The Data and Analytics Section of UNICEF is pleased to share two recently released resources to inform and support the collection of data on early childhood development and children with functional difficulties in the Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS). Both
Responsive feeding involves reciprocal positive interactions between the caregiver and the child that encourage the child to eat, develop preferences for healthy foods and beverages, and progressively eat independently. Responsive feeding both relies on
Talking to your baby or toddler shapes the structure of their brain, my colleagues and I have discovered.
For the study, which is published in The Journal of Neuroscience, we enrolled 163 children at either six months of age
Globally, most children with intellectual and developmental disabilities live in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Children’s disabilities interact with other child and family dynamics, conditions, and characteristics to influence family outcomes. It is known, for example, that families with children
