Dr. Troy Jacobs of USAID delivers a lecture on increasing child survival in low resource environments.
Dr. Jacobs serves as adjunct faculty in the department of Pediatrics at
Children’s National and George Washington University School of Medicine,
as well as Senior Medical Advisor for pediatrics in the Office of Maternal-Child
Health (MCH) & Nutrition at USAID’s Global Health Bureau; a position he has held for more than 10 years. His focus areas are primary care quality improvement, implementation science, and capacity building related to MCH. His global work is mostly concentrated in East Africa (Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda). As a practicing pediatrician, he continues improving the health of poor and vulnerable children globally and locally. He is an active member of AAP’s International Child Health Section and APA’s International Health SIG.
Session Objectives:
- Define what “child survival” is and its context
- Describe at least four ways the epidemiology for children is changing worldwide and its impact on children from now to 2030
- Name at least two key initiatives associated with the new “child survival” agenda
- Name at least one thing you can do as a pediatrician, nurse, or other child health professional to advance global pediatric care (regardless of where you practice)
