Child Health and Development Unit

The goal of the Child Health and Development Unit is to end preventable child deaths and promote the healthy growth and development of all children in the first decade of their life.

About us

Technical areas of work

Nurturing care

Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI)

Child health in humanitarian settings

Prevention of noncommunicable conditions

Communicable diseases among children

Global data on child health

Research on child health

Monitoring and evaluation

Essentials on quality of care

Young children and COVID-19: resources for care

Partnerships and initiatives

A future for the world's children?

Making every school a health promoting school

Nurturing care framework for early childhood development

Muskoka Partnership

H6 Partnership

Child Health Task Force

Networks and Advisory groups

Child health accountability tracking (CHAT) Technical advisory group

The Network for Improving Quality of Care for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health (Quality of Care Network)

Our activities

Promoting healthy growth and development

Rethinking the child health agenda

Managing childhood illness

Strengthening health services with quality

Latest publications

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Nurturing care practice guide: strengthening nurturing care through health and nutrition services

This Guide responds to requests from practitioners and country teams who have learned about the Nurturing care framework and want to understand...

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Nurturing care and men’s engagement : thematic brief

This brief, aimed at policymakers and programme designers, explores what to consider when designing or adapting services to engage men in providing...

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Stakeholder consultative meeting on prevention and management of childhood pneumonia and diarrhoea: report, 12–14 October 2021

This report summarises the main findings of the stakeholders consultative meeting to present and discuss the WHO commissioned systematic reviews...

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This handbook is to help to put the Nurturing care framework into practice. The Framework sets out what children need to reach their full potential, along...

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