Resources
Welcome to the Child Health Task Force Resource Library. This database hosts a range of documents from agencies and organizations working on child health programming. When using the search function, please be as specific as possible. More specific search language will return the most appropriate results. Resources are available for download for further reading and can be sent via email or other social media platforms for ease of sharing.
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Presentation | Spanish | 2023
Nurturing Care Handbook and Practice Guide Presentation SP - March 28, 2023
Presentation (Spanish version) from the global launch of the Nurturing Care Handbook and Practice Guide that was organized by the World Health Organization and UNICEF in collaboration with the Network for Improving Quality of Care for Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health, the Quality of Care subgroup of the Child Health Task Force, and the Early Childhood Development Action Network.
Nurturing Care Handbook and Practice Guide Presentation SP - March 28, 20237.19 MB
Presentation | French | 2023
Nurturing Care Handbook and Practice Guide Presentation FR - March 28, 2023
Presentation (French version) from the global launch of the Nurturing Care Handbook and Practice Guide that was organized by the World Health Organization and UNICEF in collaboration with the Network for Improving Quality of Care for Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health, the Quality of Care subgroup of the Child Health Task Force, and the Early Childhood Development Action Network.
Nurturing Care Handbook and Practice Guide Presentation FR - March 28, 20237.17 MBJournal Article | English | 2023
Global, regional, and national trends in under-5 mortality between 1990 and 2019 with scenario-based projections until 2030
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), set in 2015 by the UN General Assembly, call for all countries to reach an under-5 mortality rate (U5MR) of at least as low as 25 deaths per 1000 livebirths and a neonatal mortality rate (NMR) of at least as low as 12 deaths per 1000 livebirths by 2030.
Journal Article | English | 2023
Childhood mortality during and after acute illness in Africa and south Asia: a prospective cohort study
Mortality among children with acute illness in low-income and middle-income settings remains unacceptably high and the importance of post-discharge mortality is increasingly recognised. This article explores the epidemiology of deaths among young children with acute illness across sub-Saharan Africa and south Asia to inform the development of interventions and improved guidelines.
Report | English | 2023
United Nations Inter-Agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME) Report 2022
2022 report on the levels and trends in child mortality developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation.
Tool | English | 2023
UN Inter-Agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation Dashboard
The United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME) was formed in 2004 to share data on child mortality, improve methods for child mortality estimation, report on progress towards child survival goals, and enhance country capacity to produce timely and properly assessed estimates of child mortality. The UN IGME is led by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and includes the World Health Organization (WHO), the World Bank Group and the United Nations Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs as full members.
Tool | English | 2023
UNICEF Child Health and Well-being Dashboard
This dashboard, developed by WHO, UNICEF and CAP 2030, allows policymakers, governments and organisations to easily monitor and compare a selection of indicators by region, country, age group, domain and income. It has been developed in support of the Convention of the Rights of the Child.
Tool | English | 2023
The Countdown Profiles: A Tool for Action
The Countdown RMNCAH country and regional profiles present the latest evidence to assess progress in improving women's, children's, and adolescents' health.
Presentation | English | 2023
Session 4 Heat Stress Interventions and Recommendations Presentation (UNICEF, LSHTM, AKU, CIMC) - March 29, 2023
Presentation from the Child Health Task Force’s Re-imagining the Package of Care for Children subgroup and UNICEF for the fourth webinar on adapting child health systems to become more resilient in the face of today’s climate crisis.
Session 4 Heat Stress Interventions and Recommendations Presentation (UNICEF, LSHTM, AKU, CIMC) - March 29, 20236.5 MBEvent Materials | English | 2023
Session 4 Heat Stress Interventions and Recommendations Recording - March 29, 2023
Recording from the Child Health Task Force’s Re-imagining the Package of Care for Children subgroup and UNICEF for the fourth webinar on adapting child health systems to become more resilient in the face of today’s climate crisis.
