Any efforts to reverse the drop in the number of children reading for pleasure should be applauded (David Walliams to help launch plans to boost child literacy, 19 August).
Its programme includes pledges to boost child care, tackle low pay (an issue that disproportionately affects women), improve paternity leave and do more to stop domestic violence.
Beverley Hughes, the former children's minister who established a national curriculum to set down how babies are taught to speak in childcare from the age of three months, agreed that nursery rhymes can "boost child development".
It is also making 50 more beds available nationwide to boost child and adolescent mental health services and hiring 10 to 20 new case managers after sustained criticism of the service recently, he said.
Mr Cameron's appearance on the Marr show this morning was stronger than some of his previous outings; fierily defensive of his pledges to boost child care and give social housing tenants a hand up.
But for other countries constantly strategising about how to boost child development and education, is making study of the Sicilian and the Queen's Gambit a good idea?
Linking Nutrition and Health: Progress and Opportunities offers detailed recommendations on strengthening the connections between better health and better nutrition -- an effort that will help boost child survival rates.
UNICEF is working with the government and NGOs to boost child protection, but much remains to be done.
The polio campaign is a vital part of getting fractured health systems back in place and boosting child survival rates.
The two organizations are working with the government and local communities to boost child survival rates in Cambodia, which suffers from the highest child mortality rate in Southeast Asia.
Mobilizing communities to boost child survival The promotion of exclusive breastfeeding has lately known a new powerful momentum following the first national World Breastfeeding Week celebration.
