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.

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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...

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....

WHO recommendations for management of serious bacterial infections in infants aged 0–59 days

The World Health Organization (WHO) has developed guidelines for the management of infants aged 0-59 days with serious bacterial infections (sepsis, meningitis,...

Reframing care and services to improve preconception health: meeting report, Geneva, Switzerland, 8-9 May 2024

This report summarizes discussions that occurred during the WHO consultation on preconception care held in Geneva on 08-09 May 2024.The report captures...

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