Health

Policy brief
The Early Years: Maternal Mental Health
This policy brief captures what we know, why it matters, and what policymakers can do to support maternal mental health.
Policy brief
The Early Years: Malnutrition
This policy brief explains how early malnutrition leads to lifelong issues, both individual and collective, and what policymakers need to do.
Policy brief
The Early Years: Breastfeeding
This policy brief explains the importance of breastfeeding, the barriers mothers face, and what policymakers can do to help.
Collection
The Early Years: Policy Briefs
This collection of eight policy briefs explains some of the greatest challenges facing young children around the world.
Early Childhood Matters
Early Childhood Matters 2019
This edition covers a diversity of topics relevant for young children and their caregivers, from nutrition to street design to mobile technology.
Case
Helping municipalities to deliver joined-up services
The Netherlands has decentralised responsibility for social services from national to municipal governments. The Promising Start Action Programme, part of a broader…
Case
Pilot for Syrian refugees wins US$100m grant
In 2017, the MacArthur Foundation awarded a USD 100 million grant to Sesame Workshop and the IRC for joint work in Syria,…
Corporate Publications
Annual Report 2018
This report illustrates our impact in 2018, capturing what we achieved and what we learnt.
Historical cases
Small but Mighty
The incredible story of the women who made sure Guatemala’s educational system didn’t leave the nation’s indigenous children behind.
Historical cases
Violence, Breaking the Cycle
How El Salvador, one of the world’s most dangerous nations, stops brutality from spreading.
Historical cases
Roots of Change
How a Guatemalan grassroots women’s organisation creates holistic child-centred communities, one neighbourhood at a time.
Research report
Emerging Early Childhood Inequality: 2018 Report
This paper investigates the relationship between poverty, sensory stimulation, child development and educational achievement in Israel.