child health

Evidence from Iraq demonstrates that exposure to violence before birth, and the associated stress experienced by mothers, is linked to significant developmental challenges for children, shedding light on similar issues faced in other conflict zones.

The use of glyphosate in Brazilian agriculture led to a deterioration of birth outcomes in surrounding populations

A free intervention in El Salvador aimed at addressing stress-management and parenting for caregivers, and delivered through SMS, lowered women’s use of violence towards children but worsened male caregiver’s mental health and lowered their interacti...

Evidence on trade shocks in Brazil shows that, despite reducing household incomes, child health improved in hard-hit areas as parents, particularly mothers, had fewer labour market opportunities outside the home and therefore more time to invest in t...

Gender gaps in child health have narrowed in India, but important gaps remain both for girls and younger brothers, and sex-selective abortion poses a new challenge

Adding communication skills training to health classes for mothers in Uganda increased women’s voice in household decisions but not sufficiently to generate transformative impacts on most child health outcomes

Maternal dengue infections decrease birth weight, increase the risk for low birth weight and the number of hospitalisations of children in the first three years of life

Parental job loss has significant negative effects on children, which can be partly mitigated by access to unemployment insurance

Governments commonly use school infrastructure to implement programmes targeting child health, but additional programmes can overwhelm administrative capacity and crowd out the delivery of existing programmes.