Parental and Caregiver Involvement in South African Education
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The decline of child stunting in 122 countries: a systematic review of child growth studies since the 19th century
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Childhood stunting fell dramatically over the 20th century
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Prioritising the fight against stunting in South Africa: Evidence, gaps, and implications: a synthesis of ten papers from a special issue of Development Southern Africa (Volume 42, Issue 6, 2025)
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The AI WhatsApp bot spotting hearing loss in SA schools
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From teddies to tablets: New global research reveals that digital devices are being used to comfort babies and parents
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Playbook on Digital Innovation for Supporting Families. A framework for transformative digital support to parents
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Where is the South African prevention of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder programme? A call to action
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Closing the equity gap? An overview of progress toward implementing South Africa’s national integrated early childhood development policy
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The Study on Violence against Children in South Africa. Special Summary for Teens
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A study on knowledge, attitudes and practices of parents/primary caregivers with children from birth to six years old regarding the importance of play in early learning: Executive summary
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2026 Background Report for the 2030 Reading Panel
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The first South African National Gender-Based Violence Study, 2022: a baseline survey on victimisation and perpetration.
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HANDS-ON Experience Learning
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Measuring stunting and tracking trends in prevalence in South Africa: Conceptual and methodological considerations
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Scaling Early Parenting Interventions: A Qualitative Investigation of Factors that Enable Successful Scaling of Early Parenting Interventions for Sustainable Implementation and Impact
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Reflections on monitoring parenting programmes during dissemination and scale-up
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WHOeyes
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Child Poverty in South Africa. Assessing changes in multidimensional poverty using the MODA approach (2015–2023)
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Food Fortification protects billions—but could triple its impact
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The evolution of antenatal care HIV/syphilis sentinel surveillance in South Africa, 1990–2022, and future directions
By Africa, for Africa: data and action for young children
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Impact of large-scale food fortification programmes on micronutrient inadequacies and their implementation costs: a modelling analysis
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Transforming Welfare Services: From Child Relief to Women’s Empowerment: The Child Support Grant in Rural South Africa
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Turning national commitment into community action in a child’s first 1,000 days
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SA is failing its youngest ears
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World Hearing Day | South African Speech Language Hearing Association
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Adolescence. An Overlooked Window in Nutrition
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UNIMMAP-Quality-Standards-Brief-FAQ-web-layout-3-19
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Defining Parent Responsiveness: A Systematic Review‐Based Theoretical Model
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Acceptability of Antenatal Multiple Micronutrient Supplementation (MMS) Compared to Iron and Folic Acid (IFA) Supplementation in Pregnant Individuals: A Narrative Review
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A quiet crisis: Babies born with hearing loss often diagnosed too late in SA
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New Technical Brief and FAQ for UNIMMAP MMS Quality Standards Published by UNICEF
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Introduction of Multiple Micronutrient Supplements in Pakistan through the National Health System: A Pilot Study
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Newborn and Infant Hearing Screening Facing Globally Growing Numbers of People Suffering from Disabling Hearing Loss
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Thrive by Five Index 2024: National Findings
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Effective dietary interventions during pregnancy: a systematic review and meta-analysis of behavior change techniques to promote healthy eating
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Burns Awareness Guide » Surgeons for little lives
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Childhood Illnesses Training Materials For Nurses, Doctors and Community Health Workers
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World Report on Hearing - Comms toolkit is important to alleviate poverty and ensure proper nutrition and care
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As Europe drinks less, Big Alcohol turns to Africa
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At the Crossroads: Life Skills/Orientation Textbook Series
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Why Is Social Connection So Hard for Young Adults?
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Amazing to Me
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HOPE-Hear
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World Report on Hearing - Comms toolkit
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Ke Moja WhatsApp Chat Platform (SADAG)
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Stories for Joy – Early Childhood Development South Africa
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Tiny Happy People
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Children's brains function differently during book reading and screen time
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Welcome to Ethnikids - An Online Childrens Bookstore
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How early book access can transform South Africa’s future
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Western Cape Government Launches Khulisa Care to combat child stunting and improve maternal nutrition | Western Cape Government
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Healthy eating on a budget: Cost-effective protein options starting at just R5 | Life
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Newzroom Afrika Interview: Informal workers are not eligible for maternity and paternal benefits - DGMT
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SABC News Interview: The maternal support grant is vital to address stunting - DGMT
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Bhekisisa Health Beat Interview: Focus on moms - DGMT
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Newzroom Afrika Interview: Government must get behind the Maternal Support Grant - DGMT
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ENCA Interview: Calls are growing for government to fast-track the implementation of the Maternity Support Grant - DGMT
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ENCA Interview: New moms are desperate in SA’s malnutrition crisis - DGMT
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ENCA Interview: Why is South Africa still waiting on the Maternal Support Grant? - DGMT
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Young children and the polycrisis. Where to from here? Executive Summary
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Young children and the polycrisis. Where to from here?
