This guidance note was prepared by staff from WHO, UNICEF, the World Bank Group, the ECD Action Network and the Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health. It specifically targets the health sector and aims to catalyse country-level dialogue and action focusing on health service delivery and systems strengthening while also outlining complementary actions by other sectors.Read More →

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In March 2019 the Ministry of Social Affairs, in collaboration with partners, introduced the Nurturing Care Framework and defined roles at national and provincial levels. The Framework was viewed as a positive resource for helping the government and partners harmonize their approach to early childhood development (ECD), and informing partners’ support programmes (UNICEF, PATH and the National ECD Network).Read More →

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In October 2018 a multi-country stakeholders’ consultation took place in Nairobi, Kenya to operationalize the Nurturing Care Framework within the health sector (more). Following this meeting, in October 2018, the Ministry of Gender, Children, Disability and Social Welfare hosted a national ECD conference in Malawi, at which the Nurturing Care Framework was presented.Read More →

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At the 2018 G20 Leaders’ Summit, held in Buenos Aires, Argentina, the G20 leaders signed a declaration signaling prioritization for the early childhood development agenda. At the Partners’ Programme meeting, Argentine First Lady Juliana Awada promoted Argentina’s National Plan on Early Childhood.Read More →

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The “Dubai Declaration on Early Childhood Development” identifies the elements and approaches for a holistic package of services for young children and their caregivers, ranging from stimulation and play to nutrition to parental livelihoods. The declaration also calls for these approaches to be backed by national policy, with regulations and incentives that can guide private sector investment alongside state prioritization of early childhood development.Read More →

A webinar co-hosted by the International Step by Step Association and the Bernard van Leer Foundation sought to orient stakeholders on the Nurturing Care Framework. Read More →

The Integrated Early Childhood Development (IECD) programme applies a holistic cross-sectoral approach which aims to bring about optimum early childhood development, and thus reduce the widening disparities in maternal and child health indicators between ethnic minorities and the Kinh majority in Viet Nam.Read More →

Under the National Integrated Early Childhood Development (ECD) Policy of 20154, the Department of Health is responsible for providing a comprehensive package of ECD services for children aged 0-2 years, including support for responsive caregiving and early learning, at health facility and household levels.Read More →

[print-me] While Serbia has made substantial progress over the last decades in improving child health, due mainly to well organized and accessible health-care services, many challenges remain. Like other countries in the region, Serbia has wide social and economic disparities. Children are the most vulnerable age group: an estimated 30%Read More →

[print-me] Having inherited a health system in poor shape following independence in 1991, Kazakhstan invested heavily in primary health-care reforms, including in 3,500 Healthy Baby Rooms, where patronage nurses monitor the growth and development of children under age 5 and provide parenting and feeding advice. Between 1990 and 2016, theRead More →