Child health
Nov 20, 2024 · 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.
[Child] - Mortality/causes of death - World Health Organization …
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.
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
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
Weight-for-length/height - World Health Organization (WHO)
Child growth standards. Standards; Weight-for-length/height Length/height-for-age; Weight-for-age; Body mass index-for-age (BMI-for-age) Head circumference 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.
Length/height-for-age - World Health Organization (WHO)
Girls chart- Length for age: birth to 6 months (percentiles) Girls chart- Length for age: birth to 2 years (percentiles)
Violence against children - World Health Organization (WHO)
Nov 29, 2022 · Intimate partner violence (or domestic violence) involves physical, sexual and emotional violence by an intimate partner or ex-partner. Although males can also be victims, intimate partner violence disproportionately affects females. It commonly occurs against girls within child marriages and early/forced marriages.