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Centre for International Child Health

Updated:  February 1, 2010


PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS SITE IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION
AND WE HOPE TO OFFER YOU A MORE INFORMATIVE SITE IN EARLY 2010!

VISION:


That the Centre for International Child Health, in partnership with developing country institutions, can strengthen local capacities to deliver services that help children and mothers to reach their full health potential, in particular among those at greatest risk due to poverty and underdevelopment.




"All Children Matter"


MISSION:


To generate and exchange knowledge, skills and best practices that will strengthen the ability of developing country partners to reduce preventable deaths and improve the health and well being of children and mothers.



GUIDING VALUES:

  • Promoting health, reducing disease burden and saving lives among children and their mothers
  • Health equity in terms of gender, socioeconomic status and where one lives
  • Universal access to health care
  • Respecting the rights of children and women
  • Ethical and transparent conduct
  • Generating new knowledge directly applicable to the delivery of health services
  • Knowledge transfer
  • The integration of public health and clinical services
  • Equal partnerships with reciprocal benefits