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Investing in early childhood development gives children best start in life says Lancet report
Hundreds of millions of children will never fulfil their potential unless the world wakes up to the need to support early childhood development. Properly-funded policies and programmes during the first 1000 days of a child's life could help 250 million at-risk girls and boys, according to new research published today by the renowned medical journal The Lancet.