Premature birth, pneumonia and malaria among leading causes of death in under-fives worldwide, as UN experts warn aid cuts are slowing progress on survival rates ...

About 4.9 million children died before reaching their fifth birthday in 2024, according to new United Nations estimates, a ...

An estimated 4.9 million children died before their fifth birthday in 2024, including 2.3 million newborns, according to new ...

Veronica Paulus is a former STAT intern supported by the Harvard University Institute of Politics. Childhood vaccination coverage has made leaps since 1980. But progress has significantly slowed in ...

Global conflicts killed three times as many children and twice as many women in 2023 than in the previous year, as overall civilian fatalities swelled 72%, the United Nations said Tuesday. Warring ...

Our alumni's experiences speak volumes about the value and impact of our program. Select alumni share how the Dr. Kelly DeScioli Global Child Health Pediatrics Residency Program shaped their careers ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Mark Minevich is a NY-based strategist focused on human centric AI. Photo of 2,5 years old little girl holding a glass helmet and ...

An initiative of Just Rights for Children launches worldwide 100 Days of Action on International Human Rights Day to galvanize support towards ending child marriage. JRC, led by child rights activist ...

In a recent study in the PLOS Global Public Health Journal, researchers reviewed demographic and health surveys between 2006–2020 at the global scale to elucidate trends in zero vegetable or fruit ...

Dr. Modupe Taiwo, a Save the Children program director in Sierra Leone, leads “My Body. My Decision. My Rights,” a project funded by Global Affairs Canada to reduce and respond to child marriage. She ...