This module takes a lifecourse approach to introduce students to the major reproductive, maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health issues at the global level. This means looking at low-, middle- and high-income countries, exploring the social and structural determinants behind these issues and examining policies and strategies to address them.

This module will enable students to:

Understand major reproductive, maternal, and child and health issues at the global level
	Use a lifecourse approach to appreciate the interconnected influences on health at key stages of human life
	Analyse the different ways in which social and structural forces impact reproductive, maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health and wellbeing
By the end of this module students will be expected to be able to:

Describe and critique the main global priorities in reproductive, maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health (RMNCAH)
	Explain the global epidemiology and public health impact of RMNCAH mortality and morbidity
	Outline the key social, economic, political and environmental determinants of RMNCAH
	Apply your knowledge of the epidemiology and broader determinants of RMNCAH to policy and intervention responses
	Evaluate the main interventions that have been implemented to tackle RMNCAH mortality and morbidity
	Demonstrate skills in prioritising health interventions by critiquing the literature and interpretation of basic epidemiology and statistics in the field of RMNCAH
The module is open to final year undergraduate students at UCL from any disciplinary background, as well as for intercalating MBBS undergraduate students. This module is aimed at medics and non-medics. Medics should be aware that this course is not clinical and does not teach them how to diagnose and treat conditions or get them 'field-ready.'

Topics covered include:

1. Birth Outcomes and Perinatal Health

2. Global Child Health

3. Children in Difficult Circumstances

4. Nutrition and Maternal and Child Health

5. Adolescent Health

6. Sexual and Reproductive Health

7. Global Maternal Health

8. Social and Cultural Determinants of Maternal and Child Health

Selected reading list:

Oxford Textbook of Global Health of Women, Newborns, Children, and Adolescents. Devakumar D, Hall J, Qureshi Z, Lawn J
	Cleland J, Bernstein S, Ezeh A, Faundes A, Glasier A, Innis J. Family Planning: the unfinished agenda. Lancet 2006; 368: 1810 1827.
	Lawn, J. Every Newborn: progress, priorities, and potential beyond survival. Lancet 2014; 384: 189–205
	Marmot M, et al. Closing the gap in a generation: health equity through action on the social determinants of health. The Lancet. 2008; 372 (9650): 16611669
	Miller S et al. Beyond too little, too late and too much, too soon: a pathway towards evidence based, respectful maternity care worldwide. Lancet 2016; 388: 2176–92
	Patton GC, et al. Health of the world’s adolescents: a synthesis of internationally comparable data. Lancet 2012; 379: 1665–75
	Victora CG, et al. Countdown to 2015: a decade of tracking progress for maternal, newborn and child survival. The Lancet. 2016; 387(10032): 20492059
	Webb E et al. Using the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child to improve Child Health. Paediatrics and Child Health. 2009;19(9):430
	Sharrow D et al. Global, regional, and national trends in under-5 mortality between 1990 and 2019 with scenario-based projections until 2030: a systematic analysis by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation. 2022; 10(2): E195-206 https://www.thelancet.com/journals/langlo/article/PIIS2214-109X(21)00515-5/fulltext
 

 

 