Why invest in early childhood?

Why Invest in Newborn Health ?

The survival of newborn babies depends on the care we provide. International agreements have affirmed the world’s commitment to improving newborn health, and recent global assessments have confirmed that doing so makes good social and economic sense. But newborn care often receives less-thanoptimum attention. Although child survival programs have helped reduce the death rate among children unde...

Why We Must Invest in Early Adolescence: Early Intervention, Lasting Impact

Over the past 20 years, we have seen global reductions in maternal mortality and gains in early childhood survival [1]. As world leaders are now increasingly focused on achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals to ensure that all women, girls, and adolescents have equal chances of surviving and thriving, it is timely for us as funders to use our collective voice to heighten glo...

Ending preventable stillbirths 3 Stillbirth: Why invest?

JNK bond regulation: why do mammalian hearts invest in connexin43?

Large numbers of gap junctions interconnect working myocytes in the ventricle of adult humans.1–5 Until recently, it was assumed that the reason for the abundance of these clusters of intercellular channels was straightforward. This phenomenon was thought to be principally a matter of ensuring that action potentials were conducted efficiently from myocyte to myocyte.6–8 However, it has long bee...

Why Invest in Energy Efficiency? The Example of Lighting

Energy efficiency can be an interesting field for alternative investments. The main question is: Are these investments worthwhile? This article presents a new approach to evaluate the risks and achievable returns of energy efficiency investments via the example of lighting devices: To the author’s knowledge, cost equivalents have not been used to compare alternative solutions in the field of en...