Joint Child Malnutrition Estimates: Key Findings of the 2023 Edition

This report from the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) analyzes the wellbeing of children with disabilities across more than 60 indicators, including nutrition, access to water and sanitation, protection from violence, education, happiness, and more. There are nearly 240 million children with disabilities or about 1 in 10 children worldwide – with many experiencing a greater likelihood of exclusion, limited access to education and essential care, and discrimination. This report aims to document the scale…

This teaching pack focuses on opioid use and the global pain epidemic. It features a lesson plan, “An Opioid Epidemic for Whom?” that is designed for interactive classroom learning about the various factors contributing to the opioid epidemic in the United States, and to place it within a larger global context. Students are invited to contrast the opioid epidemic in the U.S. with the dearth of pain relief medications available in low- and middle-income countries.…

This case study describes a cash transfer program to poor households with young children in South Africa. In 1998, South Africa launched a new social welfare program, the Child Support Grant (CSG), that would provide cash grants of ZAR100 (US$21) each month to the poorest 30 percent of children under seven years old, conditional upon participation in development programs and proof of immunization status. The case study describes iterations on CSG’s design to increase uptake…