{"id":2123,"date":"2014-12-01T12:01:41","date_gmt":"2014-12-01T11:01:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www2.imperial.ac.uk\/fom\/?p=2123"},"modified":"2014-12-01T12:01:41","modified_gmt":"2014-12-01T11:01:41","slug":"partnership-for-child-development-november-2014-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/fom\/2014\/12\/01\/partnership-for-child-development-november-2014-update\/","title":{"rendered":"Partnership for Child Development November 2014 Update"},"content":{"rendered":"

PCD Receives Grant for Global Health & Development<\/h3>\n

PCD<\/a>\u00a0 has been recently awarded by Grand Challenges Explorations<\/a> an initiative funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation<\/a> for a project focused on improving market information among stakeholders of Kenya\u2019s school feeding programme<\/a>. The programme is a government-led intervention which procures food used in school meals locally from smallholder farmers and has been described as a \u2018win-win\u2019 for both children and farmers alike; with well-fed children more likely to attend and stay in school and farmers more secured of a livelihood. Specifically, the project will develop a software platform using everyday items such as mobile phones, to improve the tendering process between the programme\u2019s stakeholders, namely, the schools (buyers), traders (buyers and sellers) and farmer groups (sellers).<\/p>\n

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School-Based Deworming: A Clear Role for the European Commission<\/h3>\n

\"School-based-deworming-image-of-policy-paper-edit\"<\/a> Periodic drug treatment for children in schools \u2013 known as school-based deworming<\/a> \u2013 represents a highly strategic approach to tackling soil-transmitted helminths (STH) and schistosomiasis. Integrated programmes that deliver deworming, water, sanitation and hygiene<\/a> (WASH), health education and other key interventions lead to even greater long-term impact.<\/p>\n

A new paper called ‘School-Based Deworming’<\/a> (PDF download 2.8mb), from Imperial College London\u2019s Partnership for Child Development<\/a> argues that the European Commission (EC) is on the margins of the growing global movement against NTDs and with its financial resources, technical capacity and global network, the EC can and should be at the forefront of efforts to tackle the diseases, in particular schistosomiasis and STH. In order to rise to this task, the EC requires a clear policy direction, and must ensure that the control and elimination of schistosomiasis and STH are integrated into its education, nutrition and WASH strategies and programmes.<\/p>\n

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Charlotte Broyd<\/a><\/strong>
\nCommunications Officer
\nPartnership for Child Development
\nDepartment of Infectious Disease Epidemiology<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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