Professor Neena Modi discusses the vital importance of promoting and protecting child and maternal health; its role in a post-COVID recovery and challenges associated with utilising and measuring the value of preventative health interventions. We also touch upon some common misconceptions in health economics and how to manage a long-term research agenda surrounding child and maternal health. 

Further reading: 

https://adc.bmj.com/content/early/2021/01/26/archdischild-2020-320898?rss=1

 https://blogs.bmj.com/bmj/2018/03/20/neena-modi-a-bigger-vision-for-child-health/

 https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanpub/article/PIIS2468-2667(20)30200-0/fulltext

 https://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/506865