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E u r o S c i C o n C o n f e r e n c e o n
PEDIATRICS
2017
Journal of Pediatric Care
ISSN 2471-805X
N o v e m b e r 1 3 - 1 4 , 2 0 1 7
L o n d o n , U K
Pediatrics 2017
Volume:3 Issue:4(Suppl) Page 9
There are multiple exciting innovations and initiatives occurring worldwide that
build upon the Every Newborn action plan and the UN Secretary Generals Every
Woman Every Child initiative. These initiatives speak to the overarching objectives
of the Global Strategy – namely Survive, Thrive and Transform. During his keynote
address, Professor Engmann will bring many of these global efforts into sharp
focus. He will describe the evidence –base for many of these and examine with
the aid of country case studies the science of implementing evidence-based best
practices at scale. He will demonstrate how effective advocacy coupled with
thoughtful,strategic policy formulation can result in transformational changes at
national, sub-national (regional, county and district), health facility and community
level, and how together, academics, pediatricians, advocates, programmers,
clinicians, policymakers and researchers can all make a difference. He will use
examples richly drawn from the 1) Early Childhood Development agenda; 2)
Human milk banking; 3) Breast feeding & Kangaroo mother care; 4) Country and
global level Newborn Heath and 5) Maternal immunization
Biography
Cyril Engmann is the Global Program Leader and Director for
the Maternal, Newborn, Child Health and Nutrition (MNCHN)
program at PATH, an international health organization driving
transformative innovation to save lives in 70 countries. In this
role he leads a department of over 140 staff (physicians, public
health practitioners, scientists, nutritionists, economists, busi-
ness and policy experts) working in the USA, Asia, Africa, Latin
America and the Far East on a diverse and complex portfolio of
workwith grants totaling over $200M. Prior to this appointment,
he led the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Newborn Health
Strategy where he designed and oversaw a portfolio of grants
totaling $200M. Cyril also remains an active, practicing physi-
cian and academic at the University of Washington Schools Of
Medicine & Public Health, Seattle, where he is Attending Neona-
tologist and Professor of Pediatrics and Global Health.
Through the Looking Glass:
Global and Country-level
Innovations and Initiatives
in Maternal, Newborn,
Child Health and Nutrition
Cyril Engmann
Child Health & Nutrition, PATH, USA
Cyril Engmann, J Pediatr Care 2017, 3:4(Suppl)
DOI: 10.21767/2471-805X-C1-001