Mumbai 2021 Call for Action Addressing the Need to Incorporate ‘Nurturing Care for Early Childhood Development’ in Pediatric Office Practice

摘要

We, the members of Indian Academy of Pediatrics (IAP) participating in Mumbai PEDICON 2021 in collaboration with National Neonatology Forum (NNF) and the Federation of Obstetric and Gynaecological Societies of India (FOGSI); supported by the World Health Organization (WHO) and United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), are committed to adopt all the components of the WHO/UNICEF Framework for Nurturing Care for Early Child Development (NC–ECD) in pediatric practice. In continuity with the IAP Consensus Statement on Early Childhood Development 2020 [1], we commit ourselves and our team members to provide an optimal healthy, safe, enabling, and nurturing environment for all children from birth till three years of age.