Evidence

Evidence on children's well-being, problem first.

Every finding is tied to a defined problem for children, the intervention that claims to solve it, and its type of design. Open any card to compare the same intervention across countries.

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Survival

Problem

Poor nutritional status (weight-for-height) in children aged 12-36 months, and limited maternal nutrition knowledge

Intervention: Maternal nutrition education with a booklet, plus 14 days of purple sweet potato supplementary feeding
Population: 60 mother-child pairs, with children aged 12-36 months (30 pairs in each group)

Key finding

The abstract does not report any outcome results for weight-for-height z-scores or maternal knowledge.

Experimental

Aminah et al. · OpenAlex · 30 Sept 2026

SurvivalDevelopment

Problem

Impaired growth and neurodevelopment (cognitive, motor, language, social) in children aged 1–6 years with severe acute malnutrition

Intervention: Eight weeks of standardised nutritional rehabilitation, including therapeutic feeding, micronutrient supplementation and management of associated complications
Population: 150 children aged 1–6 years diagnosed with SAM (WHO criteria) at the Department of Paediatrics, Khairpur Medical College, Sindh

Key finding

Weight rose from 7.3 to 9.2 kg and weight-for-height Z-score from −3.42 to −2.18 (p < 0.001)

Pre/post

Soomro et al. · OpenAlex · 30 Sept 2026

SurvivalDevelopment

Problem

Limited knowledge among kindergarten teachers about anthropometric measurement and nutritional status assessment, which hinders early detection of child stunting in Indonesia.

Intervention: Training session with health education, practical weight and height measurement, and a demonstration of the AnthroCal rapid nutritional screening app.
Population: 20 kindergarten teachers from 10 schools in Dramaga District, Bogor Regency, West Java, Indonesia.

Key finding

Mean knowledge score increased from 72.2±11.9 to 90.0±9.2.

Practitioner

Dainy et al. · OpenAlex · 30 Sept 2026

SurvivalProtection

Problem

Persistent stunting among toddlers in Jrakah Village, Boyolali Regency, Indonesia

Intervention: Existing stunting programs: supplementary feeding for children and pregnant women, growth and development monitoring, health education, and cross-sectoral collaboration
Population: Toddlers, pregnant women, and stakeholders in Jrakah Village, Boyolali Regency (exact participants not stated)

Key finding

Programs were judged to be well implemented by the relevant agencies and community health centers.

Practitioner

Sutanta et al. · OpenAlex · 30 Sept 2026

Survival

Problem

Stunting (impaired linear growth) among children under five

Intervention: Red ginger extract gummy candy given as a functional food for one month, compared with a placebo
Population: Children under five years old in Indonesia

Key finding

Height increased significantly within the intervention group (p=0.005).

Experimental

Heryani et al. · OpenAlex · 30 Sept 2026

Survival

Problem

Stunting among children in villages of Lamongan Regency, Indonesia

Intervention: Allocation of Village Fund money to health, used for stunting reduction programmes
Population: Villages in Lamongan Regency, Indonesia, using village-level data for 2023-2024

Key finding

PSM: about 1.2 percentage points lower stunting prevalence in villages receiving the intervention than in non-treated villages (statistically significant).

Practitioner

Rakhimah et al. · OpenAlex · 30 Sept 2026

Survival

Problem

Poor infant and young child feeding practices contributing to child stunting in Nigeria

Intervention: Accelerating Nutrition Results in Nigeria (ANRiN) project, a nutrition intervention for mothers and young children
Population: 503 mothers of children aged 6–23 months in Plateau State, Nigeria, both ANRiN beneficiaries and non-beneficiaries

Key finding

Practice scores were higher among beneficiaries (6.95 ± 1.42 vs. 6.34 ± 1.57, p < 0.001).

Practitioner

Osoteku et al. · OpenAlex · 30 Sept 2026

Survival

Problem

Microbiological diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis in children is difficult, especially in infants, malnourished children and children living with HIV.

Intervention: Testing induced sputum with Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra, alongside liquid culture.
Population: 636 children under 15 years investigated for pulmonary TB at Dora Nginza Hospital, South Africa, including infants, underweight children and children living with HIV.

Key finding

Ultra sensitivity was 90.9% (95%CI 82.9-96.0) and specificity 89.6% (95%CI 86.7-92.0).

Practitioner

Luiz et al. · OpenAlex · 1 Oct 2026

Survival

Problem

Disseminated BCG disease after vaccination in infants with primary immunodeficiency, where linezolid is limited by bone marrow suppression

Intervention: Contezolid-containing multidrug antimycobacterial regimens combined with hematopoietic stem cell transplantation
Population: Three infants aged 3–9.5 months with primary immunodeficiency in China (Wiskott–Aldrich syndrome, X-linked SCID, IL-12 receptor β1 deficiency)

Key finding

All three patients achieved satisfactory clinical resolution of infectious lesions after 11–12 months of treatment.

Practitioner

Zhang et al. · OpenAlex · 2 Oct 2026

Survival

Problem

Poorer feeding, growth, longer hospitalization, and neurodevelopmental and parental psychological outcomes in preterm or low-birth-weight infants

Intervention: Parent-administered massage alone or combined with tactile, kinesthetic, oral or other developmental sensory components, compared with routine care or non-massage controls
Population: Preterm or low-birth-weight infants and their parents, across 24 randomized controlled trials

Key finding

Breastfeeding or human-milk feeding at discharge: OR 5.42 (95% CI 2.44–11.94), moderate certainty.

Experimental

Li et al. · OpenAlex · 2 Oct 2026

Survival

EGYE

Problem

Preeclampsia in high-risk pregnancies, a leading cause of maternal and neonatal illness and death

Intervention: Statins, metformin, or vitamin D (at different doses, alone or combined with omega-3) given to pregnant women, compared with placebo
Population: High-risk pregnant women (4,078 across eight randomised trials)

Key finding

Vitamin D 4,000 IU/day: risk ratio 0.21 (95% CI 0.06-0.72) for preeclampsia versus placebo, roughly an 8% absolute risk difference.

Experimental

El-Khouly et al. · OpenAlex · 2 Oct 2026

Survival

Problem

Parental hesitancy toward childhood vaccination in Nigeria, contributing to preventable illness and death.

Intervention: Various health communication strategies aimed at reducing parental vaccine hesitancy, including media campaigns, government messaging, community-based engagement, and phone-based messaging.
Population: Parents, carers, or primary caregivers of children aged 0-3 years in Nigeria

Key finding

Media campaign strategies were identified as one approach to address hesitancy.

Practitioner

Ike et al. · OpenAlex · 25 Aug 2026

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