Health and Nutrition Programmes

Adequate health and nutrition is essential for the healthy development of children. Families affected by illness may not be able to work or provide proper care.  Children in these situations are at risk of dropping out of school in order to care for a sick adult and work in order to replace lost income.  If the caretaker dies from the illness, the child risks a number of negative outcomes including living on the street or being placed in institutional care.

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Pauline Watts, Professional Officer for Health Visiting, Public Health Directorate, United Kingdom Department of Health,

This presentation to the 2012 Sofia Conference by Pauline Watts, Professional Officer for Health Visiting, Public Health Directorate, United Kingdom Department of Health, introduces key lessons learned in regards to preventing child abandonment by looking into intervention and support services available to children and families in the United Kingdom.

UNICEF ,

This Report from the international ministerial conference, held in Sofia, 21–22 November 2012, entitled 'Ending the placement of children under three in institutions: support nurturing families for all young children', brings together the presentations, political commitments and priority actions identified by the participants, including 20 governments from Eastern Europe and Central Asia.

Richard V. Reeves and Kimberly Howard,

This paper by the Brookings Center on Children and Families examines the scope of parenting interventions in the US that directly address poor parenting, as research has found how much parenting matters.

Elaine Farmers, Julie Selwyn, and Sarah Meakings from the School of Policy Studies at University of Bristol, UK,

This study funded by Big Lottery and undertaken in partnership between the University of Bristol and Buttle UK, a grant-giving charity for vulnerable children, aims to fill gaps in understanding about the experiences of children living with kins, and in particular how children in informal kinship care view their situation.

Jack Shonkoff, Center on the Developing Child, Harvard University; Frontiers of Innovation (FOI),

This 5-minute animated video depicts a theory of change for achieving breakthrough outcomes for vulnerable children and families. It describes the need to focus on building the capabilities of caregivers and strengthening the communities that together form the environment of relationships essential to children’s lifelong learning, health, and behavior.

Winnie K Luseno, Kavita Singh, Sudhanshu Handa and Chirayath Suchindran - Health Policy and Planning,

The primary goal of this research was to examine whether Malawi Social Cash Transfer Pilot Scheme, initially implemented in a rural district in central Malawi, improved health outcomes for children aged 6–17.

Ministry of Community Development, Mother and Child Health & Ministry of Health - Zambia,

This Road Map is aimed at accelerating “the reduction of maternal, newborn and child mortality rates sufficiently in order to enable Zambia attain the set MDGs by 2015.”

Déclaration conjointe inter-agences* (liste en bas de page),

Cette déclaration conjointe inter-agences a pour but de (i) de présenter une vision commune des systèmes de protection de l’enfance en Afrique subsaharienne et d’expliquer pourquoi ils sont importants et méritent des investissements et (ii) lancer un appel à l’action auprès des gouvernements, à l’Union africaine, aux communautés économiques régionales, aux institutions multilatérales, aux bailleurs de fonds, au secteur privé, aux institutions académiques, aux organisations de la société civile, aux communautés et aux groupes d’enfants et de jeunes organisés.

Jody Heymann and Kristen McNeill ,

This new report by the World Policy Analysis brings together key findings from the book, Children’s Chances: How Countries Can Move From Surviving and Thriving, providing a global picture of what laws, policies, and programs countries have in place to address areas vital to children’s healthy development.

Zero to Three and the National Center for Infants, Toddlers, and Families,

Zero to Three, a US based non profit organization working to inform, train and support professionals, policy makers and parents to improve the lives of infants and toddlers, combined the evidence from research on early childhood development with feedback from focus groups with families, friends, and neighbors who act as care givers to develop a range of practical resources to strengthen care practices with children between the ages of 0 and 3.