Tag: Early Chilhood Development
The Report, Potential Good Practices – the ICDS Experience is a compilation of best practices, successful pilot projects and integrated projects on child care and growth & development in different states across India being pioneered under Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) scheme. The document is a joint effort of the Ministry of Women and Child… Read more
There is little unequivocal evidence that nutritional supplementation of undernourished children has a beneficial effect on their mental development. The effects of nutritional supplementation, with or without psychosocial stimulation, of growth-retarded (stunted) children aged 9-24 months were assessed in a study in Kingston, Jamaica. 129 children from poor neighbourhoods were randomly assigned to four groups—control,… Read more
Introduction There are two distinct stages in Cuba’s history with regard to child development services. In the first stage, before the Revolution, health services were quite limited; there were only 300 children’s health centers in the entire country, and the child mortality rate was 54 per 1,000 live births. In the second stage, following the… Read more