Clinical Service Delivery

Through partnerships with clinical sites around the world, Boston Children’s Margaret C. Ryan Global Health Program supports and provides the delivery of high-quality pediatric care to improve health outcomes for children. Global Health faculty work alongside local clinical teams to provide direct patient care, clinical consultation, and specialized expertise, while strengthening local capacity and supporting sustainable improvements in pediatric health care delivery.

Clinical Service Delivery Projects

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Respiratory Health Capacity-Building and Advancing Cystic Fibrosis (CF) Diagnosis and Care in Kenya and East Africa

Since July 2024, BCH pulmonary team has been partnering with the Pan African Cystic Fibrosis (CF) Research Network, the Leo Project and the Caitlin O’Hara Community Health Clinic in Nanyuki, Kenya has strengthened respiratory care in Laikipia County through virtual education, QI methodology, clinical care, as well as hands-on training at the clinic, encompassing topics from respiratory distress and asthma to CF and QI methods.

Improving Pediatric Neurology Care in Zambia

Boston Children’s Hospital has maintained a partnership in Zambia since 2014. This initiative has resulted in training Zambia’s first child neurologists, as well as numerous clinical officers and community health workers. Research in epilepsy, malaria, and medical education have helped address critical gaps and advance pediatric neurology care.

Training Pediatricians in Liberia

GHP has been pivotal in post-war Liberia, establishing the first pediatric residency program and training 32 pediatricians locally for the first time in the country's history. Work now focuses on expanding pediatric specialty care, improving newborn care, and supporting ongoing research and training across Liberia and West Africa.
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