8. Advancing Early Childhood Development:
from Science to Scale
An Executive Summary for The Lancet’s Series
www.thelancet.comOctober, 2016
“Young children’s healthy development depends on nurturing
care—care which ensures health, nutrition, responsive
caregiving, safety and security, and early learning.”
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10. Early Moments Matter for every child15
Nutrition, protection, stimulation
Ingredients of healthy early childhood development
Protection Stimulation
Breastfeeding,
diet diversity and
frequent feeding for
optimal growth
Immunization, disease
prevention and treatment
From toxic stress,
violence, abuse,
neglect, environmental
hazards, conflict
Talk, play, reading,
singing, responsive
interaction with
a loving adult
Quality early learning
opportunities
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Nutrition and health
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