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

Maternal and neonatal morbidity and preventable maternal deaths in rural India, linked to sepsis, severe anaemia, delayed referral and inadequate emergency obstetric care

Intervention: Strengthened CEmONC services at a Community Health Centre, including emergency case management, a telephonic follow-up system for high-risk pregnancies, respectful maternity care through innovative discharge practices, and strengthened institutional delivery services
Population: Pregnant women and newborns attending CHC Faridpur, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, India

Key finding

The authors report favourable maternal and neonatal outcomes in the described cases.

Practitioner

Gautam et al. · OpenAlex · 29 Sept 2026

Survival

Problem

Hospitalization of infants for RSV bronchiolitis, and whether protection from nirsevimab differs by RSV lineage

Intervention: Immunization of infants with nirsevimab, a monoclonal antibody against RSV, implemented in France from September 2023
Population: Children younger than 12 months hospitalized with bronchiolitis in 12 French hospitals during the 2023–24 and 2024–25 RSV seasons

Key finding

Adjusted effectiveness against hospitalization for bronchiolitis was 88.4% (95% CI 84.5–91.4) with RSV-B.

Practitioner

Barbier et al. · OpenAlex · 29 Sept 2026

Survival

Problem

Uncertain parental acceptance of postnatal RSV monoclonal antibody immunisation for infants, which affects uptake and protection against infant RSV illness and hospitalisation

Intervention: Online messages giving information on the timing of the injection (shortly after birth) and on disease burden, with six variants compared against a control with no additional information
Population: UK parents of children under 18 years (survey sample of 12,326)

Key finding

Information that the mAb would be administered shortly after birth reduced post-exposure intent relative to control.

Experimental

Happenhofer et al. · OpenAlex · 29 Sept 2026

Survival

Problem

High diphtheria incidence among children in the Kazakh SSR at the end of the 1950s

Intervention: Mass diphtheria immunisation of children, supported by laboratory surveillance, early diagnosis, hospitalisation and timely treatment
Population: Population of the Kazakh SSR, with a focus on children, across regions, urban and rural areas and age groups

Key finding

Registered cases fell from 10,733 in 1959 to about 7,500 in 1960 and to roughly half that in 1961.

Practitioner

Mazhitova et al. · OpenAlex · 30 Sept 2026

Survival

Problem

Malaria burden (severe and uncomplicated cases, hospitalisations and deaths) among children under 5 in Cameroon

Intervention: Routine RTS,S/AS01 malaria vaccination introduced through the EPI in 42 priority health districts in 2024
Population: Children under 5 in 206 Cameroonian health districts (42 with the vaccine, 164 without), 2023-2025

Key finding

Crude DiD: 2.6 per 1,000 (15%) reduction in severe malaria and 8.1 per 1,000 (22%) reduction in uncomplicated malaria

Experimental

Bekolo et al. · OpenAlex · 30 Sept 2026

Survival

Problem

Limited maternal knowledge of appropriate complementary feeding (MP-ASI) for children aged 6–24 months, a factor that may contribute to stunting

Intervention: A health education session for mothers on complementary feeding
Population: 87 mothers of children aged 6–24 months in the Puskesmas Windusengkahan service area, Indonesia

Key finding

Good knowledge rose from 4 mothers (4.6%) before to 84 mothers (96.6%) after the session.

Pre/post

Noerfadilah et al. · OpenAlex · 30 Sept 2026

Survival

Problem

Severe Type III laryngomalacia causing upper airway obstruction and dependence on respiratory support in infants

Intervention: Transcervical epiglottic suspension surgery
Population: 15 infants with endoscopically confirmed Type III laryngomalacia who depended on respiratory support at a tertiary children's hospital in China; median age at surgery 58 days

Key finding

Primary procedural success in 14 of 15 infants, and in all infants after revision

Practitioner

Yang et al. · OpenAlex · 1 Oct 2026

Survival

Problem

Low breast milk production and limited community knowledge and family skills about oxytocin massage, which can hinder exclusive breastfeeding

Intervention: Education session with interactive lecture, demonstration, hands-on practice and leaflets on oxytocin massage
Population: 20 participants (14 breastfeeding mothers and 6 family companions/husbands) at Posyandu Lavender, Cibiuk Village, Ciranjang District, Cianjur Regency

Key finding

Mean knowledge score rose from 53.50 to 89.00 (+35.50 points, 66.35% increase).

Practitioner

Maryam et al. · OpenAlex · 1 Oct 2026

Development

Problem

Early childhood centres in economically challenged South African communities lack teaching and learning resources and practitioner professional development, which limits children's literacy development.

Intervention: Practitioners and parents were supported to create diverse teaching media from recyclable materials and use them in literacy activities.
Population: Early childhood practitioners and parents, and the children in their centres, in economically challenged communities in South Africa.

Key finding

Practitioners reported that children enjoy manipulating recyclable material.

Practitioner

Ntsala et al. · OpenAlex · 1 Oct 2026

DevelopmentSurvival

Problem

Impaired neurodevelopment among toddlers at risk of stunting

Intervention: Six weekly nurse-led sessions combining play-based early stimulation and structured parenting education
Population: 200 toddlers aged 36 months at risk of stunting in Tangerang Regency, Indonesia (100 intervention, 100 control)

Key finding

Cognitive: F=20.21, p<0.001, η²=0.093 in favour of the intervention group

Experimental

Sari et al. · OpenAlex · 1 Oct 2026

SurvivalDevelopment

Problem

Stunting and poor growth and development monitoring among toddlers, linked to limited family and health cadre knowledge

Intervention: Participatory nutrition education, counselling on balanced diets and complementary feeding, growth measurement demonstrations, developmental monitoring and individualised assistance for families and health cadres
Population: Families with toddlers and community health cadres in Indonesia

Key finding

Knowledge about stunting prevention, balanced nutrition, feeding practices and growth monitoring improved after the program (no figures given).

Pre/post

Syaharuddin et al. · OpenAlex · 1 Oct 2026

Survival

Problem

Nutritional status of school-age children in a primary school

Intervention: Free Nutritious Meal (MBG) school meal program, examined through the variation of its menus
Population: 57 upper-grade (Grades IV-VI) students at SD Negeri Caturtunggal 1, Indonesia

Key finding

The authors report a relationship between the MBG program (menu variation) and students' nutritional status.

Practitioner

Asri et al. · OpenAlex · 2 Oct 2026

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