Enhancing learning from evaluations in newborn and child health

Claire Blacklock¹, Andrew Clarke^{2

3}, Sebastian Taylor⁴, Marion Lynch⁵, Arooj Sahir⁶, Stavros Petrou⁷, Junior Mudji⁸, Shobhana Nagraj⁹, Katherine Kalaris¹⁰, Soren Kudsk-Iversen¹¹, Adam Harnischfeger¹², Claire Allen¹³, Sarah Williams², Prisca Benelli², Claire M Keene¹⁰, Desire Habonimana^{10

14}, Neil Jefferies¹⁵, Tanya Marchant¹⁶, Louise Tina Day¹⁶, Mike English¹⁰

Affiliations

¹ Health Systems Collaborative, University of Oxford Nuffield Department of Medicine, Oxford, England, UK claire.blacklock@ndm.ox.ac.uk.
² Save the Children UK, London, UK.
³ Division of Health Research, Lancaster University, Lancaster, England, UK.
⁴ RCPCH Global, Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, London, UK.
⁵ Global Health Partnerships, London, UK.
⁶ Kings Global Health Partnerships, King's College London, London, England, UK.
⁷ Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford Nuffield Department of Medicine, Oxford, UK.
⁸ Department of Family Medicine and Primary Care, Protestant University of Congo, Kinshasa, Kinshasa, Congo (the Democratic Republic of the).
⁹ Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, England, UK.
¹⁰ Health Systems Collaborative, University of Oxford Nuffield Department of Medicine, Oxford, England, UK.
¹¹ Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford, England, UK.
¹² Oxford Policy Management, Oxford, England, UK.
¹³ Evidence Aid, Oxford, England, UK.
¹⁴ Faculty of Medicine, Centre de Recherche Universitaire en Santé (CURSA), University of Burundi, Bujumbura, Bujumbura Mairie, Burundi.
¹⁵ Oxford Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford, Oxford, England, UK.
¹⁶ Infectious Disease Epidemiology & International Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, England, UK.

PMID: 40506088
PMCID: PMC12161427
DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2025-019663

Enhancing learning from evaluations in newborn and child health

Claire Blacklock et al. BMJ Glob Health. 2025.

. 2025 Jun 12;10(6):e019663.

doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2025-019663.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Health Systems Collaborative, University of Oxford Nuffield Department of Medicine, Oxford, England, UK claire.blacklock@ndm.ox.ac.uk.
² Save the Children UK, London, UK.
³ Division of Health Research, Lancaster University, Lancaster, England, UK.
⁴ RCPCH Global, Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, London, UK.
⁵ Global Health Partnerships, London, UK.
⁶ Kings Global Health Partnerships, King's College London, London, England, UK.
⁷ Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford Nuffield Department of Medicine, Oxford, UK.
⁸ Department of Family Medicine and Primary Care, Protestant University of Congo, Kinshasa, Kinshasa, Congo (the Democratic Republic of the).
⁹ Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, England, UK.
¹⁰ Health Systems Collaborative, University of Oxford Nuffield Department of Medicine, Oxford, England, UK.
¹¹ Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford, England, UK.
¹² Oxford Policy Management, Oxford, England, UK.
¹³ Evidence Aid, Oxford, England, UK.
¹⁴ Faculty of Medicine, Centre de Recherche Universitaire en Santé (CURSA), University of Burundi, Bujumbura, Bujumbura Mairie, Burundi.
¹⁵ Oxford Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford, Oxford, England, UK.
¹⁶ Infectious Disease Epidemiology & International Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, England, UK.

PMID: 40506088
PMCID: PMC12161427
DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2025-019663

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Keywords: Child health; Health systems evaluation.

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: ME undertook consultancy for Save the Children USA and Oxford Policy Management and was supported by the World Health Organisation to attend a Guideline Development Group. KK undertook consultancy for the World Health Organisation and Medicines for Malaria and was supported by the World health Organisation to attend a Networks of Care meeting, and two conferences. ML is on the board of trustees of Foundation of Nursing Studies, Paintings in Hospitals and the Human Stories Theatre. CB is a trustee of African Hospital Libraries.

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