Child health
Sep 28, 2025 · Many child deaths are preventable through vaccination, adequate home care, access to health care services, improved rates of breastfeeding and better nutrition. However, …
Child growth - World Health Organization (WHO)
Jul 29, 2025 · The WHO Child Growth Standards are a diagnostic tool used to monitor and assess the nutritional status of infants and young children worldwide. By tracking children’s …
Child maltreatment - World Health Organization (WHO)
Overview Child maltreatment is the abuse and neglect that occurs to children under 18 years of age. It includes all types of physical and/or emotional ill-treatment, sexual abuse, neglect, …
World Patient Safety Day 2025
Sep 1, 2025 · World Patient Safety Day 17 September 2025 Every child has the right to safe, quality health care — from the very beginning. Yet, newborns and young children face higher …
Children and young people’s mental health: the case for action
Jun 2, 2025 · 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 …
Child growth standards - World Health Organization (WHO)
The WHO Child Growth StandardsThis web site presents the WHO Child Growth Standards. These standards were developed using data collected in the WHO Multicentre Growth …
Inclusion for every child: reaching every child affected by …
Nov 20, 2024 · Every child has the right to quality health care, including the 1.25 million children and young adolescents who fell ill with TB in 2023. The theme of this year’s World Children’s …
Every child's rights as an individual - World Health Organization …
Sep 30, 2022 · Home / Tools and toolkits / Your life, your health - Tips and information for health and well-being / Know your rights / Rights across life phases - Newborns and children under 5 …
Clinical trials in children - World Health Organization (WHO)
Why perform clinical trials in children? Children are a unique population with distinct developmental and physiological differences from adults. Clinical trials in children are essential …
Length/height-for-age - World Health Organization (WHO)
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