3rd International Conference on Early Human Development

The attention that the global community is paying to the significance of the earliest years of children’s development is very assuring in a world characterized by profound adversity and vulnerability. Nations are slowly but surely beginning to realize that to secure the promise and potential inherent in each child is to safeguard the prosperity of society itself. It is imperative that the momentum to capitalize on this increased global advocacy, and the emerging science that informs it, is sustained to cultivate greater commitment and action at all levels: government, civil society, the donor community, multilateral organizations, and the human services professions.

Jointly sponsored by the Aga Khan University’s Institute for Human Development and the Centre of Excellence in Women and Child Health, the conference will provide an interdisciplinary forum for engagement around issues on which bold and urgent actions are needed to make a positive difference in the lives of children. In addition to a broad, general programme on early child/human development, the conference is being designed to feature a special thematic focus on early maternal and child nutrition.

On the occasion, national and international speakers will be speaking on topics pertaining to Early Maternal / Child Nutrition & Human Capital Development, ECD and SDGs, Global Health, Work Force Development, and, Linking Science, Policy and Practice.

Participants will have the opportunity to interact with the experts in the fields of human development and nutrition, government representatives, civil society, multilateral organizations, faculty and students.