World Health Organization and knowledge translation in maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health and nutrition

STAGE (Strategic Technical Advisory Group of Experts); Trevor Duke^{1

2}, Fadia S AlBuhairan^{3

4}, Koki Agarwal⁵, Narendra K Arora⁶, Sabaratnam Arulkumaran⁷, Zulfiqar A Bhutta^{8

9}, Fred Binka¹⁰, Arachu Castro¹¹, Mariam Claeson¹², Blami Dao¹³, Gary L Darmstadt¹⁴, Mike English^{15

16}, Fadi Jardali¹⁷, Michael Merson¹⁸, Rashida A Ferrand¹⁹, Alma Golden²⁰, Michael H Golden²¹, Caroline Homer²², Fyezah Jehan²³, Caroline W Kabiru²⁴, Betty Kirkwood²⁵, Joy E Lawn²⁶, Song Li²⁷, George C Patton²⁸, Marie Ruel²⁹, Jane Sandall³⁰, Harshpal Singh Sachdev³¹, Mark Tomlinson^{32

33}, Peter Waiswa³⁴, Dilys Walker³⁵, Stanley Zlotkin^{36

37}

Affiliations

¹ Intensive Care Unit and University of Melbourne Department of Paediatrics, Royal Children's Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia trevor.duke@rch.org.au.
² Child Health, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Papua New Guinea, Port Moresby, NCD, Papua New Guinea.
³ Leadership, Learning, and Development, Health Sector Transformation Program, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
⁴ College of Medicine, Alfaisal University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
⁵ USAID Maternal Child Survival Program, Washington, District of Columbia, USA.
⁶ The INCLEN Trust International, New Delhi, India.
⁷ Obstetrics and Gynaecology, St George's University of London, London, UK.
⁸ Centre for Global Child Health, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
⁹ Institute for Global Health and Development, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan.
¹⁰ University of Health and Allied Sciences (UHAS), Ho, Ghana.
¹¹ Department of International Health and Sustainable Development, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
¹² Department of Global Health, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden.
¹³ Western and Central Africa, Jhpiego, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.
¹⁴ Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA.
¹⁵ Kemri-Wellcome Trust, Nairobi, Kenya.
¹⁶ Oxford University, Oxford, UK.
¹⁷ American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon.
¹⁸ Duke Global Health Institute, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA.
¹⁹ Clinical Research Department, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
²⁰ US Agency for International Development, Washington, District of Columbia, USA.
²¹ Downings Letterkenny, Donegal, Ireland.
²² Burnet Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
²³ Pediatrics, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan.
²⁴ Population Dynamics and Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights Unit, African Population and Health Research Center, Nairobi, Kenya.
²⁵ London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
²⁶ MARCH Centre, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health, London, UK.
²⁷ National Health Commission of the People's Republic of China, Beijing, China.
²⁸ Adolescent Health, Murdoch Children's Research Institute and The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
²⁹ International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington, District of Columbia, USA.
³⁰ Department of Women and Children's Health, School of Life Course and Population Sciences, King's College, London, UK.
³¹ Pediatrics and Clinical Epidemiology, Sitaram Bhartia Institute of Science and Research, B-16 Qutab Institutional Area, New Delhi, India.
³² Institute for Life Course Health Research, Department of Global Health, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa.
³³ School of Nursing and Midwifery, Queens University, Belfast, UK.
³⁴ Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda.
³⁵ Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, Institute for Global Health Sciences, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA.
³⁶ Centre for Global Child Health, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
³⁷ Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

PMID: 34969670
PMCID: PMC7613575
DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2021-323102

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World Health Organization and knowledge translation in maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health and nutrition

STAGE (Strategic Technical Advisory Group of Experts) et al. Arch Dis Child. 2022 Jul.

. 2022 Jul;107(7):644-649.

doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2021-323102. Epub 2021 Dec 30.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Intensive Care Unit and University of Melbourne Department of Paediatrics, Royal Children's Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia trevor.duke@rch.org.au.
² Child Health, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Papua New Guinea, Port Moresby, NCD, Papua New Guinea.
³ Leadership, Learning, and Development, Health Sector Transformation Program, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
⁴ College of Medicine, Alfaisal University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
⁵ USAID Maternal Child Survival Program, Washington, District of Columbia, USA.
⁶ The INCLEN Trust International, New Delhi, India.
⁷ Obstetrics and Gynaecology, St George's University of London, London, UK.
⁸ Centre for Global Child Health, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
⁹ Institute for Global Health and Development, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan.
¹⁰ University of Health and Allied Sciences (UHAS), Ho, Ghana.
¹¹ Department of International Health and Sustainable Development, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
¹² Department of Global Health, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden.
¹³ Western and Central Africa, Jhpiego, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.
¹⁴ Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA.
¹⁵ Kemri-Wellcome Trust, Nairobi, Kenya.
¹⁶ Oxford University, Oxford, UK.
¹⁷ American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon.
¹⁸ Duke Global Health Institute, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA.
¹⁹ Clinical Research Department, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
²⁰ US Agency for International Development, Washington, District of Columbia, USA.
²¹ Downings Letterkenny, Donegal, Ireland.
²² Burnet Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
²³ Pediatrics, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan.
²⁴ Population Dynamics and Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights Unit, African Population and Health Research Center, Nairobi, Kenya.
²⁵ London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
²⁶ MARCH Centre, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health, London, UK.
²⁷ National Health Commission of the People's Republic of China, Beijing, China.
²⁸ Adolescent Health, Murdoch Children's Research Institute and The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
²⁹ International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington, District of Columbia, USA.
³⁰ Department of Women and Children's Health, School of Life Course and Population Sciences, King's College, London, UK.
³¹ Pediatrics and Clinical Epidemiology, Sitaram Bhartia Institute of Science and Research, B-16 Qutab Institutional Area, New Delhi, India.
³² Institute for Life Course Health Research, Department of Global Health, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa.
³³ School of Nursing and Midwifery, Queens University, Belfast, UK.
³⁴ Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda.
³⁵ Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, Institute for Global Health Sciences, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA.
³⁶ Centre for Global Child Health, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
³⁷ Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

PMID: 34969670
PMCID: PMC7613575
DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2021-323102

Abstract

The World Health Organization (WHO) has a mandate to promote maternal and child health and welfare through support to governments in the form of technical assistance, standards, epidemiological and statistical services, promoting teaching and training of healthcare professionals and providing direct aid in emergencies. The Strategic and Technical Advisory Group of Experts (STAGE) for maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health and nutrition (MNCAHN) was established in 2020 to advise the Director-General of WHO on issues relating to MNCAHN. STAGE comprises individuals from multiple low-income and middle-income and high-income countries, has representatives from many professional disciplines and with diverse experience and interests.Progress in MNCAHN requires improvements in quality of services, equity of access and the evolution of services as technical guidance, community needs and epidemiology changes. Knowledge translation of WHO guidance and other guidelines is an important part of this. Countries need effective and responsive structures for adaptation and implementation of evidence-based interventions, strategies to improve guideline uptake, education and training and mechanisms to monitor quality and safety. This paper summarises STAGE's recommendations on how to improve knowledge translation in MNCAHN. They include support for national and regional technical advisory groups and subnational committees that coordinate maternal and child health; support for national plans for MNCAHN and their implementation and monitoring; the production of a small number of consolidated MNCAHN guidelines to promote integrated and holistic care; education and quality improvement strategies to support guidelines uptake; monitoring of gaps in knowledge translation and operational research in MNCAHN.

Keywords: adolescent health; child health; neonatology; nursing; primary health care.

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Competing interests: None declared.

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