Publications on Children

The advent of point-of-care (POC) EID technologies is a breakthrough that creates the opportunity to increase coverage of EID testing.

This fact sheet present data for 194 WHO Member States – including 138 low- and middle-income countries (LMIC) – and 35 Fast‑Track countries, respectively through July 2017.

Monitoring of individuals on Antiretroviral therapy (ART) is important to ensure treatment efficacy and improved health outcomes.

This brief summarizes results from an analysis of the impacts of child marriage on a few selected health outcomes, specifically early childbirths, maternal mortality and intimate partner violence.

This report details the results achieved by UNICEF for and with children worldwide in 2016. It covers the organization’s programme work, humanitarian action, partnerships and advocacy efforts in all strategic sectors, with an emphasis on reaching every child and accelerating progress for the most vulnerable and disadvantaged girls and boys.

Written by Girls Not Brides, this information sheet takes a look at the link between child marriage and maternal health. It highlights that countries with high rates of child marriage typically have poor maternal and child health outcomes including higher rates of infant and maternal mortality. The brief also looks at what can be done to improve the maternal health of adolescent girls.

The year 2016 represented a transition in many ways for the global HIV response. Some changes and developments were unequivocally positive, while the impact of others remains uncertain.

This working document by the Initiative for Child Rights in the Global Compacts, a multilateral initiative supported by 26 organizations, sets out what these protection and inclusion measures entail with respect to six priority issues involving refugee and migrant children (sometimes referred to collectively as “children on the move”) and what provisions it would consequently be appropriate to include in the two Global Compacts.

An unprecedented period of change and opportunity is under way in Myanmar. But too many children have yet to feel the benefits. This Child Alert focuses on the situation of children whose lives and prospects are effectively on hold.

The objective of this document is to make available WHO recommendations on child health in one easy-to-access document for WHO staff, policy-makers, programme managers, and health professionals. The compilation can also help better define gaps to prioritize guideline updates.