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Situation Analysis of Children and Adolescents in South Africa | 2024
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THRIVE Nurturing Care for early childhood development. Country profiles for early childhood development (2025)
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South Africa Public Expenditure and Institutional Review (PEIR) for Early Childhood Development
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Effective Cross-Departmental and Inter-Governmental Coordination in Early Childhood Development: The First Step in Developing The ECD Sectoral Strategy for the 2024-2029 Medium-Term National Development Plan
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The Nurturing Care Framework: Indicators for Measuring Responsive Care and Early Learning Activities
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South African Child Gauge 2024
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Reducing Child Poverty. A review of child poverty and the value of the Child Support Grant.
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2025 Background Report for the 2030 Reading Panel
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Tobacco and stunting
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Judicial Handbook for Navigating Online Harms
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Microchange at Scale: HOW SMALL DATA-DRIVEN SHIFTS CAN TRANSFORM EARLY LEARNING IN SOUTH AFRICA
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Unlocking the Power of Warm, Interactive Conversations
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Do the benefits fade out or not? Understanding influences on short and long-term effects of preschool programmes
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Advancing maternal and child health through Multiple Micronutrient Supplementation (MMS) in South Africa
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WHO/UNICEF Estimates of National Immunization Coverage (WUENIC), 2024 revision
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Levels and trends in child mortality. Report 2024
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Standing up for Stillbirth: Current estimates and key interventions. Report of the United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation 2024
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How South Africa can stop hurting its children by reducing heavy drinking: A Guide for Children and Teenagers
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Reducing Alcohol Harms to Children and Adolescents in South Africa: Evidence for Action
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Every child heard: Why South Africa must implement universal newborn hearing screening now
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South African Early Childhood Review 2024
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The State of the World’s Children 2025: Ending Child Poverty – Our Shared Imperative, Statistical Compendium and Data Tables
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What Makes Me? Core Capacities for Living and Learning in Childhood
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Seeds of Success: Nurturing Young Children through Parenting Support
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School Dropout: Hanging by a Thread
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Boosting Adolescent Girls’ Agency Through Life Skills Training
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Global Research Agenda for Children with Disabilities
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PROFESSIONAL BOARD FOR SPEECH, LANGUAGE AND HEARING PROFESSIONS EARLY HEARING DETECTION AND INTERVENTION (EHDI) GUIDELINES YEAR 2018
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Early Detection and Intervention in Audiology An African Perspective
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World Report on Hearing
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Hearing screening: considerations for implementation
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This report examines child poverty in South Africa using the MODA approach, measuring multiple deprivations beyond income. It finds slight improvements from 2015–2023, but over half of children remain poor. Poverty is shaped by inequality, geography, and household conditions, with persistent disparities despite gains in income-based poverty reduction.
This report examines child poverty in South Africa using the MODA approach, measuring multiple deprivations beyond income. It finds slight improvements from 2015–2023, but over half of children remain poor. Poverty is shaped by inequality, geography, and household conditions, with persistent disparities despite gains in income-based poverty reduction.
This report shows that child poverty remains widespread and complex, with hundreds of millions of children living in extreme or multidimensional deprivation across health, education, water and sanitation, nutrition and protection. It emphasises that poverty undermines survival and development, highlights stalled progress and intersecting crises (conflict, climate, funding shortfalls), and calls for urgent policies social protection, public services, decent work and rights‑centred planning to end child poverty globally.
This report shows that child poverty remains widespread and complex, with hundreds of millions of children living in extreme or multidimensional deprivation across health, education, water and sanitation, nutrition and protection. It emphasises that poverty undermines survival and development, highlights stalled progress and intersecting crises (conflict, climate, funding shortfalls), and calls for urgent policies social protection, public services, decent work and rights‑centred planning to end child poverty globally.
A report by UNICEF Innocenti which explores nine core capacities such as empathizing, observing, listening, and inquiring that are foundational for children’s living, learning, and well-being. It synthesises evidence on how these skills develop and how education systems and broader social policies can nurture them to improve children’s growth and potential worldwide.
A report by UNICEF Innocenti which explores nine core capacities such as empathizing, observing, listening, and inquiring that are foundational for children’s living, learning, and well-being. It synthesises evidence on how these skills develop and how education systems and broader social policies can nurture them to improve children’s growth and potential worldwide.
