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This framework outlines relevant policies, interventions and strategies needed across sectors – including health, nutrition, education and child protection – to strengthen early childhood development and monitor progress towards associated goals.
- Childhood Diseases
Children are also left behind in funding efforts. While they...
- National Investment and Governance
UNICEF strengthens health systems by supporting countries in...
- Strengthening Health Systems
Strengthening health systems is critical to the supply and...
- Child and Adolescent Health and Well-Being
In collaboration with partners, UNICEF co-led the...
- Maternal and Newborn Health
All babies and mothers are entitled to affordable,...
- Non-communicable Diseases
We strive to integrate prevention and management of...
- Health in Emergencies
While encouraging progress has been achieved in improving...
- Data and Digital Health
Timely and high-quality data, embedded in strong information...
- Childhood Diseases
31 sty 2020 · To grow and develop optimally, children need adequate nutrition, they need to be healthy, they must feel safe and secure, and have opportunities for learning starting from birth. Ensuring these elements is defined as “nurturing care”.
The way mothers, fathers and other caregivers nurture and support children in the early years is among the most decisive factors for healthy growth and development, with lifelong and intergenerational benefits for health, productivity and social cohesion.
Promoting healthy growth and development. The way mothers, fathers and other caregivers nurture and support children in the early years is among the most decisive factors for healthy growth and development, with lifelong and intergenerational benefits for health, productivity and social cohesion.
12 sty 2015 · The importance of understanding child development. Jan 12, 2015. Empirical evidence from across the globe demonstrates that the foundations for human development are laid down in early childhood, the first thousand days after conception being the most crucial for determining later outcomes. The circumstances an individual experiences during ...
1 paź 2024 · In the HEALthy Brain and Child Development (HBCD) Study, a multi-site prospective longitudinal cohort study, brain, physical, biological, cognitive, behavioral, social, and emotional development is being examined starting in pregnancy and planned through age 10 (data are sampled at varying degrees of granularity depending on age, with more ...
In this article, Adam Schickedanz and Neal Halfon examine how well the child health care system promotes healthy child development early in life.