13.12.2024
The next 1,000 days: A vital opportunity for nurturing care
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Swiss TPH "Building on the first 1,000 days of life, the period from age two to five is a crucial but often overlooked window for providing children with nurturing care. Defined as the integration of health, nutrition, safety, responsive care-giving and early learning, nurturing care lays the foundation for children's long-term health and development. A new The Lancet series, with contributions from Swiss TPH, shows that nearly 182 million children aged three to four in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) currently lack access to adequate care, putting their healthy development at risk."