Innovating for early childhood development: what have we learned to strengthen programming for nurturing care?

A rapid assessment revealed that events have been held in over 30 countries to sensitize policy-makers and other stakeholders on the Framework. In many countries, entry points for action were identified and workplans developed to take the Framework forward within the health sector and beyond. Common steps included local adaptation, integration of missing elements in services, system strengthening and communication for development.

This report synthesizes the presentations, discussions and working group results of the meeting and distills priorities for the way forward. It covers areas of advocacy and implementation support for nurturing care through the health and other sectors at national, regional and global levels, as well as creation of informal working mechanisms for continued partner engagement to move the agenda forward. The list of participants is in Annex 1, and the provisional agenda in Annex 2.