PFRH 608 CHILD HEALTH IN PUBLIC HEALTH

This course acquaints students with the determinants, scope and levels of child health care in Public Health. It discusses a broad spectrum of issues affecting child growth and development. Topics to be covered include embryonic development and factors affecting it, infant and under-five mortality rates, determinants and relevance; nutrition and its effects on growth and development performance; child nutrition including breastfeeding; preventive health care from birth to adolescence; the MGDs, gender and child Health; HIV/AIDS and Child Health; childhood injuries and their prevention; effects of environment on child growth and development; child abuse and neglect; child labour and child trafficking.