The Developing Child website

Harvard University's Global Children's Initiative website states how new scientific research continually emphasizes the importance of early childhood.  In high-income countries around the world, the information has led to better prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of childhood diseases and has initiated a concentration on learning and development in the early years.  In middle-to-low income countries, the information has resulted in a reduction of childhood malnutrition and child mortality.  Poverty still exists but the knowledge can promote new approaches to reduce or prevent problems for children.  Poorer countries can use the new information to help integrate services for children to give them the best possible chance for success.  In Zambia, a new assessment called ZamCAT was developed and completed in 2010.  It is used to analyze and evaluate anti-malaria efforts on preschool children's physical/socio-emotional/cognitive development.  In Brazil, a new project, Nucleo Ciencia Pela Infancia, aims to create a supportive early childhood base of scholars and scientists, work to change social policy with new scientific knowledge, develop early childhood leadership that can effectively make policies benefiting children, and traslate The Center's wealth of early childhood information for Brazilians.