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UNICEF is scaling up successful initiatives, including to support and build the capacities of parents, community health workers, teachers, social workers and local governments. [UNICEF – [...]

Findings contribute to the existing literature on maltreatment-related alterations in brain development and provide unprecendented evidence that the severity of maltreatment is remarkably linked [...]

Caregiver sensitivity and stimulation in ECE during the first 5 years might be key levers for it throughout children’s educational careers, especially for children from low-income backgrounds. [...]

The study synthesizes findings from 235 articles across 41 countries, identifying seven key areas of environmental exposure in urban settings.  [Neuroscience, 22 December 2023.] READ MORE

This new independent research aims to better understand the most effective way to provide parents who experience low income across Scotland with the support and information they need to support [...]

Parental risk screening can be used to recognize poor nurturing care in primary health care settings. Targeted interventions are warranted to improve nurturing care for optimal early childhood [...]

Madeleine Wallin and Caroline Hoglund from Haro and FEFAF, together with Perrine Bruvier from IFFD presented the Civil Society Declaration on the 30th Anniversary of the International Year of the [...]

The World Health Organization has launched a new package of measures, the Global Scales for Early Development, to monitor the development of young children at population level up to three years [...]

Early childhood policies should pay attention to the needs and aspirations of vulnerable families as defined within their context. [Lidia Panico and Liz Washbrook – Population Europe, [...]