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Child health
More than half of child deaths are due to conditions that could be easily prevented or treated given access to health care and improvements to their quality of life. At the same time, children must also be given a stable environment in which to thrive, including good health and nutrition, protection from threats and access to opportunities to ...

Child Health and Development - World Health Organization (WHO)
The goal of the Child Health and Development Unit is to end preventable child deaths and promote the healthy growth and development of all children in the first decade of their life. About us Technical areas of work

Weight-for-age - World Health Organization (WHO)
Access WHO's weight-for-age standards, including charts and methods for assessing child growth patterns from birth to 5 years.

Breastfeeding - World Health Organization (WHO)
WHA73(26) Maternal, infant and young child nutrition; WHA71.9 Infant and young child feeding; WHA69.8 United Nations Decade of Action on Nutrition (2016–2025) WHA 69.9 Ending inappropriate promotion of foods for infants and young child; Technical work. Food and Nutrition Actions in Health Systems; Global Breastfeeding Collective; Newborn health

Head circumference for age - World Health Organization (WHO)
Child growth standards. Standards; Head circumference for age Length/height-for-age; Weight-for-age; Weight-for-length/height; Body mass index-for-age (BMI-for-age) Arm circumference-for-age; Subscapular skinfold-for-age; Triceps skinfold-for-age; Motor development milestones; Weight velocity; Length velocity; Head circumference velocity

Height-for-age (5-19 years) - World Health Organization (WHO)
Growth reference 5-19 years - Height-for-age (5-19 years) When autocomplete results are available use up and down arrows to review and enter to select.

Child growth - World Health Organization (WHO)
Child wasting refers to a child who is too thin for his or her height and is the result of recent rapid weight loss or the failure to gain weight. A child who is moderately or severely wasted has an increased risk of death, but treatment is possible. Childhood wasting and overweight are both forms of malnutrition and can coexist in a population.

Caring for a newborn - World Health Organization (WHO)
WHA Agenda Item 11.7 - Accelerate progress towards reducing maternal, newborn and child mortality in order to achieve SDG targets 3.1 and 3.2 6 November 2023 MoNITOR meeting executive summary July 2023 MoNITOR meeting executive summary July 2023

[Child] - Mortality/causes of death - World Health Organization (WHO)
Mortality: The world experienced dramatic progress in young child survival over the past two decades. The global under-five mortality rate declined from 76 per 1000 live births in 2000 to 39 in 2018. Despite this progress, 5.3 million children under five years of age died in 2018 with nearly half of these deaths in sub-Saharan Africa.

Malnutrition in children - World Health Organization (WHO)
Child growth is internationally recognized as an important indicator of nutritional status and health in populations. The percentage of children with a low height-for-age (stunting) reflects the cumulative effects of undernutrition and infections since birth, and even before birth.