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Child Health and Development - World Health Organization (WHO) Child Health and Development 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
Children and young people’s mental health: the case for action WHO advocates for a comprehensive response to the mental health needs of children and young people, with a focus on strengthening policies and legislation; promoting enabling environments (in homes, schools, communities, workplaces and digital spaces) and building preventive and care services
Child growth - World Health Organization (WHO) Child malnutrition is a major public health issue worldwide An estimated 144 million children under age 5 are stunted, 47 million are wasted and 38 3 million have overweight or obesity Around 45% of deaths among children under 5 years of age are linked to undernutrition Measuring the growth of infants and children is an important part of child health surveillance Inadequate infant growth
Levels and trends in child malnutrition: UNICEF WHO World Bank Group . . . The key findings 2025 Edition includes global, regional, and country trends from 2000-2024 for stunting and overweight For wasting and severe wasting, country estimates are based on available primary data sources (e g , household surveys), global trends are presented for 2000-2024 and the latest estimates (2024) at the regional level
Child mortality (under 5 years) - World Health Organization (WHO) Child Survival Key facts In 2020 an estimated 5 million children under the age of 5 years died, mostly from preventable and treatable causes Approximately half of those deaths, 2 4 million, occurred among newborns (in the first 28 days of life) While the global under-5 mortality rate (U5MR) fell to 37 deaths per 1000 live births in 2020, children in sub-Saharan continued to have the highest
Weight-for-age - World Health Organization (WHO) The WHO provides expanded tables for constructing national health cards based on weight-for-age standards, aiding in child growth monitoring and assessment
Child growth standards - World Health Organization (WHO) The WHO Child Growth Standards This web site presents the WHO Child Growth Standards These standards were developed using data collected in the WHO Multicentre Growth Reference Study The site presents documentation on how the physical growth curves and motor milestone windows of achievement were developed as well as application tools to support implementation of the standards