The phrase "accelerated children" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to children who are advanced in their learning or development compared to their peers, often in an educational context.
Example: "The school offers specialized programs for accelerated children to ensure they are challenged and engaged in their studies."
Alternatives: "gifted children" or "advanced learners".
To keep children protected from preventable diseases, UNICEF supported accelerated child survival campaigns through "Child Health Days" to ensure coverage of child health services.
STRATEGY AND IMPLEMENTATION Les gestes qui sauvent was introduced to accelerate the reduction of infant mortality in the context of accelerated child survival and development and was based on the need to complement access to health services with improved household behaviours.
The Child Health Week approach is part of an accelerated child survival and development strategy, which aims to deliver a package of basic interventions proven to be highly effective in both reducing mortality rates and improving child health.
for the COHORTS group Background: Promoting catch-up growth in malnourished children has health benefits, but recent evidence suggests that accelerated child weight gain increases adult chronic disease risk.
To respond to these challenges, UNICEF recently launched an accelerated child survival strategy that provides health centres throughout the country, including the paediatric hospital, with essential drugs, anti-malaria medication, bed nets, micro-nutrients, medical equipment and other supplies.
Massive national campaign for accelerated child survival in Tanzania DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania, 4 September 2008 – In a country such as Tanzania, where most families survive on less than $1 a day, special medical care is an unaffordable luxury.
"The high-impact interventions on accelerated child survival and development spelled out in the letters will promote community dialogue and collective actions, at the village level, for behaviour and social change," said Ms. Kaliati.
Hope for the future According to evidence from other countries, UNICEF's accelerated child survival and development strategy can help reduce childhood mortality rates by over 60 per cent, if fully implemented.
UNICEF is committed to a life-cycle approach, to using partnerships and to creating and enhancing integrated interventions to maximize effectiveness, such as combining vitamin A supplementation with other accelerated child survival interventions through Child Health Events.
Speaking ahead of the launch UNICEF's Director of Operations in Southern Sudan Peter Crowley pointed to the long-term benefits of the ACSI approach, saying "We know from experience across Africa that accelerated child survival and development programmes, which focus on simple but effective health activities, can reduce child mortality by an average of 20 per cent".
