Early childhood development: an imperative for action and measurement at scale

Linda Richter; Maureen Black; Pia Britto; Bernadette Daelmans; Chris Desmond; Amanda Devercelli; Tarun Dua; Günther Fink; Jody Heymann; Joan Lombardi; Chunling Lu; Sara Naicker; Emily Vargas-Barón

doi:10.1136/bmjgh-2018-001302

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Early childhood development: an imperative for action and measurement at scale

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Linda Richter Centre of Excellence in Human Development, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg-Braamfontein, South Africa PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Maureen Black RTI International, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Pia Britto Early Childhood Development, Unicef USA, New York City, New York, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Bernadette Daelmans Department of Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health, WHO, Geneva, Switzerland PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Chris Desmond DST-NRF Centre of Excellence in Human Development, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Amanda Devercelli Early Childhood Development, World Bank Group, Washington, District of Columbia, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Tarun Dua Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse, WHO, Geneva, Switzerland PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Günther Fink Household Economics and Health Systems, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland Global Health and Population, Harvard University T H Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Jody Heymann Fielding School of Public Health and WORLD Policy Analysis Center, University of California, Los Angeles, California, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Joan Lombardi Early Opportunities, Washington, District of Columbia, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Chunling Lu Division of Global Health, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Sara Naicker DST-NRF Centre of Excellence in Human Development, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Emily Vargas-Barón RISE Institute, Washington, District of Columbia, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles

Correspondence to Professor Linda Richter; linda.richter{at}wits.ac.za

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Richter L, Black M, Britto P, et al

Early childhood development: an imperative for action and measurement at scale

BMJ Global Health 2019;4:e001302.

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Received November 13, 2018
Revised February 11, 2019
Accepted February 15, 2019
First published June 24, 2019.

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June 24, 2019

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