- Every childs rights as an individual - World Health Organization (WHO)
Risk stratification analyses for programmes and research in newborn and child health, Meeting report, Geneva, Switzerland, 12-14 March 2024 24 June 2025 Guidance on planning, implementing and scaling up task sharing for contraceptive services Guidance on planning, implementing and scaling up task sharing for contraceptive services
- Child health
More than half of child deaths are due to conditions that could be easily prevented or treated given access to health care and improvements to their quality of life At the same time, children must also be given a stable environment in which to thrive, including good health and nutrition, protection from threats and access to opportunities to
- Child Health and Development - World Health Organization (WHO)
Call for members to the WHO Strategic and Technical Advisory Group of Experts (STAGE) on Maternal, Newborn, Child, Adolescent Health and Nutrition (MNCAHN), 2025 27 November 2024 Call for experts
- Children and young people’s mental health: the case for action
Yet investment remains low: mental health receives less than 2% of national health budgets on average, with little allocated to children and adolescents In low-income countries, there are fewer than 0 01 child mental health workers per 100,000 people, and services are often out of reach From fragmented efforts to holistic impact
- Child maltreatment - World Health Organization (WHO)
Overview Child maltreatment is the abuse and neglect that occurs to children under 18 years of age It includes all types of physical and or emotional ill-treatment, sexual abuse, neglect, negligence and commercial or other exploitation, which results in actual or potential harm to the child’s health, survival, development or dignity in the context of a relationship of responsibility, trust
- Height-for-age (5-19 years) - World Health Organization (WHO)
Growth reference 5-19 years - Height-for-age (5-19 years) When autocomplete results are available use up and down arrows to review and enter to select
- Child mortality (under 5 years) - World Health Organization (WHO)
Member States need to set their own targets and develop specific strategies to reduce child mortality and monitor their progress In 2020, 125 countries have already met the SDG target for under-5 mortality and a further 16 countries are expected to meet the target by 2030 if current trends continue
- Child growth - World Health Organization (WHO)
Child wasting refers to a child who is too thin for his or her height and is the result of recent rapid weight loss or the failure to gain weight A child who is moderately or severely wasted has an increased risk of death, but treatment is possible Childhood wasting and overweight are both forms of malnutrition and can coexist in a population
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