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17/07/2015 GMT
In this month's Health Check Dr Ayan Panja and Claudia Hammond examine imaginative ideas that are improving children's lives.
In this month's Health Check Dr Ayan Panja and Claudia Hammond examine imaginative ideas that are improving children's lives - from fish tank pumps saving premature babies to a robot that helps young children adjust to life with diabetes. They look at initiatives that are preventing illnesses in children, including a simple yet cutting edge design for giving drugs to new-born babies that prevent them getting HIV from their mothers. Claudia and Ayan also find out more about technology that is helping treat children, such as a piece of designer plastic improving club foot treatment in India.
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