Long COVID represents the constellation of post-acute and long-term health effects caused
by SARS-CoV-2 infection; it is a complex, multisystem disorder that can affect nearly every …

Small newborns are vulnerable to mortality and lifelong loss of human capital. Measures of
vulnerability previously focused on liveborn low-birthweight (LBW) babies, yet LBW …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Progress has been made globally in improving the coverage of key maternal, newborn, and
early childhood interventions in low-income and middle-income countries, which has …

Almost 6· 5 million children and adolescents younger than 20 years died globally in 2021,
the vast majority from preventable causes. 1 Reliable and timely data on causes of death are …

Objective To examine the prevalence of novel newborn types among 165 million live births
in 23 countries from 2000 to 2021. Design Population‐based, multi‐country analysis. Setting …

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 …

Background Understanding the age pattern of under-5 mortality is essential for identifying
the most vulnerable ages and underlying causes of death, and for assessing why the …