The World Bank is working in more than 95 countries to ensure children get the best possible start in life, helping countries build stronger health, nutrition, education, and social protection systems ...

The preschool years present a critical developmental period sensitive to changes in public health and social policy, for which robust investments in programs that support families can improve ...

The first five years of life are a period of rapid brain and biological development that set the stage for lifelong health and learning. These early years are thus a key window for proactively ...

This course was designed to help World Bank staff, development partners and clients understand the importance of investing early, since a child’s earliest years present a window of opportunity to ...

Parents today are paying closer attention to children's brain development, from nutrition to screen habits. A paediatrician ...

This post is part of a series in which I gather insights from leadership, diversity, and wellness experts. Mental health isn’t something that suddenly starts to matter in adulthood—it’s built from the ...

Catherine Draper receives or has received funding from the British Academy for the Humanities and Social Sciences, the South African Medical Research Council, the Jacobs Foundation, and the European ...

A healthy diet in early pregnancy supports the child's motor development at the age of 5-6 years. Higher maternal body fat mass, on the other hand, has an adverse effect on the child's motor ...