Setting priorities in child health research in India for 2016-2025: a CHNRI exercise undertaken by the Indian Council for Medical Research and INCLEN Trust.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Millennium Development Goal 4 (MDGs) mobilised countries to reduce child mortality by two thirds the 1990 rate in 2015. While India did not reach MDG 4, it considerably reduced child mortality in the MDG-era. Efficient and targeted interventions and adequate monitoring are necessary to further progress in improvements to child health. Looking forward to the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG)-era, the Indian Council of Medical Research and The INCLEN Trust International conducted a national research priority setting exercise for maternal, child, newborn health, and maternal and child nutrition. Here, results are reported for child health.

Methods

The Child Health and Nutrition Research Initiative (CHNRI) method for research priority setting was employed. Research i

SUBMITTER: Wazny K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6818639 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature