Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance (CHAMPS) has adopted INTERGROWTH-21st standards for their system. CHAMPS is a surveillance project in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia based at the Laney Graduate School, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University in Atlanta, ... Read more
Based on the Nuffield Council on Bioethics report, this new course explores core ethical issues that arise during research in global health emergencies, and ... Read more
Following the successful visit to Oxford last year of Dr Yetunde John-Akinola (Faculty of Public Health, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan), who spent 6 weeks with the INTERGROWTH-21st team Read more
Through her Rebecca Akufo-Addo Foundation, the First Lady has contributed towards and led a number of important projects: for example, building a Mother-Baby Unit at the... Read more
INTERGROWTH-21st tools have been downloaded more than 170,000 times, now research is underway to find out what impact these tools have had on clinical and research practice across the world. Read more
LIFE is a 3D simulation training app for smartphones that teaches healthcare workers how to manage medical emergencies using game-like training techniques to reinforce the key steps that need to be performed in order to save lives. Read more
The INTERPRACTICE-21st Project promotes the optimal postnatal growth of preterm infants and standardises growth measurement in selected populations around the world. Read more
An online training course on INTERGROWTH-21st: Assessing newborn size by Anthropometry, and INTERPRACTICE 21st: Assessing preterm infant feeding and growth monitoring was organized for service providers, trainers and program managers at Mekele and Hawassa universities with support from the Geneva ... Read more
Dr Eric Ohuma, who was the statistician for the INTERGROWTH-21st project, has won a teaching award as the 'Most Acclaimed Lecturer' by the Oxford Student Union. Read more
By INTERGROWTH-21st The latest findings from the international INTERGROWTH-21st Project, that has monitored healthy, urban children from educated families across four continents from early pregnancy to 2 years of age, show that human neurodevelopment is not influenced by the colour ... Read more
New article highlights INTERGROWTH-21st Standards and role maternal health has on fetal and infant growth in first 1000 days of life. Read more
The next phase of the INTERGROWTH-21st Project, known as INTERPRACTICE-21st, has now begun. INTERPRACTICE-21st aims to promote optimal postnatal growth of preterm infants until 6 months post-term Read more
The INTERGROWTH-21st resources pages and content have been updated and are available for clinicians and researchers. Access and download all publications, tables, charts, calculators, apps and training resources here. Read more
In the Neonatal Department of the Hospital of St Damien in Haiti, INTERGROWTH-21st charts are now being used as part of routine medical practice. Read more
Dr Cheikh Ismail (INTERGROWTH-21st Project Leader) discussed the INTERGROWTH-21st Project and shared its products on Arab TV to a potential audience of more than 130 million people. Read more
Anthropometry training video now available to support and enhance use of the latest INTERGROWTH-21st anthropometry measurement tools Read more
Head circumference training video now available to support and enhance use of the latest INTERGROWTH-21st head circumference measurement tools Read more
We are delighted to announce that Sri Lanka has become the first country to adopt the INTERGROWTH-21st Preterm Standards. Read more
Drs Leila Cheikh Ismail and Jane Hirst are currently introducing the Preterm Growth Standards through a series of workshops in Sri Lanka. Read more
Professors Jose Villar and Aris Papageorghiou enjoyed a warm reception when they presented the INTERGROWTH-21st standards at the Sixth China Maternal and Child Health Development Conference which was held in Zhuhai last week. Read more
Congratulations to Professor Aris Papageorghiou on being awarded an honorary membership of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine in recognition of his international contribution to medical ultrasound. Read more
New INTERGROWTH-21st Fetal Growth Standards charts for measurements of head circumference (HC), bi-parietal diameter (BPD), occipito-frontal diameter (OFD), femur length (FL) and abdominal circumference (AC) are now available for download. Read more
INTERGROWTH-21st newborn growth charts have now been incorporated into the Aga Khan University Hospital/Child Health Booklet in Nairobi, Kenya. Read more
The INTERGROWTH-21st Newborn Size Application Tool for calculating centiles and z-scores for birth weight, length and head circumference is now available for download for Windows and Mac users, along with a web browser version. Read more
Since the INTERGROWTH-21st Project released its main findings in the Lancet last month, there has a groundswell in clinical opinion about the impact of the new global standards in routine practice. Last week, authors from the INTERGROWTH-21st Project respond to ... Read more
This post originally appeared on the MHTF Blog. By Katie Millar, Technical Writer, MHTF On May 24th, 2014 a critical commitment was made to newborn health: All 194 member states endorsed the Every Newborn Action Plan (ENAP) at the 67th ... Read more
The first standards for the growth of preterm babies have now been published in the Lancet Global Health Read more
Chinese translations of the INTERGROWTH-21st Fetal and Newborn Lancet articles are now available for download. Read more
New INTERGROWTH-21st Fetal Growth Standards charts for measurements of head circumference (HC), bi-parietal diameter (BPD), occipito-frontal diameter (OFD), femur length (FL) and abdominal circumference (AC) are now available for download. Read more
Watch the seminar recording on 'New global standards for Fetal and Newborn growth: findings and implications of the INTERGROWTH-21st Project' by Dr Jane Hirst Read more
INTERGROWTH-21st newborn growth charts have now been incorporated into the Aga Khan University Hospital/Child Health Booklet in Nairobi, Kenya. Read more
President-elect of the International Pediatric Association (IPA) and INTERGROWTH-21st Consortium Member Zulfiqar Bhutta has co-authored a piece with INTERGROWTH-21st Co-Chief Investigators Stephen Kennedy and Jose Villar and Dr. Jane Hirst, dissemination lead for the INTERGROWTH-21st Project, about the Project's breakthrough ... Read more
Maternal Infections is a free, online, open access training course developed by the Nuffield Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology at the University of Oxford, Harvard Maternal Health Taskforce, The Global Health Network and the Geneva Foundation for Medical Education and ... Read more