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1 Introduction
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Forum activities will highlight the science and economics of integrated investments in young children living in low-resourced regions of the world across the areas of health, nutrition, education, and social protection. As a result, the forum will explore a holistic view of children and caregivers by integrating analyses and disciplines that span from neurons to neighborhoods and discuss the science from the microbiome 1 The planning committee's role was limited to planning the workshop.
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This work will be done through the forum and will engage in a series of stakeholder consultative sessions or public workshops, each focusing on specific aspects of science integration, bridging equity gaps, and implementing and scaling evidence-informed efforts. A set of forum goals includes supporting the development of integrated science on children's health, nutrition, education, and social protection and working with policy makers, practitioners, and researchers to raise awareness of integrated approaches to improve the lives of children and their caregivers.
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Examination of potential steps toward institutionalization and governance of policies and architecture of programs focused on young children A complete statement of task of this workshop is shown in Box 1-1. BOX 1-1 Statement of Task The Institute of Medicine and the National Research Council, in partnership with Fundação Maria Cecilia Souto Vidigal in São Paulo, Brazil, is pleased to announce a new workshop on Scaling Program Investments for Young Children Globally: A Workshop on Evidence from Latin America and the Caribbean.
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Chapter 3 describes the Grand Challenges initiative established by The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and more specifically, Brazil Grand Challenges, to include work on preterm birth, and Saving Brains, as well as partnerships between the Ministry of Health in Brazil, Grand Challenges Canada, and Fundação Maria Cecilia Souto Vidigal. Chapter 4 describes the impact and effectiveness of large-scale interventions related to health, sanitation, and child development, along with challenges of implementation and the criteria needed for scaling up.
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• nnual cost is $14 per child, which includes staff time, training, and materials. A Home Visiting Intervention in Colombia • n adaptation of the Jamaican home-visiting program, which introduced A psychosocial stimulation and micronutrient supplements into 1-hour weekly home visits.
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. Bolsa Familia Programme • widespread conditional cash-transfer program that was launched in 2003 A and provided cash transfers to poor households.
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She described that the momentum, rationale, and energy behind the forum developed from a growing worldwide recognition that programs and policies need to focus beyond child survival by planning for healthy childhood development. The growing body of
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2014. Using the infrastructure of a conditional cash transfer program to deliver a scalable integrated early child development program in Colombia: Cluster randomized controlled trial.
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