Tool | English | 2023
Global Scales for Early Development (GSED) v1.0
The Global Scales for Early Development (GSED) is an open-access package specifically designed to provide a standardized method for measuring development of children up to 36 months of age at population and programmatic level globally. The GSED measures (Short Form and Long Form) capture child development holistically through a common unit, the Developmental score (D-score).
Guide | English | 2023
WHO guidelines on parenting interventions to prevent maltreatment and enhance parent–child relationships with children aged 0–17 years
Child maltreatment is a global public health problem. It can have detrimental and long-lasting effects on the development and health of children and occurs most frequently at the hands of parents and caregivers. These guidelines provide evidence-based recommendations on parenting interventions for parents and caregivers of children aged 0-17 years that are designed to reduce child maltreatment and harsh parenting, enhance the parent-child relationship, and prevent poor parent mental health and child emotional and behavioural problems.
Guide | English | 2023
Strengthening implementation of home-based records for maternal, newborn and child health: a guide for country programme mangers
The World Health Organization recommends the use of home-based records as a complement to facility-based records for the care of pregnant women, mothers, newborns and children in order to improve care seeking behaviours, men’s involvement and support in the household, maternal and child home care practices, infant and child feeding, and communication between health workers and women, parents and caregivers.
Report | English | 2023
Nurturing Care Thematic Briefs
These briefs make the case for applying a nurturing care lens when addressing specific issues affecting children’s development. They outline what is already happening and what can be done better or differently at multiple levels (policy to community) to ensure families receive the support they need and children receive nurturing care.
Guide | English | 2023
Operationalizing nurturing care for ECD: health sector alongside other sectors
This guidance note specifically targets the health sector and aims to catalyse country-level dialogue and action focusing on health service delivery and systems strengthening while also outlining complementary actions by other sectors. It is relevant for national governments, specifically ministries of health, and for national and global development partners and other stakeholders. This guidance note is the first in a series of resources for all relevant sectors that will become available to facilitate the operationalization of the Framework.
Guide | English | 2023
Nurturing Care Practice Guide
The Nurturing Care Practice Guide is designed for managers and service providers who are responsible for or provide health and nutrition services for young children and their caregivers at any level. It responds to requests from practitioners and country teams who have learned about the Nurturing Care Framework and want to understand how to adapt health and nutrition services to be supportive of nurturing care and strengthen caregivers’ capacity.
Guide | English | 2023
Nurturing Care Handbook
The World Health Organization and UNICEF in collaboration with partners have developed the Nurturing Care Handbook. Like the Nurturing Care Framework, the Handbook is organized around five strategic actions. There is a separate guide for each and Start Here is designed to work in combination with any – or all – of them.
Guide | English | 2023
Nurturing Care Handbook and Nurturing Care Practice Guide - March 28, 2023
Nurturing Care Handbook and Nurturing Care Practice Guide from the Global launch of the Nurturing Care Handbook and Practice Guide webinar, which was organized by the World Health Organization and UNICEF in collaboration with the Network for Improving Quality of Care for Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health, the Quality of Care subgroup of the Child Health Task Force, and the Early Childhood Development Action Network.
Nurturing Care Handbook and Nurturing Care Practice Guide - March 28, 2023172.22 KBEvent Materials | English | 2023
Recording of the Global launch of the Nurturing Care Handbook and Practice Guide (EN, FR, SP) - March 28, 2023
Recording from the global launch of the Nurturing Care Handbook and Practice Guide on March 28, 2023, organized by the World Health Organization and UNICEF in collaboration with the Network for Improving Quality of Care for Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health, the Quality of Care subgroup of the Child Health Task Force, and the Early Childhood Development Action Network.
Presentation | English | 2023
Nurturing Care Handbook and Practice Guide Presentation EN - March 28, 2023
Presentation from the global launch of the Nurturing Care Handbook and Practice Guide that was organized by the World Health Organization and UNICEF in collaboration with the Network for Improving Quality of Care for Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health, the Quality of Care subgroup of the Child Health Task Force, and the Early Childhood Development Action Network.
Nurturing Care Handbook and Practice Guide Presentation - March 28, 20234.24 MB