Virtual roundtable | Primary health care (PHC) as a platform to advance health and disease program objectives 

Promoting healthy cognitive, psychosocial and physical development and protection from harmful exposures from preconception through childhood is of critical importance to a person’s health and wellbeing and should be embedded in PHC. Objective of the session is to demonstrate PHC as a platform to advance health and well-being of young children using family-centered and life course approach. Specific objectives: (1) To translate evidence into PHC service offerings related to early childhood development; (2)To discuss the potential enablers, barriers to progression for improving early childhood development through the primary health care, and key actions needed by countries.

Parallel session, breakout room  - Strengthening early childhood development through PHC

• Key note – Frank Oberklaid
• Country presentations – Serbia, Uzbekistan, Cameroon
• Focused discussants – prof Ilgi Ertem, prof Frank Oberklaid, prof Gulmira Nazhimidinova

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