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Child health
2024年12月8日 · More than half of child deaths are due to conditions that could be easily prevented or treated given access to health care and improvements to their quality of life. At the same time, children must also be given a stable environment in which to thrive, including good health and nutrition, protection from threats and access to opportunities to ...
Child Health and Development - World Health Organization (WHO)
The goal of the Child Health and Development Unit is to end preventable child deaths and promote the healthy growth and development of all children in the first decade of their life. About us Technical areas of work
Weight-for-age - World Health Organization (WHO)
Access WHO's weight-for-age standards, including charts and methods for assessing child growth patterns from birth to 5 years.
Breastfeeding - World Health Organization (WHO)
WHA73(26) Maternal, infant and young child nutrition; WHA71.9 Infant and young child feeding; WHA69.8 United Nations Decade of Action on Nutrition (2016–2025) WHA 69.9 Ending inappropriate promotion of foods for infants and young child; Technical work. Food and Nutrition Actions in Health Systems; Global Breastfeeding Collective; Newborn health
[Child] - Risk factors - World Health Organization (WHO)
<p>Risk Factors: Young children: Risks to child health include low birth weight, malnutrition, not breast feeding, overcrowded conditions, unsafe drinking water and food and poor hygiene practices. Prior to birth, a mother can increase her child's chance of survival and good health by attending antenatal care consultations, being immunized against tetanus, and avoiding …
Head circumference for age - World Health Organization (WHO)
Child growth standards. Standards; Head circumference for age Length/height-for-age; Weight-for-age; Weight-for-length/height; Body mass index-for-age (BMI-for-age) Arm circumference-for-age; Subscapular skinfold-for-age; Triceps skinfold-for-age; Motor development milestones; Weight velocity; Length velocity; Head circumference velocity
Height-for-age (5-19 years) - World Health Organization (WHO)
Growth reference 5-19 years - Height-for-age (5-19 years) When autocomplete results are available use up and down arrows to review and enter to select.
Violence against children - World Health Organization (WHO)
2022年11月29日 · Intimate partner violence (or domestic violence) involves physical, sexual and emotional violence by an intimate partner or ex-partner. Although males can also be victims, intimate partner violence disproportionately affects females. It commonly occurs against girls within child marriages and early/forced marriages.
Motor development milestones - World Health Organization (WHO)
Child growth standards. Standards; Motor development milestones Length/height-for-age; Weight-for-age; Weight-for-length/height; Body mass index-for-age (BMI-for-age) Head circumference for age; Arm circumference-for-age; Subscapular skinfold-for-age; Triceps skinfold-for-age; Weight velocity; Length velocity; Head circumference velocity
etymology - When did "kid" start to mean "child"? - English …
My dear child/Child, come here/He is but a child! But I don't see kid. In fact, I didn't see kid even in the contemporary work A Series of Unfortunate Events when I was reading it (unless I missed it). Children was still used there. So, my question is: When did "kid" become used to mean "child"? Is it less formal to use "kid" than "child"?