Thora Halldórsdóttir and Kristín Sigurdardottir, join us to talk about the key findings from the study they led in Iceland that provides the first nationwide, population-based estimate of incidence and prevalence of autism, ADHD, and co-occurring autism-ADHD in young people without intellectual impairment.
Kyeng Mercy and Nuria Sanchez Clemente take us through the continental response to mpox, the Africa CDC data on mpox in children younger than 15 years, and African priorities in response to the mpox public health emergency.
Dr Anna Giolito and Professor Naïm Ouldali join Josefine Gibson to discuss their latest research on dexamethasone for paediatric pneumococcal meningitis.
Deborah Fry from Childlight – Global Child Safety Institute talks with Amy Slogrove about the first global prevalence study of Online Childhood Sexual Exploitation and Abuse. Content warning: This conversation is about child sexual abuse. Please consider your own emotional and psychological safety and do whatever you feel is needed to safeguard yourself. Behind every number is a child. If you or someone you know needs support for child sexual exploitation and abuse, or if you are concerned that ...
Kathy Pritchard-Jones (University College London Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, London, UK) joins Ali Landman in conversation about tumour staging in childhood cancer, international standardisation of health data collection, and how to improve childhood cancer survival.
A conversation about the LEAPS trial and the importance of early childhood care and education to child and adolescent health.
Professor Akash Deep joins Josefine Gibson in conversation about paediatric acute liver failure and when a critically ill child is unsuitable for liver transplantation.
In this conversation we grapple with the complexity of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder and discuss the Viewpoint published in The Lancet Child and Adolescent Health on "Asking difficult questions about fetal alcohol spectrum disorder, in the context of the child, the mother, and the systems in which they live".
Paediatric Sepsis Series contributors Nelson Sánchez-Pinto and Luregn Schlapbach join Josefine Gibson to mark World Sepsis Day 2024.
Marisa Stahl and Edwin Liu join Amy Slogrove in conversation about their review in The Lancet Child and Adolescent Health on coeliac disease, the commonest autoimmune disease in children, and what we can learn from prospective longitudinal studies.
Prof Marie Claire van Hout joins Dr Josefine Gibson to discuss the rights to health of children living in prison with their primary caregiver.
Miriam Beauchamp discusses the Review she lead in The Lancet Child and Adolescent Health on improving outcome after concussion in children and adolescents, how to prevent it, how to optimise outcomes when concussion events do occur and future research directions.
Prof Erik Melén joins Jack Williamson to discuss the links between climate change and allergic diseases in children and adolescents.
Our Youth Advisory Panel members join Jane Godsland to discuss the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on young lives.
Our Youth Advisory Panel members Bridget Bould, Tariro Kambeu, and Chiamaka Nwachukwu join Esther Lau to discuss nutrition in children and young people.
Our Youth Advisory Panel members Hamaiyal Sana and Egle Janusonyte join Sophia Davis to discuss gender equity in young people’s sexual and reproductive health and rights.
Dr Zuyi Fang and Dr Ilan Cerna-Turoff join Sophia Davis to discuss the new prevalence estimates of violence against children with disabilities.
Mariesa Cay and Jaymin Upadhyay join Soph Davis to discuss childhood maltreatment and its effects on chronic pain and psychopathology, through a neurobehavioural model.
John Leddy joins Soph Davis to discuss using light aerobic activity in the treatment of sports-related concussion in adolescents.
Ana Cristina Simões e Silva joins Esther Lau to discuss the impact of COVID-19 on children and adolescents in Brazil.
Susan Walker & Ramya Srinivasan join Jane Godsland to discuss the clinical and social risk factors for involuntary psychiatric hospitalisation in children and adolescents.
Didier Jourdan & Nicola Gray join Jane Godsland to discuss how and why child health professionals should be supporting schools to become the foundation of a healthy life.
Four young people from the UK share their experiences of life during the pandemic: the challenges they are facing, their worries, and their hopes for the future.
On the 30th anniversary of the UN convention on the rights of the child, The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health and Professor Jeffrey Goldhagen discuss how to put children’s rights, justice and equity into practice.
Jane Bell and Simon Paget discuss trends in prescription opioid dispensing in Australian children and adolescents, and Scott Hadland comments on lessons learnt from the US experience.
The CDC’s Mark Thompson explains how the incidence of flu-associated infant hospital admissions might be double previous estimates.
Chris Bonell discusses a new theory on how school environment might influence risk-taking behaviours and health in adolescents in a Viewpoint published in The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health.
A new study analyses how gender expression in adolescence can be associated with health behaviour and associate risks up to adulthood.
A new study investigates the multiple social, biological, and programmatic factors that associate adolescent pregnancy with early child undernutrition in India.
Six Youth Commissioners discuss the mental health issues facing young people in their countries—Canada, Uganda, Zambia, China, India, and New Zealand.
