UNICEF

A Children's Chorus

World Bank

UNESCO

Brookings Institution (USA). Center for Universal Education

The Measuring Early Learning Quality and Outcomes (MELQO) initiative began in 2014 as part of the global emphasis on early childhood development (ECD). Led by UNESCO, the World Bank, the Center for Universal Education at the Brookings Institution and UNICEF, the initiative aims to promote feasible, accurate and useful measurement of childrenâs development and learning at the start of primary school, and of the quality of their pre-primary learning environments. Items are designed for children between the ages of 4 and 6 years. Following the premise that many existing tools include similar items, the leading organizationsâ core team worked with a consortium of experts, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and multilaterals to build upon current measurement tools to create a common set of items organized into modules for measuring: 1) early childhood development and learning, and 2) the quality of pre-primary learning environments. The MELQO core team and experts also collaborated to outline a process for context-specific adaptation of the measurement modules resulting from lessons learned from field-testing in several countries in 2015 and 2016. The modules are designed to be implemented at scale, with an emphasis on feasibility for low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). A key question addressed by MELQO was the balance between a global tool suitable for use everywhere, and local priorities and goals for childrenâs development. [Introduction, ed]

Measuring Early Learning Quality and Outcomes

Overview: MELQO

The COVID-19 pandemic has raised huge concerns for the mental health of an entire generation of children.

On My Mind Promoting, Protecting and Caring for Children's Mental Health

The State of the World's Children 2021

This report examines nutrition, providing a fresh perspective on a rapidly evolving challenge. Despite progress in the past two decades, around 200 million under-fives suffer from undernutrition. Adding to this toll is rising obesity, which affects 38 million children. All these forms of malnutrition threaten childrens development, while obesity is creating a lifelong legacy of disease. At the heart of this evolving challenge is a global shift towards modern diets that do not meet childrens nutritional requirements. The report provides unique data and analysis of malnutrition in the 21st century and outlines recommendations to put childrens needs at the heart of global and national food systems.

Children, Food and Nutrition - Growing Well in a Changing World

The State of the World's Children 2019 (Arabic language)

Por primera vez en 20 años, el Estado Mundial de la Infancia de UNICEF examina la cuestión de los niños, los alimentos y la nutrición, aportando una nueva perspectiva sobre un problema que evoluciona rápidamente. A pesar de los progresos realizados en las dos últimas décadas, una tercera parte de los niños menores de 5 años están malnutridos (con retraso en el crecimiento, emaciación o sobrepeso), mientras que dos terceras partes corren el riesgo de padecer emaciación y hambre oculta a causa de la deficiente calidad de su alimentación. Estos patrones reflejan una profunda triple carga de malnutrición -desnutrición (retraso en el crecimiento y emaciación), hambre oculta y sobrepeso - que amenaza la supervivencia, el crecimiento y el desarrollo de los niños y de los países. En el núcleo de este desafío se encuentra un sistema alimentario deficiente que no proporciona a los niños los alimentos que necesitan para crecer sanos. Este informe ofrece datos y análisis exclusivos sobre la malnutrición en el siglo XXI y ofrece recomendaciones para situar los derechos de la infancia en el centro de los sistemas alimentarios.

Niños, alimentos y nutrición - Crecer bien en un mundo en transformación

Estado mundial de la infancia 2019

Mariah Kennedy

Fifteen-year-old Victorian schoolgirl, Mariah Kennedy, brings together a collection of bestselling children's authors and illustrators to highlight social injustice. All author royalties will be donated to UNICEF. Fifteen-year-old Mariah Kennedy is passionate about fighting for social justice. As the UNICEF Australia Young Ambassador, Mariah created REACHING OUT as a fundraising project and all author royalties will be donated to UNICEF. Heartfelt and inspiring, this book contains stories, poems and illustrations that have been donated by some of the most world's renowned and respected authors and illustrators, including Graeme Base, Jackie French, Michael Leunig, Bruce Whatley, Michael Morpurgo, Andy Griffiths, Anna Perera, Libby Gleeson, Melina Marchetta, Alison Lester, Morris Gleitzman and many more. Ages: 10-14

Reaching Out Messages of Hope

Pour la première fois en 20 ans, le rapport La Situation des enfants dans le monde de lUNICEF examine le problème des enfants, de la nourriture et de la nutrition, fournissant une perspective actuelle sur un problème en rapide mutation. Malgré les progrès accomplis au cours des deux dernières décennies, un tiers des enfants de moins de 5 ans souffrent de malnutrition, sous la forme dun retard de croissance, dune émaciation ou dun surpoids, tandis que deux tiers sont exposés à un risque de malnutrition ou de faim insoupçonnée en raison de la piètre qualité de leur alimentation. Ces schémas reflètent le triple fardeau de la malnutrition, à savoir la dénutrition, la faim insoupçonnée et le surpoids, qui menace la survie, la croissance et le développement des enfants et des nations. Un système alimentaire dysfonctionnel, qui ne donne pas aux enfants lalimentation dont ils ont besoin pour grandir en bonne santé, se trouve au coeur de ce problème. Ce rapport fournit des données et des analyses uniques sur la malnutrition au

Enfants, nourriture et nutrition - Bien grandir dans un monde en mutation

La Situation des enfants dans le monde 2019

UNAIDS

UNFPA

UN Women

an evidence-informed approach

International technical guidance on sexuality education

World Health Organization

World Health Organization. Department of Child and Adolescent Health and Development

This handbook gives a detailed explanation of the WHO/UNICEF guidelines for the integrated management of childhood illness (IMCI). The guidelines set out simple and effective methods for the prevention and management of the leading causes of serious illness and mortality in young children. They promote evidence-based assessment and treatment using a syndromic approach that supports the rational, effective and affordable use of drugs. The handbook gives an overview of the IMCI process and includes technical guidelines to assess and classify a sick young infant aged from one week up to two months, and a sick young child aged two months to five years; as well as guidance on how to identify treatment; communicate and counsel; and give follow-up care.

Integrated Management of Childhood Illness

Handbook IMCI

This publication calls all urban stakeholders to invest in child-responsive urban planning, recognizing that cities are not only drivers of prosperity, but also of inequity. Through 10 Children’s Rights and Urban Planning principles, the handbook presents concepts, evidence, tools and promising practices to create thriving and equitable cities where children live in healthy, safe, inclusive, green and prosperous communities. By focusing on children, it provides guidance on the central role that urban planning should play in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, from a global perspective to a local context.

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