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Moving Minds Alliance dives deeper to understand our brain and how it responds to stress. They consider threats faced by young children in crisis, such as being exposed to prolonged stress and adversity, and discuss how to mitigate the impact on their brain development. They also share how the humanitarian sector can incorporate early childhood development programs in their emergency response plans and programs through the nurturing framework lens.Read More →

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This World Bank paper analyzes the risks to child development and school readiness among children under age 6 in Pakistan. Drawing on a nationally representative telephone survey, it presents the first nationally representative estimates of child development for children under 3 years of age and school readiness for children 3 to 6 years of age, using internationally validated instruments.Read More →

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This brief defines early childhood development and why it is important to understand, especially in crisis contexts. It also explains the Nurturing Care Framework and how to use it to mitigate risks for young children in crisis settings and supporting them to have a healthy development. The fact sheet also provides simple recommendations on how to support early childhood development programming, financing and research in supporting young children in crisis and their caregivers.Read More →

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This Thematic Brief summarizes the evidence regarding the benefits of men’s engagement on outcomes for women, children, and even men themselves. It consolidates the learnings thus far regarding designing and adapting services to engage men in providing nurturing care. Finally, it recommends practical actions for policymakers and programme designers across four enabling environments: policies, services, communities and caregivers – all illustrated with case studies. It focuses particularly on what health services can do, while also covering education, social protection and other sectors. Read More →

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The WHO has commissioned a systematic review and meta-analysis of 102 randomized controlled trials of parenting interventions for children during the first 3 years of life that were implemented across a total of 33 countries. Among the findings, the review found greater effects on child cognitive development, parenting knowledge, parenting practices, and parent–child interactions for programs that focused on responsive caregiving compared to those that did not.Read More →

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This analysis summarises the situation of young children across several policy areas impacting their development. It is based on data collected from nine European countries and consolidated in nine country profiles. It draws attention towards four key findings across policy areas impacting ECD and priorities for policy-making and investment in early childhood at the European and country level.Read More →

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The author reflects on his experience of scaling nurturing care interventions in a private pediatric care setting. Buy-in from the health sector required realization of benefits to include health outcomes framed as the potential to improve the quality of life and the process of recovery; sustainable behavior change required a culture that promoted nurturing care highlighting the role of leadership; subsequently improving the experience of frontline staff and at an individual level. This could be achieved through the provision of supportive supervision-rooted in a framework of compassion.Read More →

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While there has been increasing attention in global public health towards designing and delivering programs, services, and policies to promote nurturing care, measurement has focused more on the components of health and nutrition, with less attention to early learning, responsive caregiving, and safety and security. This study provides a comprehensive review of the current state of measurement of nurturing care.Read More →

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This publication summarizes results of an international survey conducted by ECDAN in December 2021 to identify pressing research priorities, with a specific focus on low- and middle-income countries. The survey identified components of nurturing care (i.e., health, nutrition, child protection, opportunities for learning, and responsive caregiving) that should be prioritized in the next 12 months. Read More →

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The research round up describes the nature and scope of 411 peer-reviewed, publicly available scientific research studies published during January 2020 and October 2021 (an average of 30 articles per month) related to early childhood development (ECD). The authors summarize who the studies have been conducted with; where the studies have been conducted; how they have been conducted in terms of research design; and priority research topics addressed so far. Nearly 85% of the included COVID-19 studies address themes of maternal and child health or nutrition. In contrast, 9% of the studies focus on themes of early learning or responsive caregiving. Lastly, 7% of the COVID-19 studies focus primarily on children’s safety and security. Read More →

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UNICEF’s Community-Infant and Young Child Feeding Counselling Package is used globally for infant and young child feeding counseling. This study aimed to: 1) identify and map existing nurturing care content; 2) identify gaps related to nurturing care or feeding elements; 3) identify country level nurturing care adaptations; and 4) identify best practices and lessons learned from country adaptations that can be recommended for inclusion.Read More →

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هذا العرض المسجل يصف كيف يمكن أن نضمن بقاء كافة الأطفال على قيد الحياة وازدهارهم ووصولهم إلى إمكاناتهم النمائية الكاملة. ويصف مفهوم “الرعاية في مرحلة التنشئة” ويقدّم نظرة عامة على “إطار عمل الرعاية في مرحلة التنشئة”، كما يؤكد على ضرورة خلق بيئات ممكّنة للرعاية في مرحلة التنشئة، واستخدام منافذ قائمة، والتعاون ضمن القطاعات وبينها وضمن أصحاب المصلحة وبينهم.

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يشرح هذا العرض ومدته 7 دقائق المكونات الخمسة للرعاية في مرحلة التنشئة: الصحة الجيدة، والتغذية الكافية، والأمن والسلامة، وفرص التعلم المبكر، وتقديم الرعاية المتجاوبة. يشدّد العرض على أنّ تقديم الرعاية المتجاوبة المكوّن الأساسي، كما يقدّم العرض أمثلة عن تفاعلات متجاوبة بين أهل وأطفال.

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يقدّم هذا العرض المسجل ومدته 6 دقائق لمحة عامة سريعة عن “الإجراء الاستراتيجي 4: رصد التقدم”. يتناول العرض ثلاثة مستويات من الرصد: رصد السكان ورصد البرامج والرصد الفردي. ويصف العرض الموارد المتاحة والقادمة، لاسيما ملامح البلدان في ما يتعلق بتنمية الطفولة المبكرة، ومؤشر تنمية الطفولة المبكرة لعام 2030، والنطاق العالمي لتنمية الطفولة المبكرة.

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يوفر هذا العرض المسجل ومدته دقيقتان لمحة عامة سريعة عن “الإجراء الاستراتيجي 1: القيادة والاستثمار”. يصف العرض المجالات الثلاثة في هذا الإجراء الاستراتيجي وهي الحوكمة والسياسات والتمويل. وهذا الإجراء هو الأول من الإجراءات الاستراتيجية الخمسة المذكورة في إطار عمل “الرعاية في مرحلة التنشئة”. من المهم أن يَحدث تقدّمٌ في هذا الإجراء الاستراتيجي لأنه سيخلق البيئة التمكينية للمضي قدمًا في الإجراءات الاستراتيجية الأربعة الأخرى.

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يقدم هذا العرض المسجل ومدته 9 دقائق لمحة عامة عن الوضع بالنسبة إلى الأطفال على مستوى العالم، وبشكل أخص الأطفال الذين يعيشون في أوضاع إنسانية (اعتبارًا من أيلول/سبتمبر 2021). وبينما يجري إحراز تقدم، لا تزال هناك فجوات كبيرة في السياسة والتمويل والممارسة، لاسيما في السياقات الإنسانية. كما يقدم العرض الملخص المواضيعي “الرعاية في مرحلة التنشئة للأطفال الذين يعيشون في أوضاع إنسانية” الذي يقدم اقتراحات حول كيفية ضمان حصول الأطفال في البيئات الإنسانية على الرعاية في مرحلة التنشئة

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