Compass: Women's and Children's Health Knowledge Hub

 

 

The Women’s and Children’s Health Knowledge Hub is a partnership between the University of Melbourne's Centre for International Child Health, Menzies School of Health Research and Burnet Institute’s Centre for International Health.

The hub draws on regional expertise to enhance the quality and effectiveness of WCH interventions in the Asia and Pacific Regions. Our work focuses on supporting equitable progress towards the Millennium Development Goals 4 and 5 - improved maternal and child health and universal access to reproductive health.

Our vision is to establish Compass as a central knowledge point for those who work to improve Women’s and Children’s Health by generating and sharing knowledge, advocating for greater investment, facilitating partnerships, influencing policy and practice, and responding to changing contexts.

 
     
 
 

The Lancet has launched its second series
on adolescent health to coincide with the
45th Session of the UN Commission on
Population and Development, which is
focusing on adolescents and youth.

While the Millennium Development Goals
have brought increased attention to
adolescent sexual and reproductive
health, the Lancet series has highlighted
that there remain many limitations in the
global data needed to guide policies and
programs. Compass: WCH Knowledge
Hub previously analysed the available
national-level data for adolescent sexual
and reproductive health in East Asia and
the Pacific. This review identified many
gaps including lack of data collected from
young adolescents aged 10-14 years,
lack of data collected or reported for
unmarried adolescents, and lack of data
about some important topics such as
pregnancy complications and causes of
maternal mortality, sexually transmitted
infections, family planning and nutrition.
 

The Lancet adolescent health series:
http://www.thelancet.com/series
/adolescent-health-2012