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New and expecting mothers are in desperate need of health services and safety. UNICEF is delivering supplies to help facilities provide the support they need. KYIV, Ukraine – Yuliya gently rocks her newborn baby in the dank basement of a medical centre in Kyiv. Vera is only days old, but her life is...

Child obesity rates are soaring. Here are three factors driving this alarming trend. As the COVID-19 pandemic makes it harder for children and young people to access nutritious food and remain physically active, governments must take action against harmful marketing of unhealthy food and beverages....

Child obesity rates are soaring. Here are three factors driving this alarming trend. As the COVID-19 pandemic makes it harder for children and young people to access nutritious food and remain physically active, governments must take action against harmful marketing of unhealthy food and beverages....

Coinciding with increased circulation of the Omicron variant, COVID-19–associated hospitalization rates among children and adolescents aged 0–17 years increased rapidly in late December 2021, especially among children aged 0–4 years who are not yet eligible for vaccination. Throughout the periods of...

About How marketing of formula milk influences our decisions on infant feeding, systematically examines women’s and health professionals’ experiences of formula milk marketing. The largest ever study of its kind, it draws on surveys with over 8 500 pregnant women and mothers of young children (aged...

Abstract There is growing evidence on the observed and expected consequences of climate change on population health worldwide. There is limited understanding of its consequences for child health inequalities, between and within countries. To examine these consequences and categorize the state of...