and expertise of numerous other agencies and organisations, including PCD.
Imperial College London
Imperial College London is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom, specialising in science, engineering, business and medicine...
that seeks to improve health and nutrition in school-age children and youth in low-income countries, and thereby improve their education. It was formed in 1992 at the University of Oxford
University of Oxford
The University of Oxford is a university located in Oxford, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest surviving university in the world and the oldest in the English-speaking world. Although its exact date of foundation is unclear, there is evidence of teaching as far back as 1096...
to bridge gaps between academia, funding bodies and the education and health sectors in low-income countries. It now utilises the academic expertise of the Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology
Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology
The Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology is based at Imperial College London and carries out research including the modelling of infectious diseases and molecular epidemiology of pathogens. It is headed by Professor Sir Roy Anderson and Professor Brian Geoffrey Spratt...
, in St Mary's Hospital, London at Imperial College London
Imperial College London
Imperial College London is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom, specialising in science, engineering, business and medicine...
where it is based, and is funded by international development organisations. The organisation's activities are demand-led: PCD helps low-income countries meet their school-health needs using the findings of evidence based research and international funds.
PCD is a knowledge-based institution which creates and shares information. It conducts operational research showing how interventions can be implemented and evaluated at the country level, for example enabling mass treatment of children for common infections such as hookworms and bilharzia (described in chapter 58 of Jamison et al., 2006). PCD also facilitates the sharing of knowledge between academia, governments and agencies at both national and international level, through web sites, mail lists and a global network of partners. In recent years, a major focus of this work has been assisting educators and health professionals to work together to help schools respond to the threat that HIV&AIDS poses to education, health and poverty alleviation.
A major function of PCD is capacity-building, by means of courses and workshops. These include:
- An annual short course in school-based health, nutrition and HIV prevention
- Working with ministries of education to run regular workshops in "Accelerating the education-sector response to HIV and AIDS"
- Estimating the impact of HIV on education using the Ed-SIDA model
FRESH
FRESH, UNESCO
FRESH is an acronym for Focusing Resources on Effective School Health, an inter-agency framework developed by UNESCO, UNICEF, WHO, and the World Bank, launched at the Dakar Education Forum, 2000, which incorporates the experience and expertise of these and other agencies and organizations. It is a...
(Focusing Resources on Effective School Health) is an inter agency initiative developed by WHO
Who
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, UNICEF, UNESCO
UNESCO
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations...
and the World Bank
World Bank
The World Bank is an international financial institution that provides loans to developing countries for capital programmes.The World Bank's official goal is the reduction of poverty...
, incorporating the experience and expertise of numerous other agencies and organisations, including PCD.