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Child health
Child health Protecting and improving the health of children is of fundamental importance. Over the past several decades, we have seen dramatic progress in improving the health and reducing the mortality rate of young children. Among other encouraging statistics, the number of children dying before the age of 5 was halved from 2000 to 2017, and more mothers and children are surviving today ...

Progress in reducing child deaths slows as 4.9 million children die ...
An estimated 4.9 million children died before their fifth birthday in 2024, including 2.3 million newborns, according to new estimates released today. Most of these deaths are preventable with proven, low-cost interventions and access to quality health care.

Child Health and Development - World Health Organization (WHO)
Child Health and Development 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.

Child maltreatment - World Health Organization (WHO)
Overview Child maltreatment is the abuse and neglect that occurs to children under 18 years of age. It includes all types of physical and/or emotional ill-treatment, sexual abuse, neglect, negligence and commercial or other exploitation, which results in actual or potential harm to the child’s health, survival, development or dignity in the context of a relationship of responsibility, trust ...

Infant and young child feeding - World Health Organization (WHO)
Infant and young child feeding is a key area to improve child survival and promote healthy growth and development.

Child mortality (under 5 years) - World Health Organization (WHO)
Child Survival Key facts In 2020 an estimated 5 million children under the age of 5 years died, mostly from preventable and treatable causes. Approximately half of those deaths, 2.4 million, occurred among newborns (in the first 28 days of life). While the global under-5 mortality rate (U5MR) fell to 37 deaths per 1000 live births in 2020, children in sub-Saharan continued to have the highest ...

Child growth standards - World Health Organization (WHO)
Overview The Training Course on Child Growth Assessment is a tool for the application of the WHO Child Growth Standards. It is intended primarily for health care providers who measure and assess the growth of children or who supervise these activities. The course is designed for use over 3 1/2 days. It teaches how to measure weight, length and height, how to interpret growth indicators ...

Child and adolescent mental and brain health
Childhood and adolescence are critical stages of life for mental health. This is a time when rapid growth and development take place in the brain. Children and adolescents acquire cognitive and social-emotional skills that shape their future mental health and are important for assuming adult roles in society. The quality of the environment where children and adolescents grow up shapes their ...

Length/height-for-age - World Health Organization (WHO)
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Addressing child and adolescent mental health
WHO/Europe supports countries to improve the mental health and well-being of children, adolescents and young people. Childhood, adolescence and young adulthood are critical stages of life for mental health and well-being, when people develop skills in self-control, social interaction and learning. Negative experiences – at home due to family conflict or at school due to bullying, for example ...