Ontology highlight
ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Black MM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5884058 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Black Maureen M MM Walker Susan P SP Fernald Lia C H LCH Andersen Christopher T CT DiGirolamo Ann M AM Lu Chunling C McCoy Dana C DC Fink Günther G Shawar Yusra R YR Shiffman Jeremy J Devercelli Amanda E AE Wodon Quentin T QT Vargas-Barón Emily E Grantham-McGregor Sally S
Lancet (London, England) 20161004 10064
Early childhood development programmes vary in coordination and quality, with inadequate and inequitable access, especially for children younger than 3 years. New estimates, based on proxy measures of stunting and poverty, indicate that 250 million children (43%) younger than 5 years in low-income and middle-income countries are at risk of not reaching their developmental potential. There is therefore an urgent need to increase multisectoral coverage of quality programming that incorporates heal ...[more]