This week (April 12th to 14 th) the team of the ICEH will participate of a meeting in New York City, at the UNICEF Headquarters.

The central aim of this meeting is to allow young researchers who participated in the technical work of the Countdown to 2015 to present their results and to network, preparing for the future technical work of the Countdown to 2030.

Professor Cesar Victora will be presenting a summary of the equity analysis process, including ideas for future research agenda. The ICEH technical team will present five works:

1. Contraceptive use among married and unmarried adolescents in Sub-Saharan Africa - Aluisio Barros.
2. Place of delivery according to water supply and sanitation conditions - Maria Clara Restrepo.
3. Gender bias in careseeking practices - Janaina Costa.
4. Summary indices for universal health coverage - lessons from the Countdown - Fernando Wehrmeister.
5. Inequalities in the coverage of place of delivery and skilled birth attendance - Inácio Silva.