This is a 2025 UNICEF global report on progress in parenting and early childhood development. It highlights how supporting parents with strong policies, services and programmes enables nurturing care that promotes children’s health, learning and well‑being. The report reviews progress, challenges and offers recommendations to strengthen parenting support worldwide.
This is a 2025 UNICEF global report on progress in parenting and early childhood development. It highlights how supporting parents with strong policies, services and programmes enables nurturing care that promotes children’s health, learning and well‑being. The report reviews progress, challenges and offers recommendations to strengthen parenting support worldwide.
This report highlights South Africa’s ongoing school dropout crisis, showing that up to 4 in 10 learners leave before Grade 12. It argues that school dropout is driven by cumulative psychosocial issues like poverty, violence, poor mental health, hunger, weak support and unsafe environments, and stresses embedding psychosocial support into schooling to keep learners engaged and improve retention.
This report highlights South Africa’s ongoing school dropout crisis, showing that up to 4 in 10 learners leave before Grade 12. It argues that school dropout is driven by cumulative psychosocial issues like poverty, violence, poor mental health, hunger, weak support and unsafe environments, and stresses embedding psychosocial support into schooling to keep learners engaged and improve retention.
This policy brief reviews evidence from 16 randomized evaluations of adolescent girls’ life skills programmes in low‑ and middle‑income countries. It shows that life skills training strengthens girls’ “power within” confidence, aspirations and gender attitudes enabling them to make choices that improve education, labour, health, and empowerment outcomes. The brief also outlines key behavioural mechanisms and design insights for effective life skills programming.
This policy brief reviews evidence from 16 randomized evaluations of adolescent girls’ life skills programmes in low‑ and middle‑income countries. It shows that life skills training strengthens girls’ “power within” confidence, aspirations and gender attitudes enabling them to make choices that improve education, labour, health, and empowerment outcomes. The brief also outlines key behavioural mechanisms and design insights for effective life skills programming.
This is a UNICEF Innocenti strategic framework that identifies key research priorities to close critical evidence gaps for children with disabilities and ensure their full inclusion in policy and programs. Developed through extensive global consultation, it promotes disability-inclusive, participatory research, outlines priority topics (e.g., education, protection, social support), and calls governments, donors and researchers to act on evidence for real-world impact.
This is a UNICEF Innocenti strategic framework that identifies key research priorities to close critical evidence gaps for children with disabilities and ensure their full inclusion in policy and programs. Developed through extensive global consultation, it promotes disability-inclusive, participatory research, outlines priority topics (e.g., education, protection, social support), and calls governments, donors and researchers to act on evidence for real-world impact.
This is a 2018 guideline setting standards for Early Hearing Detection and Intervention (EHDI). It recommends screening, diagnosis and intervention timelines for infants, aiming for hearing screening by about six weeks, diagnosis by four months and intervention by eight months, to support timely identification of hearing impairment and promote optimal child communication and development. The guideline adapts international EHDI standards to South Africa’s health context and emphasises audiologists’ roles and systematic EHDI service delivery.
This is a 2018 guideline setting standards for Early Hearing Detection and Intervention (EHDI). It recommends screening, diagnosis and intervention timelines for infants, aiming for hearing screening by about six weeks, diagnosis by four months and intervention by eight months, to support timely identification of hearing impairment and promote optimal child communication and development. The guideline adapts international EHDI standards to South Africa’s health context and emphasises audiologists’ roles and systematic EHDI service delivery.
This book explores early hearing detection and intervention (EHDI) in African contexts. It reviews identification, diagnosis, and intervention for childhood hearing impairment, highlights unique challenges in low- and middle-income settings, and offers culturally responsive, evidence-based practices, policy insights, and case studies aimed at improving outcomes for children with hearing loss across the continent.
This book explores early hearing detection and intervention (EHDI) in African contexts. It reviews identification, diagnosis, and intervention for childhood hearing impairment, highlights unique challenges in low- and middle-income settings, and offers culturally responsive, evidence-based practices, policy insights, and case studies aimed at improving outcomes for children with hearing loss across the continent.
This is a technical guidance handbook designed to help countries plan and set up evidence‑based hearing screening programmes across the life course. It builds on the World Report on Hearing by advising public health planners and ministries on how to screen newborns and infants, school‑age children, and older adults, including who to screen, tools and protocols to use, follow‑up pathways and integration with health systems to enable early identification and intervention for hearing loss and ear diseases.
This is a technical guidance handbook designed to help countries plan and set up evidence‑based hearing screening programmes across the life course. It builds on the World Report on Hearing by advising public health planners and ministries on how to screen newborns and infants, school‑age children, and older adults, including who to screen, tools and protocols to use, follow‑up pathways and integration with health systems to enable early identification and intervention for hearing loss and ear diseases.
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