The Beginning of Life (O Começo da Vida) emotionally brings to life the science behind the importance of loving relationships in a child’s early years. Interviews with experts are interspersed with footage of parents and children from nine countries across four continents. Read More →
This video illustrates how the connections between the neurons in our brain are formed in early childhood, how genes and experiences shape these connections, and how these connections then create the foundation for all future learning and development.Read More →
Part of UNICEF Mini parenting Master class series, Prof. Jack Shonkoff explains the importance of play for brain development. He explains why and how to practice “serve and return” interactions and the value of games such as peek-a-boo for children’s mastery of new skills. Read More →
How easy is it to fold a fresh fish versus a dried fish? This video uses a local proverb “fold the fish while it’s still fresh” to illustrate the concept of brain plasticity. Read More →
This funny video uses an example of freshly caught vs. dried fish to illustrate the plasticity of a child’s brain.Read More →
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This video from the Van Leer Foundation makes the case that we need an all-of-society and all-of-government approach to better support parents. The video accompanies Early Childhood Matters 2025: The well-being Issue Part II.Read More →
With 33 compelling contributions, this journal illustrates how everyone can play a role in shaping a more caring society and rebuilding villages of support around parents.Read More →
UNICEF, in collaboration with the University of the Witwatersrand and WHO, have created the Caring for the Caregiver package to increase frontline workers’ capacity to provide counselling and parenting support services. Using a family centered approach, the CFC improves caregivers’ emotional well-being and their social support to enable nurturing care for improved child development outcomes.Read More →
UNICEF, in collaboration with the University of the Witwatersrand and WHO, have created the Caring for the Caregiver package to increase frontline workers’ capacity to provide counselling and parenting support services. Using a family centered approach, the CFC improves caregivers’ emotional well-being and their social support to enable nurturing care for improved child development outcomes.Read More →
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This article unpacks the term “responsive caregiving”, providing examples of how it is universal and how the presence or absence of responsive caregiving impacts children’s development. The article underscores the need to develop responsive caregiving indicators.Read More →
This report provides state-of-the-art evidence paving the way for informed decision-making and targeted nutrition and child development interventions, fostering a healthier future for Lebanon’s most vulnerable populations. It underscores the urgent need for multi-sectoral collaboration and the prioritisation of national nutrition and child development strategies to address the child growth and development crisis.Read More →
This knowledge hub compiles national documents, assessments, job aids, training materials, and quality improvement tools, developed by PATH in collaboration with government and partners across Eastern and Southern Africa, to support the promotion of nurturing care for early childhood development through existing health and nutrition services.Read More →
This collaborative venture is a multi-stakeholder initiative that provides a shared vision, identity and platform to amplify the work of its partners to protect children’s environmental health. Partners are united around a common vision – that all children deserve to grow up in a clean, healthy and sustainable environment. Read More →
This article provides an overview of the threats climate change represents for women, children and adolescents, including the most vulnerable communities, and where health and climate investments should focus. It draws on evidence to explore the opportunities and challenges for health financing, climate finance and co-financing schemes to enhance equity and protect WCAH while supporting climate goals.Read More →
This 4 page brief outlines specific recommendations for PMNCH constituencies to address climate change as part of interventions for women’s, children’s and adolescents’ health (WCAH) and accelerate climate policies, financing and programmes that integrate the needs of women, children and adolescents.Read More →
Through tender portrayals of heartfelt moments, challenges, fears, and the sheer joy of fatherhood, this endearing short film highlights that men are often hard on themselves with respect to their role as father. Yet it is not perfection that young children value but closeness, meaningful relationships, and cherished time together.Read More →
This UNICEF/WHO interactive course is based on the WHO training package on children’s environmental health – a comprehensive set of harmonized, peer-reviewed materials on the most relevant issues on children’s environmental health. The course will increase the capacity of health workers to recognize, prevent, diagnose and manage children’s conditions related to environmental threats.Read More →
While the evidence on the impact of climate change on children’s health and well-being is growing, research often focuses on the effects of individual hazards. This report aims to provide a comprehensive ‘stocktake’ of the impacts of climate change on children across six major hazards that impact their health and well-being: extreme heat, droughts, wildfires, floods and storms, air pollution and ecosystem change.Read More →
