Investment in the capabilities of the world's 1· 2 billion adolescents is vital to the UN's
Sustainable Development Agenda. We examined investments in countries of low income …

Building on long-term benefits of early intervention (Paper 2 of this Series) and increasing
commitment to early childhood development (Paper 1 of this Series), scaled up support for …

Early childhood development programmes vary in coordination and quality, with inadequate
and inequitable access, especially for children younger than 3 years. New estimates, based …

3 Richter LM, Daelmans B, Lombardi J, et al, with the Paper 3 Working Group and the
Lancet Early Childhood Development Series Steering Committee. Investing in the …

Economic and social change have brought great opportunities and threats to adolescent
health for rich and poor nations alike. The health transition, together with changes in …

Expanding the evidence base to drive more productive early childhood investment - The Lancet
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This paper is the third in the Child Development Series. The first paper showed that more
than 200 million children under 5 years of age in developing countries do not reach their …

Adolescence is a pivotal point in the life course, characterised by transformative physical,
cognitive, and emotional growth, an openness to change, and a drive to reshape the social …

Many children younger than 5 years in developing countries are exposed to multiple risks,
including poverty, malnutrition, poor health, and unstimulating home environments, which …

Executive summary Unprecedented global forces are shaping the health and wellbeing of
the largest generation of 10 to 24 year olds in human history. Population mobility, global …