Maureen M. Black

TL;DR: Recent scientific progress and global commitments to early childhood development are examined, with new neuroscientific evidence linking early adversity and nurturing care with brain development and function throughout the life course.

TL;DR: The goal is to provide information to help the setting of priorities for early child development programmes and policies to benefit the world's poorest children and reduce persistent inequalities.

TL;DR: The third in the Child Development Series as discussed by the authors assesses strategies to promote child development and to prevent or ameliorate the loss of developmental potential in developing countries by identifying four well-documented risks: stunting, iodine deficiency, iron deficiency anaemia, and inadequate cognitive stimulation, plus four potential risks based on epidemiological evidence.

TL;DR: A 2-item FI screen was sensitive, specific, and valid among low-income families with young children, enabling providers to target services that ameliorate the health and developmental consequences associated with FI.

TL;DR: If the observed associations are causal, then intervention programmes designed to prevent malnutrition and G lamblia early in life could lead to significant improvement in cognitive function of children in similar lower-income communities throughout the less-developed world.