Enhancing Health Workforce Curricula to Promote Nurturing Care for Early Childhood Development: Examples from Moldova, Serbia, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan
This document describes efforts to enhance pre-service and/or continuing medical education (CME) curricula to promote nurturing care for early childhood development (NCfECD) in four countries: Moldova, Serbia, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. Existing , evidence-based materials were leveraged and adapted for each context. Serbia and Uzbekistan drew on Supporting families for nurturing care package. Moldova and Turkmenistan drew on the international Guide for Monitoring Child Development (GMCD). Each country example is presented followed by an overview of the common elements enabling success and recommendations.Related links:
• Supporting families for nurturing care: resource modules for home visitors
• Supporting families for nurturing care: training resource package for home visiting practices
• Supporting families for nurturing care: a resource package to strengthen home visiting practices (online course)
• The international Guide for Monitoring Child Development (GMCD)
Organization: UNICEF, World Health Organization
Year: 2025
Language: English
Web link: https://nurturing-care.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/country_brief.pdf
