Adverse childhood experiences and lifelong health

ZA Bhutta, S Bhavnani, TS Betancourt, M Tomlinson… - Nature Medicine, 2023 - nature.com
With the advent of the sustainable development goals, the field of global child health has
shifted its focus from reducing mortality to improving health, nutrition and development …

Health and development from preconception to 20 years of age and human capital

RE Black, L Liu, FP Hartwig, F Villavicencio… - The Lancet, 2022 - thelancet.com
Optimal health and development from preconception to adulthood are crucial for human
flourishing and the formation of human capital. The Nurturing Care Framework, as adapted …

Effects of early-life poverty on health and human capital in children and adolescents: analyses of national surveys and birth cohort studies in LMICs

CG Victora, FP Hartwig, LP Vidaletti, R Martorell… - The Lancet, 2022 - thelancet.com
The survival and nutrition of children and, to a lesser extent, adolescents have improved
substantially in the past two decades. Improvements have been linked to the delivery of …

Improving health and social systems for all children in LMICs: structural innovations to deliver high-quality services

ME Kruk, TP Lewis, C Arsenault, ZA Bhutta, G Irimu… - The Lancet, 2022 - thelancet.com
Despite health gains over the past 30 years, children and adolescents are not reaching their
health potential in many low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs). In addition to …

Indirect effects of COVID-19 on child and adolescent mental health: an overview of systematic reviews

L Harrison, B Carducci, JD Klein, ZA Bhutta - BMJ global health, 2022 - gh.bmj.com
Introduction To control the spread of COVID-19, mitigation strategies have been
implemented globally, which may have unintended harmful effects on child and adolescent …

Optimising child and adolescent health and development in the post-pandemic world

ZA Bhutta, T Boerma, MM Black, CG Victora, ME Kruk… - The Lancet, 2022 - thelancet.com
Our Series on optimising child and adolescent health and development follows on almost
two decades after the original Lancet Series on child survival and its corresponding call for …

The nurturing care framework and children with developmental disabilities in LMICs

BO Olusanya, S Gulati, CRJ Newton… - …, 2023 - publications.aap.org
In 2018, the World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations (UN) Children's Fund
(UNICEF) and the World Bank jointly launched a global early childhood development (ECD) …

Feasibility trial for the management of severe acute malnutrition in older children with sickle cell anemia in Nigeria

SU Abdullahi, S Gambo, HA Murtala, H Kabir… - Blood …, 2023 - ashpublications.org
Children with sickle cell anemia (SCA) living in Nigeria are at an increased risk of
malnutrition, which contributes to increased morbidity and mortality. However, evidence …

[HTML][HTML] Advancing nutrition science to meet evolving global health needs

LM Neufeld, E Ho, R Obeid, C Tzoulis, M Green… - European Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
Populations in crisis! A global overview of health challenges and policy efforts within the
scope of current nutrition issues, from persistent forms of undernutrition, including …

[HTML][HTML] Temporal trend of child stunting prevalence and Food and Nutritional Surveillance System

C Berti, AL Vecchia - Jornal de Pediatria, 2023 - SciELO Brasil
Despite the overall decline in percentage over years, stunting remains a public health
challenge and concern worldwide, with 149 million children under five years of age being …