This brief gives an overview of health challenges across the Pacific Islands region and identifies the need for development partners such as the United States to reframe their approach to health ...

An ad hoc committee will conduct a consensus study on fostering healthy mental, emotional, and behavioral development among children and youth. As background to the study, the committee will review ...

Rufus Tony Spann, Ph.D., L.C.P.C., L.P.C. Mental Health / Holistic Health Dr. Rufus Tony Spann is a nationally certified school psychologist, licensed professional counselor, yoga teacher and reiki ...

Mental health is increasingly recognized as both a precondition and an outcome of social development. However, global advances have been uneven, reflecting ...

Frontline workers need to be engaged in the process of building responsive, interconnected health systems. Reuters There is an urgent need to put together a coherent goal-readiness plan to drive the ...

Around a child’s first birthday, parents and caregivers can often start noticing signs and behaviors that could point to developmental delay in their children, causing concern for their well-being.

Most children in the US attend early care and education (ECE) such as public or private preschool, child care centers, or Head Start before entering kindergarten. High-quality ECE programs can promote ...

Children were more likely to be diagnosed with developmental disabilities during the Covid-19 pandemic than they were in the year before, according to a new report from the US Centers for Disease ...

In many ways, the last twenty years have been somewhat of a “revolution” in global health, as marked by rising attention, growing funding, and the creation of new, large scale initiatives to address ...