title: Early childhood development: the foundation of sustainable development.
authors.affiliation: Department of Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health, World Health Organization, 1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland. Electronic address: daelmansb@who.int.
authors.forename: Bernadette
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Daelmans
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: Bernard van Leer Foundation, Washington, DC, USA.
authors.forename: Joan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lombardi
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA; RTI International, Research Park, NC, USA.
authors.forename: Maureen M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Black
authors.affiliation: UNICEF, New York, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Pia R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Britto
authors.affiliation: Fraser Mustard Institute for Human Development, University of Toronto, ON, Canada.
authors.forename: Stephen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lye
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: Center for Global Child Health, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada; Centre of Excellence in Women and Child Health, The Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan.
authors.forename: Zulfiqar A
authors.initials: ZA
authors.lastname: Bhutta
authors.affiliation: DST-NRF Centre of Excellence in Human Development, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
authors.forename: Linda M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Richter
mesh_terms: D002657:Child Development; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003247:Conservation of Natural Resources; D017753:Ecosystem; D005582:Foundations; D006801:Humans