A user-friendly dashboard to help countries to regularly monitor their progress and make evidence-based decisions about priority areas for action and resource allocation for children’s health – was launched by WHO, UNICEF and CAP2030. This webinar event showcased the dashboard, shared the conceptualization process and provided a vision and recommendations on the potential use and benefits of this dashboard in improving accountability for children’s rights.
Session plan:
Moderator: Dr Theresa Diaz, Unit Head, Epidemiology, Monitoring and Evaluation Unit, Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health and Ageing Department, WHO Geneva
Part 1: Welcome & Introduction
Welcome & Introduction: Dr Anshu Banerjee, Director, Department of Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolscent Health, and Ageing, WHO Geneva
Opening remarks: Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director General
Introduction of the Dashboard: Prof Anthony Costello, Professor of Global Health and Sustainable Development, University College London
Conceptualization journey & demonstration video:
- Dr Jennifer Requejo, Senior Advisor, Health and HIV, Division of Data, Analytics, Planning and Monitoring, UNICEF
- Gerard Lopez, Data Specialist, Epidemiology, Monitoring and Evaluation Unit, Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health and Ageing Department, WHO Geneva
Part 2: Using the Dashboard
Reflections: Helga Fogstad, Executive Director, PMNCH
Panel discussion:
- Dr Tanya Doherty, Chief Specialist Scientist, Health Systems Research Unit, SAMRC, CAP2030 South Africa
- Dr Kwame Sakyi,Program Director for Children in all Policies, CAP2030 Ghana
- Dr John Borrazzo, Lead Advisor Child Health, Department of Global Health, Save the Children US
Testing Options & Dashboard Refinement: Srivatsan Rajagopalan, CAP2030
Part 3: Questions & Answers
Closing remarks: Dr Vidhya Ganesh, Director, Division of Data, Analytics, Planning & Monitoring, UNICEF
This webinar was co-hosted by WHO, UNICEF, PMNCH, and CAP2030.
