To mark World Autism Awareness Day experts from the WHO, UNICEF and other organisations shared information and explored opportunities for progress in this area.

NCF will be discussed at a pre-conference day and plenary session.

Particpants were introduced to the Nurturing Care Framework, which is helping identify gaps and opportunities for the health sector to advance ECD.

The main aim was to review the report from the December 2018 Forum and agree on a multisectoral ECD approach and an ECD costed action.

In February 2019 the Deputy Prime Minister’s Office – Children’s Unit convened a meeting to develop a multi-sectoral early childhood care and development framework for the Kingdom of Eswatini, aligned to the Nurturing Care Framework.

Generali and The Human Safety Net organized a Nurturing Care reception on the margins of the 2019 World Economic Forum.

The Ministry of Health, with support from WHO, UNICEF and other partners including the World Bank, organized a multi-sectoral meeting to sensitize stakeholders to ECD and Nurturing Care.

The Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health (PMNCH), alongside the Government of India, are hosting their 4th partners’ forum, with a concurrent session on the theme of multi-sectoral collaboration.

Ahead of the PMNCH Partners’ Forum, an official side event was held to make links across sectors and explore the multiple roles undertaken by frontline workers.

Home visiting has been identified as a key entry point for operationalizing the Nurturing Care Framework, with new training modules contain material on NCF.