Globally, the majority of children who seek emergency care present to general emergency departments (EDs) rather than specialized pediatric EDs.

Clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) have helped improve the quality, affordability and efficiency of healthcare by synthesizing large amounts of evidence into digestible, practical recommendations for clinicians and patients.

Training and education around the identification and management of hospitalized sick children was identified as a priority by the leadership in two oncology wards in the occupied Palestinian Territory.

The Human Resources for Health (HRH) Program, a 7-year capacity strengthening partnership between US academic institutions and the Rwandan Ministry of Health, ended in 2019. While the COVID-19 pandemic limited the ability to provide in-person post graduate teaching, our team helped bridge this gap by collobratively developing and implementing hybrid pediatric and public health training for resident physicians.

As the war in Ukraine continues, the mental health needs of children in de-occupied areas are vastly under recognized and under addressed. BCH is partnering with a Ukrainian NGO called Community Self-Help to train front line protection workers and first responders on mental health and psychosocial skills to support children and families in newly de-occupied areas.

As a resident in the Boston Combined Residency Program, Jeffrey Campbell MD, MPH worked with the organization HAIVN to study hand hygiene improvement tools at the Vietnam National Children's Hospital in Hanoi, Vietnam. This unique tool engaged families to remind and encourage healthcare workers to perform hand hygiene, significantly increasing hand hygiene rates.

Former fellow Dr. Chris A. Rees and his collaborators worked on developing and validating clinical prediction rules to identify children at risk of death or readmission after hospital discharge in sub-Saharan Africa, conducting studies in Liberia and Tanzania to improve post-discharge care.

BCH GHP has partnered with Bukhara State Medical Institute in Uzbekistan to enhance pediatric hospital care. Our multi-disciplinary team of physicians and nurses visited Bukhara to collaborate on a self study working towards achieving international hospital accreditation.

In 2021, Dr. Kara Montbleau, along with a team of collaborators from BCH and Bwera Hospital, designed a study to improve diagnostic capacity and outpatient services for children living with sickle cell disease. They focused on providing education to caregivers, healthcare workers, and the community to improve awareness and understanding of this disease.

Teach Teens to Fish has partnered with GHP since 2022 with the goal of engaging with teens to help them realize their talents and potentials and promoting a healthy lifestyle. Through workshops and income-generating activities, such as making soap, teenagers in Liberia are provided practical skills to improve their livelihoods, participate in school health clubs, and advance their education.

In 2023, Dr. Jeffrey Edwards, a global health pathway resident, joined long time partner Muhimbili National Hospital and Muhimbili University in Dar es Salaam to support clinical education and research initiatives supporting analyses of clinical trials, case reports, and investigating the role of vitamin D in sickle cell disease.

In early 2020, Dr. Mohsin Ali joined our collaborators in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, where he taught epidemiology and biostatistics to pediatric residents and gained clinical experience working with partners at Muhimbili University and Muhimbili National Hospital.