Children's Health: Teaching Material

This resource pack focuses on early childhood development, an umbrella term for the physical, cognitive, and emotional changes that occur in the first years of life, with specific emphasis on birth to age five. Child development is driven by a complex interplay between a child and the many social contexts he or she occupies, including the household, peer network, school, community, and broader society. Together, these contexts interact with the natural biological and psychological growth…

This article from The Lancet provides estimates of 12 indicators for adolescent health and wellbeing from 1990 to 2016 on the country level. The study analyzed health outcomes, health risks, and social determinants of health for adolescents. While some countries have experienced a major decrease in disease burden, other countries have experienced population growth contributing to poor adolescent health. In 2016, 250 million more adolescents were living in multi-burden countries than in 1990. Obesity, anemia,…

This web-based portal provides a resource guide from the FXB Center for Health and Human Rights and is designed for advocates and practitioners interested in applying a human-rights-based approach to health issues. It is organized into 11 sections: an introduction provides a primer on the human right to health, then 10 topic chapters focus on specific health issues (patient care, HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, harm reduction, palliative care, disability, access to medicines) or vulnerable populations (children, minorities,…