Children born prior to 39 weeks of pregnancy are more likely to encounter development issues in the first four to six years of life, according to a new study published in the journal Pediatrics. For ...

Generous anti-poverty programs may help narrow gaps in mental health and brain development between children living in low- versus high-income households, a new study finds. The analysis, published in ...

What determines mental health, school performance, and even cognitive development? A new study in Reviews in the Neurosciences suggests that poverty and low socioeconomic status (SES) are key ...

The study of 153,000 Australian children published today in Pediatrics reports that overall, 9.6 per cent of children were developmentally high risk. In particular, infants born following planned ...

Since the general problem of poverty in developing countries, particularly in the least developed countries, is related to political, economic and social marginalization, all efforts to eradicate ...

[02:25] Story from the ground: Climate resilience and job prospects in Kiribati [06:46] IDA: How it was created, how it works, where it gets its cash from? [00:00] Raka Banerjee: Hello and welcome to ...

Children who are fed only one meal a day due to economic hardship are at risk of malnutrition, weakened immunity, poor brain development, stunted growth, and low academic performance, paediatricians ...

How do we address climate change, reduce poverty, and boost shared prosperity on a livable planet? Climate change is one of the defining issues of our time, and no country is immune. On this episode ...

Three decades ago nearly 2bn people lived in absolute poverty (ie, virtual destitution). By 2018 that figure had fallen by more than half. There has perhaps been no greater human achievement. How did ...