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

Latest publications

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Exploratory meeting to review new evidence for Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (‎IMCI)‎ danger signs

For children up to 5 years of age with common childhood illnesses, WHO’s IMCI strategy recommends using clinical signs for diagnosis, treatment...

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Ending Preventable Child Deaths from Pneumonia and Diarrhoea by 2025

Stopping the loss of millions of young lives from pneumonia and diarrhoea is a goal within our grasp. The integrated Global Action Plan for the Prevention...

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Pocket book of hospital care for children: Second edition

This is the second edition of the Pocket book of hospital care for children. It is for use by doctors, nurses and other health workers who are responsible...

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These materials are designed to help lay community health workers (CHW) assess and treat sick children age 2 - 59 months. In this process, also known as...

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