CHERG is a group of technical experts that is funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. While external to the UN system, CHERG was convened to assist WHO and UNICEF with the goal of providing global technical leadership in the development and improvement of epidemiologic estimates for children under age five. CHERG is guided by a small group of “core” members from the institutions listed below, with larger ad hoc working groups addressing specific issues. Centre for Global Health Research, University of Toronto Dalla Lana School of Public Health, U of T Harvard School of Public Health Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Department of International Health London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Instituto de Investigacion Nutricional - IIN (Nutritional Research Institute) Saving Newborn Lives/Save the Children USA University of Edinburgh Medical School University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Gillings School of Public Health U.S. Fund for UNICEF | 
