Child Health and Development

The goal of the Child Health and Development Unit is to end preventable child deaths and promote the healthy growth and development of all children in the first decade of their life.

About us

Technical areas of work

Nurturing care

Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI)

Child health in humanitarian settings

Prevention of noncommunicable conditions

Communicable diseases among children

Global data on child health

Research on child health

Monitoring and evaluation

Essentials on quality of care

Young children and COVID-19: resources for care

Partnerships and initiatives

A future for the world's children?

Making every school a health promoting school

Nurturing care framework for early childhood development

Muskoka Partnership

H6 Partnership

Child Health Task Force

Networks and Advisory groups

Child health accountability tracking (CHAT) Technical advisory group

The Network for Improving Quality of Care for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health (Quality of Care Network)

Our activities

Promoting healthy growth and development

Rethinking the child health agenda

Managing childhood illness

Strengthening health services with quality

Latest publications

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Nurturing care and men’s engagement : thematic brief

This brief, aimed at policymakers and programme designers, explores what to consider when designing or adapting services to engage men in providing...

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Nurturing care for every newborn: thematic brief

This Thematic Brief summarizes why nurturing care is essential for every newborn. It outlines the five components of nurturing care and contains examples...

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The role of the health sector in supporting parents and caregivers to meet their parenting potential

Supporting parents and caregivers requires a whole-of-society approach, with coordinated responses from the health, education, social services, private...

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Guideline on management of pneumonia and diarrhoea in children up to 10 years of age

Pneumonia and diarrhoea account for 23% of under-five mortality and were responsible for an estimated 1.17 million deaths in children under five globally....

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