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Documents on development

Key documents

• The Lancet Series - "Child Development in Developing Countries"
  This is a series of 3 papers by The Lancet with respect to the fact that more than 200 million children under 5 years fail to reach their potential in cognitive development because of poverty, poor health and nutrition, and lack of early stimulation.

• Early child development : a powerful equalizer
  This document synthesizes knowledge about opportunities to improve the state of early child development on a global scale. What a child experiences during the early years sets a critical foundation for the entire life course.

2012

• Care for child development: improving the care for young children

2010

• Facts for life
  Fourth edition

2009

• A qualitative review of psychosocial support interventions for young people living with HIV

2007

• Early child development: a powerful equalizer
• The Lancet child development in developing countries series

2006

• Responsive parenting: interventions and outcomes
  Bulletin of the World Health Organization 2006
• The role of the health sector in strengthening systems to support children’s healthy development in communities affected by HIV/AIDS: A review

2004

• Family and community practices that promote child survival, growth and development
  A review of the evidence
• Mental health and psychosocial well–being among children in severe food shortage situations
• The importance of caregiver-child interactions for the survival and healthy development of young children
  A review

2002

• Growing in confidence
  Lessons from eight countries in successful scaling up of adolescent health and development programming

2001

• IMCI care for development
  For the healthy growth and development of children
• The second decade: Improving adolescent health and development

2000

• What about boys?
  A literature review on the health and development of adolescent boys

1990-1999

• A critical link: Interventions for physical growth and psychological development
• Programming for adolescent health and development
  Report of a WHO/UNFPA/UNICEF study group