ONLINE EVENT: The Lancet Series: Early Childhood Development and the Next 1,000 Days

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Somos Crianza, the Latin American Coalition of Networks for Early Childhood, hosts the launch webinar of The Lancet’s new series: Early Childhood Development and the Next 1,000 Days.

The ‘next 1,000 days’ of a child’s life – a period spanning from two to five years old – follows the first 1,000 days from conception to two years old. The first 1000 days are a crucial window of opportunity to promote nurturing and caring environments, establish healthy behaviors, and build early on gains to sustain and improve the trajectories of children’s healthy development.

In this new two-part series on early childhood development, The Lancet focuses on the transition to the ‘next 1,000 days’ of a child’s life course, describing why this developmental period matters, identifying conditions for fostering caring and nurturing environments, risks, and protective factors that shape children’s development. The papers also estimate the number of children who receive adequate nurturing care and examine whether current interventions address children’s needs.

Join us on March 5, at 10 AM ET to hear from leading experts about the benefits and costs of key strategies to support children’s development, the need to provide access to adequate nurturing care, safe and supportive environments with adequate stimulation, protection from physical punishment, adequate nutrition to all children, universal developmental screening, and financial support for vulnerable populations.

During the webinar, key speakers will present two papers: The next 1000 days: building on early investments for the health and development of young children, and The cost of not investing in the next 1000 days: implications for policy and practice.

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We invite participants to submit their questions through Zoom’s Q&A feature or by emailing education@thedialogue.org.

This event will be held in Spanish.