These briefs make the case for applying a nurturing care lens when addressing specific issues affecting children’s development. They outline what is already happening and what can be done better or differently at multiple levels (policy to community) to ensure families receive the support they need and children receive nurturing care. Read More →
The Bernard van Leer Foundation recommends five practical steps health and social services can take to support babies, toddlers and the people who care for them during the Covid-19 pandemic. Prioritise early years health and nutrition services. Continue to provide parent coaching and support through remote means. Support the continuedRead More →
Early learning activity sheets UNICEF South Africa, the Department of Social Development, the Department of Basic Education and the LEGO Foundation have developed and distributed easy to understand early learning activity sheets for parents and caregivers of children birth to 5 years. The early learning activities are playful and canRead More →
On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared the COVID-19 outbreak a global pandemic. COVID-19 has spread to every corner of the world, with national borders closed; travel bans; quarantines; physical distancing; health and education systems overwhelmed; childcare, preschools, and schools closed; and the global economy nearly at a standstill. Young children and families are experiencing unprecedented challenges and disruptions to their lives with children at great risk of not reaching their full potential. Now, more than ever, children need nurturing care.Read More →
This advocacy toolkit provides you with a repository of practical tools and resources to help you advocate for increased attention to and investment in early childhood development with and through health systems.Read More →
The Early Childhood Development Action Network (ECDAN) is hosting three webinars looking at the Countdown 2030 Country Profiles for Early Childhood Development and how they are linked to the Nurturing Care Framework.Read More →
On October 28, 2019, Senators Roy Blunt (R-MO), Chris Coons (D-DE), Representatives Joaquin Castro (D-TX) and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) introduced the bipartisan, bicameral Global Child Thrive Act in the U.S. Senate. The Act will direct the U.S. administration to advance policies and programs that advance early childhood development internationally. “We’veRead More →
On September 3 and 4, the Sistema Nacional de Protección de Derechos de Niñas, Niños y Adolescentes (SIPINNA, National System for the Protection of the Rights of Children and Adolescents) convened an international forum in Mexico City called Construyendo la política desde el territorio (Building the policy from the territory). Read More →
This brief, published by the Elizabeth Glazer Pediatrics Foundation (EGPAF) and the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation, describes how health services are used as entry points to ensure nurturing care for children affected by HIV. You can download the brief here. Learn more about EGPAF’s HIV and ECD work here. RelatedRead More →
In October 2018 a delegation from Mozambique participated in a multi-country stakeholders’ consultation to operationalize the Nurturing Care Framework within the health sector (more details on the meeting here). In March 2019 the Ministry of Social Affairs, in collaboration with partners, introduced the Nurturing Care Framework and defined roles atRead More →
An inter-ministerial meeting was held to discuss the finalization of the early childhood development (ECD) strategy. Presentations on the Nurturing Care Framework were made. The ministries represented included: Ministry of Public Health, Ministry of Education and Ministry of Social Affairs (Higher Council of Childhood). The ECD strategy is being co-ledRead More →
The Ministry of Health is using the Nurturing Care Framework to develop the country’s early childhood development model, which will be piloted in the second half of 2019. The Framework guides the country in integrating multi-sectoral efforts in the national ECD programme.Read More →
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 CareRead More →
The first national capacity-building workshop on care for child development was organized by Ethiopia’s Federal Ministry of Health in collaboration with WHO, UNICEF, USAID, PATH and the African ECD Network. The workshop prepared 15 master trainers to train 27 participants from federal and regional health bureaus, teaching institutions, development partners,Read More →
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. You can access a news report with further informationRead More →
Published in the Journal of Public Health (February 2019), “The effect of a community-based, integrated and nurturing care intervention on early childhood development in rural China” explores whether attention to nurturing care can promote developmental health and reduce developmental delays. The community-based program was implemented in four counties of China,Read More →
In January 2019 the Ghana Health Service organized a national stakeholders’ meeting to discuss implementation of the Nurturing Care Framework. The meeting took place in Accra, with participants including: • Dr. Emmanuel Odame, Director of Policy Planning Monitoring & Evaluation (PPME), who represented the Minister of Health; • Dr AnthonyRead More →
The Early Childhood Workforce Initiative is a global, multi-sectoral effort to produce new knowledge and equip decision-makers with tools and resources to support the development of a quality early childhood workforce at scale. Writing for the project’s website, Kavita Hatipoglu and Michelle Neuman make the point: “The practitioners who workRead More →
The 2018 monitoring report for the Every Woman Every Child global strategy for women’s, children’s and adolescents’ health provides updates on progress towards the Survive, Thrive, and Transform goals, which were set out in the 2016-2030 global strategy. The report recommends implementing the Nurturing Care Framework as the first strategicRead More →
