Schools across South Sudan have been ordered to close as a heat wave of 45°C sweeps across the country. In recent years, severe flooding has already caused major disruptions to schooling in South Sudan where,...Read more
|Comment|author: The Conversation Global Perspectives
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s radical plan to ban anyone currently aged 15 and under from ever buying cigarettes has passed its first parliamentary vote.
Yet his aim of imposing some of the world’s strictest anti-smoking...Read more
One in seven people worldwide are neurodivergent. They may have a diagnosis of a neurodevelopmental condition such as attention deficit hyperactivity disorder or autism – or traits that mean their thinking style differs from neurotypical...Read more
In what is major stride towards sustainable childcare, the Gabrielle Vincent eco-crèche was inaugurated on Friday afternoon in Brussels. It means all day care settings in the centre of the Belgian capital can call themselves...Read more
We live in a world where teenagers grapple with a sense of crisis before adulthood; a time when young people, historically beacons of optimism, report lower happiness than their elders.Read more
When thousands of Syrian families fleeing violence resettled in Canada several years ago, Ontario’s school mental health agency wanted to give schools tools to help refugee children process their traumatic journeys and adjust to their...Read more
Accra, Ghana’s capital, is the latest major city to host a comprehensive ‘clean air’ project headed by the Global Designing Cities Initiative (GDCI) that focuses chiefly on the health implications for children and young people.Read more
With cities around the world continuing to be an attractive proposition for young people for work, education, and social opportunities, the findings of a new study identifying characteristics that would support young urban dwellers’ mental...Read more
The number of children worldwide dying before their fifth birthday has reached ‘a historic low’, says the United Nations (UN).
More children than ever before are surviving early childhood today, with the global under-5 mortality rate...Read more
Since school buildings reopened after COVID closures, I’ve heard teachers say, again and again, that the older elementary children in their classrooms are just not the same.Read more
Many streets around the globe are becoming increasingly inhospitable to children and the elderly due to compounding traffic and road safety concerns which deter these groups from active transport, like walking or cycling.Read more
US President Joe Biden has set out tougher standards over toxic vehicle pollutants that will hopefully prevent thousands of premature deaths – many of whom are children – ever year.Read more
How many of us recall having to calculate our body-mass index (BMI) as children at school, prompting comparisons of our weight with that of our peers? Or perhaps we remember references to calories and diets...Read more
|Comment|author: The Conversation Global Perspectives
A UK children’s charity says applications to local authority ‘crisis funds’ for help with beds and bedding for children have more than quadrupled in five years.Read more
A report that explores ‘guiding principles’ for developmentally-appropriate online mental health content for young people has been published by the World Health Organization (WHO).
It follows an important meeting in October when WHO and the British...Read more