Our work is centred around the life course approach, recognising that health and wellbeing are shaped by experiences and exposures across an individual’s lifetime. We generate evidence that improves survival, promotes thriving, and reduces inequalities for babies, children, adolescents and women worldwide.
Our research focuses on critical periods, where people are particularly vulnerable to health risks and where interventions can have lifelong impacts on health, development and wellbeing.
We organise our work across four interconnected themes. Together, these themes reflect our commitment to improving health from pre-conception and birth through childhood and adolescence, across women’s reproductive lives and beyond.
Babies
Amplifying research, training leaders and fostering collaboration to end preventable stillbirths and ensure that every newborn thrives
Children
Amplifying evidence that shapes policy & programmes, addressing both child survivaland the conditions that allow children to thrive into adolescence and adulthood
Adolescents
Supporting healthy transitions into adulthood through research that informs policy and interventions responsive to young people’s needs and lived experiences
Women
Amplifying evidence that informs policy and practice to reduce inequalities, strengthen health systems and support women’s capabilities to live healthy, thriving and safe lives across the life course
