Child development – Countdown 2030

Readiness of health facilities to provide safe childbirth in Liberia: a cross-sectional analysis of population surveys, facility censuses and facility birth records

January 5, 2023

Early initiation of breastfeeding is inversely associated with public and private c-sections in 73 lower- and middle-income countries

January 5, 2023

Effects of early-life poverty on health and human capital in children and adolescents: analyses of national surveys and birth cohort studies in LMICs

December 12, 2022

Prevalence of smoking and smokeless tobacco use during breastfeeding: A cross-sectional secondary data analysis based on 0.32 million sample women in 78 low-income and middle-income countries.

December 12, 2022

Independent and cumulative effects of risk factors associated with stillbirths in 50 low- and middle-income countries: A multi-country cross-sectional study.

December 12, 2022

Children of more empowered women are less likely to be left without vaccination in low- and middle-income countries: A global analysis of 50 DHS surveys.

December 12, 2022

Ethnic inequalities in reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health interventions in Ecuador: A study of the 2004 and 2012 national surveys

December 12, 2022

Mapping the distribution of zero-dose children to assess the performance of vaccine delivery strategies and their relationships with measles incidence in Nigeria

December 12, 2022

Disparities in early initiation of breast feeding and prelacteal feeding: A study of low- and middle-income countries

December 12, 2022

Gender-Related Inequality in Childhood Immunization Coverage: A Cross-Sectional Analysis of DTP3 Coverage and Zero-Dose DTP Prevalence in 52 Countries Using the SWPER Global Index

December 12, 2022

Ethnic inequalities in health intervention coverage among Mexican women at the individual and municipality levels

December 12, 2022

Inequalities in the health, nutrition, and wellbeing of Afrodescendant women and children: A cross-sectional analysis of ten Latin American and Caribbean countries

October 28, 2022

The role of female permanent contraception in meeting the demand for family planning in low- and middle-income countries,

October 28, 2022

Birth registration coverage according to the sex of the head of household: an analysis of national surveys from 93 low- and middle-income countries

October 28, 2022

2022 Progress Report on the Every Woman Every Child Global Strategy for Women’s, Children’s, and Adolescent’s Health

October 28, 2022

National and subnational coverage and other service statistics for reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health from health facility data and surveys in Malawi

October 23, 2022

Assessing the characteristics of un- and under-vaccinated children in low- and middle-income countries: A multi-level cross-sectional study

October 3, 2022

Tracking Progress for Reproductive, Maternal, Neonatal and Child Health (RMNCH) services in Zambia

August 17, 2022

Zambia Report

GFF Report on Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health in 36 GFF Supported Countries

August 16, 2022

GFF Report – 2022

Optimising child and adolescent health and development in the post-pandemic world

May 2, 2022

Improving health and social systems for all children in LMICs: structural innovations to deliver high-quality services

May 2, 2022

Effects of early-life poverty on health and human capital in children and adolescents: analyses of national surveys and birth cohort studies in LMICs

May 2, 2022

Health and development from preconception to 20 years of age and human capital

May 2, 2022

Are children in female-headed households at a disadvantage? An analysis of immunization coverage and stunting prevalence: in 95 low- and middle-income countries

February 18, 2022

Assessing the overlap between immunisation and other essential health interventions in 92 low- and middle-income countries using household surveys: opportunities for expanding immunisation and primary health care

February 18, 2022

Identification of non-vaccinated children using decision trees

February 18, 2022

Age patterns in overweight and wasting prevalence of under 5-year-old children from low- and middle-income countries

February 18, 2022

Rates and time trends in the consumption of breastmilk, formula, and animal milk by children younger than 2 years from 2000 to 2019: analysis of 113 countries

February 18, 2022

Social protection and the level and inequality of child mortality in 101 low- and middle-income countries: A statistical modelling analysis

February 18, 2022

Determinants of childhood mortality sex ratios in low- and middle-income countries

February 18, 2022

Growth patterns by sex and age among under-5 children from 87 low-income and middle-income countries

February 18, 2022

Women’s empowerment benefits early childhood numeracy-literacy in 26 African countries

February 16, 2022

Measles vaccine coverage: The rise of vaccine hesitancy in upper-middle income countries

February 16, 2022

Coverage of maternal and child health in slums, rural and urban areas from 42 countries

February 16, 2022

Endline review of the Investment Case for Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health Sharpened Plan in Uganda, 2015/16-2019/20

February 16, 2022

Multiple pathways to scaling up and sustainability: an exploration of digital health solutions in South Africa

February 15, 2022

Are rhetorical commitments to adolescents reflected in planning documents? An exploratory content analysis of adolescent sexual and reproductive health in Global Financing Facility country plans

June 21, 2021

Strengthening Analysis and Evidence for Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health and Nutrition (RMNCAH&N)

May 4, 2021

Measurement of reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health and nutrition

March 5, 2021

Association between availability of children’s book and the literacy-numeracy skills of children aged 36 to 59 months: secondary analysis of the UNICEF Multiple-Indicator Cluster Surveys covering 35 countries

March 2, 2021

After COVID-19, a future for the world’s children

March 2, 2021

Breastfeeding in the 21st century: epidemiology, mechanisms, and lifelong effect

December 14, 2020

Victora CG, Bahl R, Barros AJ, Franca GV, Horton S, Krasevec J, et al.

Remaining missed opportunities of child survival in Peru: modelling mortality impact of universal and equitable coverage of proven interventions

December 14, 2020

Early childhood development: a new challenge for the SDG era

December 14, 2020

Barros, AJD, Ewerling, F.

Early childhood development: an imperative for action and measurement at scale

December 14, 2020

Richter L, Black M, Britto P, et al

Association between availability of children’s book and the literacy-numeracy skills of children aged 36 to 59 months: secondary analysis of the UNICEF Multiple-Indicator Cluster Surveys covering 35 countries

December 14, 2020

Manu A, Ewerling F, Barros AJD.

Ethnic inequalities and trends in stunting prevalence among Guatemalan children: an analysis using national health surveys 1995-2014

December 14, 2020

Gatica-Dominguez G, Victora C, Barros AJD.

Inequalities in early childhood care and development in low/middle-income countries: 20102018

December 14, 2020

Lu C, Cuartas J, Fink G, et al

Early childhood suspected developmental delay in 63 low- and middle-income countries: Large within- and between-country inequalities documented using national health surveys

December 14, 2020

Gil JDC, Ewerling F, Ferreira LZ, Barros AJD.

The double burden of malnutrition in under-five children at national and individual levels: Observed and expected prevalence in ninety-three low- and middle-income countries.

December 14, 2020

Lerm, B., Crochemore-Silva, I., Costa, J., & Victora, C.