Child Health and Nutrition Knowledge Network (CHNKN) is a novel initiative to assist in bringing together scientists and implementing bodies to discuss the current evidence and future requirements for global, regional and national child health and nutrition. It will assist young researchers to interact with established and senior researchers and peers from their region and beyond. It plans to develop interest groups within the network by assembling technical experts who share common areas of interest. The members of the CHNKN shall play critical role in stimulating discussion among the network community, contributing technically to analyzing and disseminating relevant knowledge and identifying gaps in the clinical and public health relevant issues that need further research.

Interaction among CHNKN members will be intellectually stimulating, will cross-fertilize ideas, give rise to innovations and generate large number of clinical and operational research questions. We expect CHNKN to stimulate the new generation researchers particularly in low and middle-income countries to imbibe the spirit of research in healthcare.

Areas of interest in which the discussion forum would be active are :

CHILD HEALTH

1.       Diarrhea and its management

2.       Pneumonia/ Asthma and its management

3.       Immunization/ preventive methodology/ Allergy/ Immunity

4.       Injections/ HIV/ AIDS/ TB/ Worms/ Hepatitis

5.       Non communicable diseases/ injuries/ accidents/ obesity/ genetics/ epigenetic/ hematology/ oncology/           kidney/ neurologic disorders/ birth defects/ congenital diseases

6.       Diagnostics/ technology assessment/ biomarkers/ prescription/ drugs

7.       Health systems/ implementation/ public health/ access to health care/ community based management/           evaluation/ program implementation/ governance/ policy level changes/ capacity of providers/ school           education

8.       Social factors/ cultural factors/ care seeking behavior/ poverty/ equity/ urban rural

9.       Patient safety/ quality of care

10.     MDG4/ mortality

11.     Traditional medicine

NEWBORN HEALTH

1.       Low birth weight

2.       Birth asphyxia

3.       Neonatal sepsis

4.       Neonatal mortality

5.       Programs and services

6.       Other neonatal programs

CHILD NUTRITION

1.       Nutrition assessment/ Anthropometry

2.       Under nutrition/ determinants/ management/ maternal nutrition and fetal outcomes

3.       Over nutrition/ obesity

4.       Breast feeding

5.       Micronutrients/ Vitamin A/ Anemia/ Vitamin D

6.       Nutritional interventions/ supplementary nutrition/ designing feeds/ feeds for special conditions

7.       Nutrition education

8.       Socio-cultural factors/ food behavior/ poverty/ equity/ rural urban/ junk- fast foods

9.       Nutri- genetics

10.      Media/ advertisements/ marketing/ food chain

11.      MDG1/ poverty