It’s time to stop ignoring paid childcare in urban Africa
EARLYMOMENTSMATTER is the hashtag that UNICEF and many others use when advocating for the importance of early childhood development. And it makes sense. The early years – when brain development is at its most rapid – set the course for a lot of what follows. This includes learning, earning and happiness. ROBERT HUGHES, Clinical Research Fellow, Department of Population Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine PATRICIA KITSAO-WEKULO, Associate Research Scientist, African Population and Health Research Center There are, however, two ways to look at this “critical period”. Firstly, a risky period of vulnerability. The rapidly developing infant brain…