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Nurturing care: promoting early childhood development

This article provides analysis of early childhood development in five main sectors: health, nutrition, education, child protection, and social protection. Sometimes parents or other authorities must intervene to help the growth of the child. Intervention can be a powerful tool in helping children develop correctly in the five sectors this article covers. It was concluded that in order to make interventions a powerful tool for the family, they must be anchored in nurturing care. The evidence now suggests that parents, caregivers, and families must be supported in providing nurturing care for children to have healthy development.

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