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Child health
Child healthProtecting 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 than ...
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Child Health and Development - World Health Organization (WHO)
Child Health and DevelopmentThe 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.
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Nutrition and Food Safety - World Health Organization (WHO)
The Nutrition and Food Safety (NFS) Department is addressing the burden of disease from physical, chemical and microbial hazards in food and unhealthy diets, maternal and child malnutrition, overweight and obesity.
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Malnutrition rates reach alarming levels in Gaza, WHO warns
Malnutrition is on a dangerous trajectory in the Gaza Strip, marked by a spike in deaths in July. Of 74 malnutrition-related deaths in 2025, 63 occurred in July – including 24 children under five, a child over five, and 38 adults. Most of these people were declared dead on arrival at health facilities or died shortly after, their bodies showing clear signs of severe wasting.
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Ending corporal punishment of children - World Health Organization (WHO)
The WHO-led presents several effective and promising interventions to end corporal punishment of children, including enactment and implementation of laws to prohibit physical punishment, programmes to transform harmful social norms around child-rearing and child discipline, supporting parents to develop nurturing, non-violent parenting ...
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World Patient Safety Day 2025
This year, the theme is “Safe care for every newborn and every child”, with the slogan “Patient safety from the start!”, recognizing the vulnerability of this age group to risks and harm caused by unsafe care.
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WHO outlines recommendations to protect infants against RSV ...
Today, WHO published its first-ever position paper on immunization products to protect infants against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) – the leading cause of acute lower respiratory infections in children globally.
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Helping children learn, be happy and thrive
Play can take many different forms, helping children solve problems, express themselves, make decisions, practice skills and try new things – all critical components of our development.
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World malaria report 2024 - World Health Organization (WHO)
Each year, WHO’s World malaria report provides a comprehensive and up-to-date assessment of trends in malaria control and elimination across the globe
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Treatment and care in children and adolescents
An estimated 1.8 million children aged 0-14 were living with HIV at the end of 2019, and 150 000 children were newly infected. An estimated 100 000 children died of AIDS-related illnesses.