PGIF Project: Proposal to convene a Meeting of key Sub-Saharan African pediatrics health care leaders and related governmental officials at the Columbia University Global Center in Nairobi, Kenya in August of 2018

We are proposing to use the PGIF grant funds to host a meeting of key pediatrics health care leaders and related governmental officials from Sub-Saharan at the Columbia University Global Center in Nairobi, Kenya in August of 2018. This meeting will be the first step in developing a Sub-Saharan Children’s Hospitals Mapping Survey which will then be used to identify sites of care, develop a practical working definition of a children’s hospital, and subsequently develop a pediatric-specific Global Health Security Agenda evaluation tool. The purpose of this tool will be to evaluate the capabilities of children’s hospitals to respond to biological, chemical and nuclear threats that can endanger the lives of children in sub-Saharan Africa.