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Child health Child healthProtecting and improving the health of children is of fundamental importance Over the past several decades, we have seen dramatic progress in improving the health and reducing the mortality rate of young children Among other encouraging statistics, the number of children dying before the age of 5 was halved from 2000 to 2017, and more mothers and children are surviving today than
Child Health and Development - World Health Organization (WHO) Child Health and DevelopmentThe goal of the Child Health and Development Unit is to end preventable child deaths and promote the healthy growth and development of all children in the first decade of their life
Child mortality (under 5 years) Child SurvivalKey facts In 2020 an estimated 5 million children under the age of 5 years died, mostly from preventable and treatable causes Approximately half of those deaths, 2 4 million, occurred among newborns (in the first 28 days of life) While the global under-5 mortality rate (U5MR) fell to 37 deaths per 1000 live births in 2020, children in sub-Saharan continued to have the highest
World Children’s Day Message 2025 - “My Day, My Rights” As the world marks World Children’s Day, the World Health Organization (WHO) is calling for decisive, accelerated action to uphold the rights of every child, regardless of nationality, community, or circumstance, to health, protection and life-saving care Every child has the right to health, protection, education, life-saving care, and to have their voice heard Yet millions of children and
Advancing access to better paediatric medicines on World Children’s Day To honour World Children’s Day, WHO and its Global Accelerator for Paediatric Formulations Network (GAP-f) partners are bringing attention to needs, as well as initiatives to foster a more effective global landscape for innovation and expanded access to improved paediatric medicines
Malnutrition rates reach alarming levels in Gaza, WHO warns Malnutrition is on a dangerous trajectory in the Gaza Strip, marked by a spike in deaths in July Of 74 malnutrition-related deaths in 2025, 63 occurred in July – including 24 children under five, a child over five, and 38 adults Most of these people were declared dead on arrival at health facilities or died shortly after, their bodies showing clear signs of severe wasting
World Patient Safety Day 2025 This year, the theme is “Safe care for every newborn and every child”, with the slogan “Patient safety from the start!”, recognizing the vulnerability of this age group to risks and harm caused by unsafe care
Future-proofing the European Region’s children: WHO and UNICEF release . . . On 20 November 2024, World Children’s Day, WHO Europe and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) are releasing 10 evidence-based fact sheets that will drive an ambitious new strategy for child and adolescent health and well-being in the years ahead The fact sheets not only present the latest available data and identify critical challenges but, crucially, highlight solutions and
Nutrition and Food Safety - World Health Organization (WHO) Child malnutrition estimates for the indicators stunting, severe wasting, wasting, overweight and underweight describe the magnitude and patterns of under- and overnutrition The UNICEF-WHO-World Bank Joint Child Malnutrition Estimates (JME) inter-agency group regularly updates the global and regional estimates in prevalence and numbers for each indicator The Joint Child Malnutrition
Ending corporal punishment of children - World Health Organization (WHO) The WHO-led presents several effective and promising interventions to end corporal punishment of children, including enactment and implementation of laws to prohibit physical punishment, programmes to transform harmful social norms around child-rearing and child discipline, supporting parents to develop nurturing, non-violent parenting