The purpose of this study from the journal of African Health Sciences was to assess the level of household hunger and associated factors among orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) households in Lagos State, Nigeria.

This exploratory study provides early research to understand the relationship between levels of meaning-making and well-being in kinship caregivers.

The aim of this study was to describe the language and literacy profiles of adolescents (aged 13–19) in out-of-home care (‘looked after children’) in Australia.

The purpose of this evidence synthesis is to examine the impact of school closures on the protection and wellbeing of children globally, with a focus on the majority world.

This edition of The State of the World’s Children report examines children, food and nutrition. It seeks to deepen understanding around the causes and consequences of children’s malnutrition in all its forms and to highlight how governments, business, families and other stakeholders can best respond.

This study explores global growth suppression among children within institutional care settings.

This short essay presents unwed single mothers’ increased vulnerabilities during the COVID-19 pandemic in terms of childcare, financial crisis, and mental health.

This study examined deinstitutionalisation in Thailand. Qualitative interviews were conducted with a total of 27 child welfare practitioners and policy actors to explore their perceptions of Thai alternative care provision.

The 2020 edition of The Global Report on Food Crises describes the scale of acute hunger in the world, including for vulnerable children.

This study is based on a review of the documented history of Tennessee’s child welfare reform and informed by the reflections and perspectives of many who played key roles in the litigation and related system improvement efforts.