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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Every year, an estimated 21 million girls aged 15–19 years become pregnant in low-income
and middle-income countries (LMICs). Policy responses have focused on reducing the …

School attendance has been historically linked to healthy states of functioning, whereas
school attendance problems/absenteeism have been historically linked to unhealthy states …

Following the first 1000 days of life that span from conception to two years of age, the next
1000 days of a child's life from 2–5 years of age offer a window of opportunity to promote …

Abstract The Maghreb (Algeria, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco (including Western Sahara),
Tunisia) has high rates of child maltreatment and child abandonment, leading to high rates …

Public policies often aim to improve welfare, economic injustice and reduce inequality,
particularly in the social protection, labour, health and education sectors. While these …