Maternal, neonatal, and child health (MNCH) is a central priority for KWTRP, reflecting the disproportionate burden of preventable morbidity and mortality among women and children in Kenya and across LMICs. Our interdisciplinary, life-course approach integrates biological, clinical, population health, and health systems research, spanning disease mechanisms and risk factors through to intervention evaluation and health systems strengthening, with a focus on leading causes of morbidity and mortality that include infectious diseases, malnutrition, and neonatal complications.

MNCH research is deeply interconnected across our thematic areas: it draws on and contributes to our infectious diseases and vaccines work, provides a lens through which emerging threats – climate change, antimicrobial resistance, and non-communicable diseases, are understood in vulnerable populations, and serves as a key entry point for health systems research on quality of care, service delivery, and access to essential interventions.