Child maltreatment: how WHO defines the problem and its public-health impact
WHO’s 2026 definition of child maltreatment, its forms, health consequences and prevention framing.
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Dengue in children: WHO information on symptoms, mosquito transmission and severe warning features
WHO information on dengue transmission, common symptoms, severe warning features and mosquito-bite prevention.
Malaria in children: WHO information on transmission, symptoms and higher-risk groups
WHO information on how malaria spreads, common symptoms, severe features and why children under 5 are among higher-risk groups.
Measles in children: symptoms, spread and prevention in WHO public-health information
WHO information on measles as a highly contagious viral disease, its common symptoms, airborne spread, complications and vaccination-based prevention.
Chickenpox in children: symptoms, spread, contagious period and prevention
CDC information on chickenpox, its blister-like rash, how varicella-zoster virus spreads, when an infected person can spread it and prevention.
Fever in children: what matters more than the number
How to think about temperature, behavior, hydration and the signs that should move you from home observation to medical care.