title: Effective interventions and strategies for improving early child development.
authors.affiliation: Department of Maternal, Newborn, Child, and Adolescent Health, World Health Organization, 1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland daelmansb@who.int.
authors.forename: Bernadette
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Daelmans
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
authors.forename: Maureen M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Black
authors.affiliation: Bernard van Leer Foundation, The Hague, Netherlands.
authors.forename: Joan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lombardi
authors.affiliation: New York, USA.
authors.forename: Jane
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lucas
authors.affiliation: DST_NRF Centre of Excellence in Human Development, Durban, South Africa Human Sciences Research Council, Durban, South Africa.
authors.forename: Linda
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Richter
authors.affiliation: Grand Challenges Canada, Toronto, Canada.
authors.forename: Karlee
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Silver
authors.affiliation: United Nations Children's Fund, New York, USA.
authors.forename: Pia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Britto
authors.affiliation: Department of Applied Psychology, NYU Steinhardt, New York, USA.
authors.forename: Hirokazu
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yoshikawa
authors.affiliation: Department of Chronic Disease Epidemiology, Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, CT, USA.
authors.forename: Rafael
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Perez-Escamilla
authors.affiliation: Departments of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences and Pediatrics, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
authors.forename: Harriet
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: MacMillan
authors.affiliation: Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Tarun
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Dua
authors.affiliation: Department of Maternal, Newborn, Child, and Adolescent Health, World Health Organization, 1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Raschida R
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Bouhouch
authors.affiliation: Center for Global Child Health, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada Center of Excellence in Women and Child Health, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan.
authors.forename: Zulfiqar
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Bhutta
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.
authors.forename: Gary L
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Darmstadt
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Education, University of Hong Kong, China.
authors.forename: Nirmala
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Rao
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002657:Child Development; D002662:Child Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D014943:Global Health; D006302:Health Services Research; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008427:Maternal Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards / Q000639:trends; D008603:Mental Health; D009035:Mothers; D018673:Nutrition Policy; D011203:Poverty / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000639:trends; D016742:Preconception Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D016730:Program Development; D015397:Program Evaluation; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D012931:Social Environment; D012944:Social Support; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014944:World Health Organization