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Nurturing care for every newborn: thematic brief

This Thematic Brief summarizes why nurturing care is essential for every newborn. It outlines the five components of nurturing care and contains examples of practical actions to create and strengthen nurturing environments for newborns, including those who are born too soon, small or sick.

Nurturing care handbook: Operationalizing the Nurturing Care Framework

The handbook is organized around five strategic actions. For each strategic action, the guides include: overviews, suggested actions, common barriers, tools and checklists for common tasks, indicators for monitoring progress, links to helpful articles and websites, and case studies, showing how governments and other stakeholders around the world can put nurturing care into practice. 

Nurturing care practice guide: strengthening care through health and nutrition services

This guide is designed for managers and service providers who are responsible for or provide health and nutrition services for young children and their caregivers at any level. It responds to requests from practitioners and country teams who have learned about the Nurturing Care Framework (https://nurturing-care.org/nurturing-care-framework-toolkit).