The Lancet Optimising Child & Adolescent Health & Development Series Launch

By SickKids Centre for Global Child Health

On April 28 from 2pm to 4pm BST (9am to 11am EST), join The Aga Khan University, The Lancet and SickKids Centre for Global Child Health to launch the Optimising Child and Adolescent Health and Development Series published in The Lancet. Live-streamed from Aga Khan Centre in London, UK, this webinar will feature experts discussing the urgent need to develop a holistic approach to child and adolescent health that supports children from preconception through early adulthood, especially given current global challenges.

Speakers: Dr. Zulfiqar A. Bhutta (Series Co-ordinator), Dr. Robert Black, Dr. Cesar Victora, Dr. Margaret Kruk, Tyler Vaivada, Dr. Maureen Black and others will discuss the rebuilding of holistic child health services after the COVID-19 pandemic. An interactive panel moderated by The Lancet’s Executive Editor Dr. Jocalyn Clark will feature Dr. Richard Horton, Editor-in-Chief of The Lancet, Dr. Jennifer Bryce of Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, and Dr. Ties Boerma of the University of Manitoba. The event will also include remarks from UNICEF’s Dr. Catherine Russell, Director-General of the World Health Organization Dr. Tedros Ghebreyesus, and The Aga Khan University’s Dr. Carl Amrhein.