International Maternal and Child Health, IMCH

International Maternal and Child Health, IMCH, is part of the Department of Women's and Children's Health and headed by Lars Åke Persson, Professor of International Child Health.

IMCH has well-established research groups, in which PhD and licentiate students work under the supervision of IMCH-researchers. Projects currently underway in these groups deal primarily with

• Maternal and reproductive health care
• Integrated management of childhood illness
• Maternal and child nutrition, micronutrient deficiencies, and breastfeeding
• Public health in humanitarian assistance

IMCH offers the following within its education

• Master’s Programme in International Health, 120 ECTS 
• Global Medicine for medical and nursing students
   
• Contracted courses:
  Child Survival
  Health in Humanitarian Assistance

  In support of its educational activities, IMCH maintains a library on health care in low-income countries, the largest such library in Scandinavia. The literature can be searched through Libris.

  IMCH staff members do consultancy work for national and international organisations including WHO, UNICEF, etc.