Effective interventions and strategies for improving early child development

Effective interventions and strategies for improving early child development.

T he millennium development goal on child health has led to great improvements in child survival worldwide. Child mortality has fallen by almost 50%, resulting in an estimated 17 000 fewer children dying every day in 2013 than in 1990.1 Nevertheless, many children who survive do not thrive, with over 200 million children under 5 years of age at risk of not attaining their developmental potentia...

Identifying effective child survival interventions

The first paper in this series on child survival presented an unacceptable picture: more than 10 million children dying every year, almost all in low-income countries or poor areas of middle-income countries. 90% of these deaths occurred in just 42 countries, most from one of a short list of causes: diarrhoea, pneumonia, measles, malaria, HIV/AIDS, and the underlying cause of undernutrition for...

Effective strategies and interventions for adolescents in a child protection context

Is the Families First Home Visiting Program Effective in Reducing Child Maltreatment and Improving Child Development?

While home visiting programs are among the most widespread interventions to support at-risk families, there is a paucity of research investigating these programs under real-world conditions. The effectiveness of Families First home visiting (FFHV) was examined for decreasing rates of being in care of child welfare, decreasing hospitalizations for maltreatment-related injuries, and improving chi...

Improving Maternal and Child Healthcare Programme Using Community-Participatory Interventions in Ebonyi State Nigeria

In Nigeria, the government is implementing the Free Maternal and Child Health Care Programme (FMCHCP). The policy is premised on the notion that financial barriers are one of the most important constraints to equitable access and use of skilled maternal and child healthcare. In Ebonyi State, Southeastern Nigeria the FMCHCP is experiencing implementation challenges including: inadequate human re...