On June 28th, 2021, a coalition of partners launched a Call to Action urging for increased investment and scale-up of evidence-based initiatives to support caregivers. These partners, which include UNICEF, the World Health Organization (WHO), Partnership for lifelong Health (PLH),
Twenty-six-year-old Ana was seven months pregnant without access to critical prenatal health care. Like many pregnant women living in Venezuela, she faced a horrific choice: remain in her home country, placing her unborn child and her own life at risk, …
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As children’s first playmate and teachers, parents and caregivers play a very important role in helping their young children develop and thrive. There is growing evidence that children who have healthy emotional relationships with their parents and opportunities for playing …
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Parents are children’s first and most important teachers. The care, support, protection, nurturing caregiving and playful interactions between children and their parents is the most critical piece in the developmental puzzle that
enables children to thrive and become productive citizens …
