[1] He was a founding member and the scientific coordinator of the Countdown to 2015 Initiative that tracked progress of countries toward the Millennium Development Goals.

[8] He is one of the leaders of the new Countdown to 2030 initiative for monitoring the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals aimed at reducing maternal and child mortality.

[1] In 1980, Victora moved to the United Kingdom for his Ph.D. in health care epidemiology, at London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

[13] His findings contributed to global policy recommendations by UNICEF and the World Health Organization for mothers to breastfeed their infants exclusively for the first six months of life.

Victora's research during this time helped understand how the first 1000 days influence the lifelong outcomes such as chronic illnesses and human capital.

The same year he was also given the title of Honorary Professor at Department of Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

[8] In 1997, Victora became the Senior Technical Advisor for the Multi-Country Evaluation of the Integrated Management of Childhood Illness Strategy at World Health Organization, Geneva, a study that involved 12 countries.

[19] More recently, his long-term birth cohorts documented the benefits of breastfeeding for adult intelligence, education and income.