Since 2003, researchers at Boston Children’s Hospital have been undertaking numerous trials in Tanzania in collaboration with colleagues in the Department of Child Health and Pediatrics at MUHAS. These have included randomized trials of nutrition interventions to improve growth, neurodevelopment and gastrointestinal health.

In partnership with Bugando Medical Centre and the Tanzanian Ministry of Health, this project leverages statistical methods to model surgical complications and evaluates the impact of Early Warning Systems and resuscitation training.

This project is focused one developing and validating computer vision and AI models to non-invasively detect and monitor neonatal respiratory distress in real time.

These milestones were developed with the input of global health educators from around the globe, in order to guide both educators and learners on their journey toward equity and decoloniality in global health.

In 2020, the GHP supported the World Health Organization's COVID-19 Task Team by performing a study in humanitarian settings to understand the operational challenges for COVID-19 response faced by front-line workers.

In partnership with World Health Organization-Europe branch, three BCH Global Health faculty provided technical assistance in Albania to WHO and the Albanian Institute of Public Health (IPH), an agency of the Ministry of Health, to launch the "Cohort study to measure COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness among health workers in Albania."

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.

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.

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.

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.

In collaboration with the University of Dodoma, Dr. Mei Elansary worked to identify factors affecting maternal and newborn health in Tanzania and built local research capacity through training workshops, which created a deeper understanding of health needs to guide targeted improvements in neonatal care in Tanzania.

Boston Children's Dr. Christopher Duggan and Muhimbili University's Dr. Karim Manji work together to address malnutrition, a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in young children around the world. Their more than 20 year collaboration has resulted in new discoveries related to micronutrient supplementation and changed global practices on meeting children's nutritional needs.

During his infectious disease global health fellowship, Geoffrey Guenther MD, MPH and his collaborators investigated whether malaria or other parasitic diseases endemic to Malawi are playing a role in less severe illness from COVID-19 or are affecting the efficacy of the COVID-19 vaccine. Dr. Guenther works with partners in Malawi to support establishing research sites and training the study staff who will be working in the field to increase local infectious disease research capacity.

Quality improvements in the diagnosis and treatment of pediatric Sickle Cell Disease contribute to improved health outcomes for children in Haiti.

Global Health Pathway Residents have partnered with a NGO, CloudPhysician, to understand impact of a tele-NICU service in Indian hospitals where neonatal specialists are otherwise inaccessible.

Mothers and midwives contribute to research study addressing high rates of neonatal mortality in rural Guatemala.

Working with the WHO's High Threat Pathogen team and Albania's Institute of Public Health to evaluate the effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines among healthcare workers, focusing on vaccine impact, duration of protection, and effectiveness against emerging strains.

Research efforts in Dominica identified the burden of noncommunicable disease deaths in the wake of Hurricane Maria.

Dr. Melanie Dubois contributed to two research studies on maternal, pediatric and adolescent tuberculosis, contributed to improved tuberculosis care delivery for pregnant women and children.

Dr. Mazumdar's research in Bangladesh has uncovered a possible connection between arsenic exposure and spina bifida, leading to new health policy resolutions by the Bangladesh Health Ministry focused on folate standards and spina bifida prevention.

Developing a digital pediatric records at JFK Hospital in Monrovia, Liberia

As the COVID-19 pandemic spread globally, the GHP conducted the first large scale study to identify key COVID-related challenges and best practices in humanitarian settings. Conducted for the Global Health Cluster, this study informed WHO and country leaders on effective response strategies in humanitarian settings.

GHP has been pivotal in post-war Liberia, establishing the first pediatric residency program and training 32 pediatricians locally for the first time in the country's history. Work now focuses on expanding pediatric specialty care, improving newborn care, and supporting ongoing research and training across Liberia and West Africa.

Boston Children’s Hospital has maintained a partnership in Zambia since 2014. This initiative has resulted in training Zambia’s first child neurologists, as well as numerous clinical officers and community health workers. Research in epilepsy, malaria, and medical education have helped address critical gaps and advance pediatric neurology care.