Nigeria

Demographic Data

  • Total Population: 173,620,000
  • Population under 15: 46%
  • Life Expectancy at Birth: 52.5 years
  • Human Development Index: 152 out of 187
  • World Bank Status: Lower Middle Income
  • HIV/AIDS Prevalence (age 15-49): 3.2%
  • Mean Household Composition: 4.6 persons
  • Female-Headed Households: 19%
  • Early Marriage (% of children married by 18 years): 49%

Sources: World Bank, UNDP, UNAIDS, DHS 2013

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Elisiv Bakketeig, Janet Boddy, Tonje Gundersen, Jeanette Østergaard, Fidelma Hanrahan - Children and Youth Services Review,

This paper addresses the conceptualization of ‘outcomes’ for care experienced people through an in-depth longitudinal study of 75 young adults in Denmark, England and Norway.

Gwenllian Moody, Elinor Coulman, Lucy Brookes-Howell, Rebecca Cannings-John, et al - Child Abuse & Neglect,

The purpose of this study was to determine whether group-based training improves foster carer self-efficacy.

Tina Thomas, Yusra Ahmed, Mei Tan, Elena L. Grigorenko - Child Development,

In this study, interventions addressing cognitive or educational outcomes for HIV OVC worldwide were examined through systematic searches conducted from October 2016 to 2019.

Miao Wang, Rebeccah Sokol, Hui Luan, Brian E. Perron, Bryan G. Victor, Shiyou Wue - Children and Youth Services Review,

This study aimed to systematically review experimental studies of interventions that promote mental health wellbeing of left-behind children (LBC) in mainland China.

Emma Feutl Kent & Karin Lapping - 1,000 Days and FHI Solutions,

In this blog post, the authors call attention to the "malnutrition epidemic" that the world's children are currently facing, exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Quanquan Wang & Xia Liu - Children and Youth Services Review,

The current study aimed to clarify the relationship between stressful life events and delinquency among left-behind adolescents by examining the moderating roles of resilience and separation duration in this process.

Marion Jarczok, Beatrice Knecht Krüger, Tanja Mitrovic, Gomera Gérard, Andreas Jud - Child & Family Social Work,

This study investigated Switzerland's first large‐scale care leaver programme and analysed associations between care leavers' needs and contactability in a sample of 459 care leavers.

Tammy Mills - The Age,

"Thousands more children are likely to be placed in out-of-home care due to the coronavirus pandemic, but advocates for minors say it is a human tragedy that could be avoided," says this article from The Age.

Noel Titheradge - BBC News,

"The number of children in care in England and Wales who have restrictions placed on their freedom has tripled in the last two years," says this article from BBC News.

Better Care Network and ACC International Relief,

This launch webinar provided an introduction to the Transitioning Models of Care Assessment Tool, an assessment framework that assists practitioners to identify and analyze key starting point dynamics and determine the implications for strategy in supporting organisations to transition from an institutional to non-institutional model of care.