Publications on Children

The guideline focuses on being able to provide guidance in child TB to health workers working at the primary or secondary level.

This annual report marks not only another exciting year of the Global Financing Facility in support of Every Woman Every Child (GFF), but the end of its first phase. In this report from the GFF secretariat, we want to share with you what we have learned from countries that makes us excited and confident in the GFF as a pathfinder for a new way of financing development.

This document presents version 1.0 of the Programme Reporting Standards (PRS) checklist and also provides an overview of the PRS and instructions on how to use it, including a detailed description of each section and item, and additional resources that can be used to support or complement the reporting process.

This report considers both the implications of the 2030 Agenda for children and the data required to monitor the situation of children within the SDG framework.

Inequities in child mortality across and within countries remain large. Almost 5 million deaths (87 per cent of the total under-five deaths) could have been prevented in 2016. Reducing inequities and reaching the most vulnerable newborns and children as well as their mothers are important priorities to achieve the SDG targets on ending preventable child deaths.

This guideline aims to provide evidence-based recommendations for quality clinical care for children and adolescents who have, or may have, been subjected to sexual abuse, in order to mitigate the negative health consequences and improve their well-being.

Our 2016 report, Lessons learned from national initiatives to end child marriage, explores what lessons can be drawn from the increasing number of national strategies, action plans, and country-wide initiatives to address child marriage around the world, particularly in relation to their implementation across sectors.

According to Global TB Report 2015, worldwide, 9.6 million people are estimated to have fallen ill with TB in 2014: 5.4 million men, 3.2 million women and 1.0 million children. Globally, 12% of the 9.6 million new TB cases in 2014 were HIV-positive.

This document provides an evidence map of existing research into a set of selected SBCE interventions for reproductive, maternal, newborn, and child health (RMNCH), the fruit of a collaboration between the WHO, the Partnership for Maternal, Newborn & Child Health (PMNCH) and the International Initiative for Impact Evaluations (3ie), supported by other partners. It represents an important way forward in this area, harnessing technical expertise, and academia to strengthen knowledge about the evidence base.

This report showcases how multisectoral and multistakeholder partnerships are working across the life-course to ensure equitable access to quality and affordable care. Around the world, and across sectors, we are coming together to deliver together on a shared vision for, and of, women, children and adolescents as critical agents of change.