Early Childhood Development : Situation Analysis for Malawi

Early Childhood Development : Situation Analysis for Malawi

Teenage pregnancies have potential negative consequences on the next generation. Children born to adolescent mothers are particularly at risk in terms of health, nutrition, cognitive and socio-emotional development. Evidence shows that the early years – especially the first 1,000 days – are crucia...

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Main Authors: Bakilana, Anne, Moucheraud, Corrina, McConnell, Christin, Hasan, Rifat
Format: Brief
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2016
Subjects:
ADOLESCENT
DEMOGRAPHIC DIVIDEND
EARLY MARRIAGE
FERTILITY
GIRLS EDUCATION
SCHOOL
SKILLS
TEENAGE PREGNANCY
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24574
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spelling okr-10986-245742021-05-25T08:49:00Z Early Childhood Development : Situation Analysis for Malawi Bakilana, Anne Moucheraud, Corrina McConnell, Christin Hasan, Rifat ADOLESCENT DEMOGRAPHIC DIVIDEND EARLY MARRIAGE FERTILITY GIRLS EDUCATION SCHOOL SKILLS TEENAGE PREGNANCY Teenage pregnancies have potential negative consequences on the next generation. Children born to adolescent mothers are particularly at risk in terms of health, nutrition, cognitive and socio-emotional development. Evidence shows that the early years – especially the first 1,000 days – are crucially important for lifetime health, learning, and productivity. Particularly for the most vulnerable children and families, early childhood development (ECD) is a high return investment. This policy brief presents evidence on the health, nutrition and overall development of children in Malawi with a focus on those born to adolescent mothers. Analysis of issues such as infant and child mortality, malnutrition, incidence of illness, healthcare seeking behaviors, protective practices, and late entry for school, pre-school experience and development are discussed. 2016-06-21T19:06:13Z 2016-06-21T19:06:13Z 2016-05 Brief http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24574 English en_US Policy Brief: Malawi; CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Brief Africa Malawi
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topic ADOLESCENT
DEMOGRAPHIC DIVIDEND
EARLY MARRIAGE
FERTILITY
GIRLS EDUCATION
SCHOOL
SKILLS
TEENAGE PREGNANCY
spellingShingle ADOLESCENT
DEMOGRAPHIC DIVIDEND
EARLY MARRIAGE
FERTILITY
GIRLS EDUCATION
SCHOOL
SKILLS
TEENAGE PREGNANCY
Bakilana, Anne
Moucheraud, Corrina
McConnell, Christin
Hasan, Rifat
Early Childhood Development : Situation Analysis for Malawi
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Malawi
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description Teenage pregnancies have potential negative consequences on the next generation. Children born to adolescent mothers are particularly at risk in terms of health, nutrition, cognitive and socio-emotional development. Evidence shows that the early years – especially the first 1,000 days – are crucially important for lifetime health, learning, and productivity. Particularly for the most vulnerable children and families, early childhood development (ECD) is a high return investment. This policy brief presents evidence on the health, nutrition and overall development of children in Malawi with a focus on those born to adolescent mothers. Analysis of issues such as infant and child mortality, malnutrition, incidence of illness, healthcare seeking behaviors, protective practices, and late entry for school, pre-school experience and development are discussed.
format Brief
author Bakilana, Anne
Moucheraud, Corrina
McConnell, Christin
Hasan, Rifat
author_facet Bakilana, Anne
Moucheraud, Corrina
McConnell, Christin
Hasan, Rifat
author_sort Bakilana, Anne
title Early Childhood Development : Situation Analysis for Malawi
title_short Early Childhood Development : Situation Analysis for Malawi
title_full Early Childhood Development : Situation Analysis for Malawi
title_fullStr Early Childhood Development : Situation Analysis for Malawi
title_full_unstemmed Early Childhood Development : Situation Analysis for Malawi
title_sort early childhood development : situation analysis for malawi
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2016
url http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24574
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