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Editors at The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health, in conversation with the journal’s authors, explore their latest research and its impact on people’s health, healthcare, and health policy.
A monthly audio companion to the journal, this podcast covers a broad range of topics, from the effects of climate change to gender equity in young people’s sexual and reproductive health rights, violence against children to allergies, and more.
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Dr Zulfiqar Bhutta, Georgia Dominguez, and Naeha Sharma join acting Editor-in-Chief Ali Landman to discuss their Health Policy paper "Who protects the children and women of Sudan?", analysing the scale and severity of the grave violations of war against children and women in Sudan and proposing immediate and long-term strategic actions to respond to the humanitarian crisis and ensure long-term recovery and accountability. Read the Health Policy paper: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanchi...
Paediatric-onset multiple sclerosis before the age of 18 years, although uncommon, is associated with a higher disease burden than adult onset MS, early and progressive motor and cognitive disability, and high levels of depression and fatigue. In this episode Ann Yeh, Professor of Paediatrics and neurologist in Toronto, Canada, highlights the global considerations in preventing MS disease progression in young people with MS, including achieving global equity in access to diagnostics, speciali...
June 25, 2025, saw the publication of The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health Commission on the future of neonatology. The product of 3 years of dedicated international and interdisciplinary collaboration, the Commission builds on perspectives and experiences of clinical professionals who provide specialised care for neonates and are driven to develop evidence-based and equitable neonatal medicine that better serves newborn babies. In this episode, Deputy Editor Josefine Gibson speaks ...
Autism and ADHD continue to be the subjects of much debate and misunderstanding and until 2013 diagnostic manuals did not allow for the co-occurrence of autism and ADHD. In this episode Thora Halldórsdóttir and Kristín Sigurdardottir, clinical psychologists and researchers from Iceland, 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 autis...
Mpox continues to spread in Africa and young children are experiencing the highest mpox burden and mortality of all ages. In this episode Kyeng Mercy, epidemiologist at Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention takes 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. Alongside her, Nuria Sanchez Clemente, paediatric infectious disease specialist ...
Dr Anna Giolito and Professor Naïm Ouldali join Josefine Gibson to discuss their latest research on dexamethasone for paediatric pneumococcal meningitis. Read the full article: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanchi/article/PIIS2352-4642(25)00029-X/fulltext?dgcid=buzzsprout_icw_podcast_generic_lanchi Continue this conversation on social! Follow us today at... https://thelancet.bsky.social/ https://instagram.com/thelancetgroup https://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournal https://www.linkedi...
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. Read the full article here: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanchi/article/PIIS2352-4642(24)00329-8/fulltext?dgcid=buzzsprout_icw_podcast_generic_lanchi Content warning: This conversation is about child sexual abuse. Please consider your own emotional and psychological safety do whatever you feel is needed to safegua...
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. Read the full article: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanchi/article/PIIS2352-4642(24)00302-X/fulltext?dgcid=buzzsprout_icw_podcast_generic_lanchi Continue this conversation on social! Follow us today at.....
Amy Slogrove, Senior Editor for The Lancet Child and Adolescent Health delves into the groundbreaking LEAPS trial with Dr. Saima Siyal from Aga Khan University and Dr. Aisha Yousafzai from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Discover how this innovative program trained young women to deliver early childhood care and education in rural Pakistan, significantly improving school readiness and cognitive flexibility among children, learn about the dual benefits for both young children...
Professor Akash Deep joins Josefine Gibson in conversation about paediatric acute liver failure and when a critically ill child is unsuitable for liver transplantation. Continue this conversation on social! Follow us today at... https://thelancet.bsky.social/ https://instagram.com/thelancetgroup https://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournal https://www.linkedin.com/company/lanchi/ https://youtube.com/thelancettv
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". Read the full Viewpoint: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanchi/article/PIIS2352-4642(24)00188-3/fulltext?dgcid=buzzsprout_icw_podcast_generic_lanchi Continue this conversation on ...
Paediatric Sepsis Series contributors Nelson Sánchez-Pinto and Luregn Schlapbach join Josefine Gibson to mark World Sepsis Day 2024. Read the full Series: https://www.thelancet.com/series/paediatric-sepsis?dgcid=buzzsprout_icw_podcast_generic_lanchi Continue this conversation on social! Follow us today at... https://thelancet.bsky.social/ https://instagram.com/thelancetgroup https://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournal https://www.linkedin.com/company/lanchi/ https://youtube.com/thelancettv
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. Read the full Review: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanchi/article/PIIS2352-4642(23)00232-8/fulltext?dgcid=buzzsprout_icw_podcast_generic_lanchi Continue this conversation on social! Follow us today at... https://thelancet.bsky.social/ https:...
Prof Marie Claire van Hout joins Dr Josefine Gibson to discuss the rights to health of children living in prison with their primary caregiver. Read the full article: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanchi/article/PIIS2352-4642(23)00190-6/fulltext?dgcid=buzzsprout_icw_podcast_generic_lanchi Continue this conversation on social! Follow us today at... https://thelancet.bsky.social/ https://instagram.com/thelancetgroup https://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournal https://www.linkedin.com/comp...
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. Read the full article: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanchi/article/PIIS2352-4642(23)00193-1/fulltext?dgcid=buzzsprout_icw_podcast_generic_lanchi Continue this conversation on social! Follow us today at... https://thelancet.bsk...
Prof Erik Melén joins Jack Williamson to discuss the links between climate change and allergic diseases in children and adolescents. Read the full article: Allergies to food and airborne allergens in children and adolescents: role of epigenetics in a changing environment Continue this conversation on social! Follow us today at... https://thelancet.bsky.social/ https://instagram.com/thelancetgroup https://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournal https://www.linkedin.com/company/lanchi/ https://yo...
Our Youth Advisory Panel members join Jane Godsland to discuss the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on young lives. Continue this conversation on social! Follow us today at... https://thelancet.bsky.social/ https://instagram.com/thelancetgroup https://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournal https://www.linkedin.com/company/lanchi/ https://youtube.com/thelancettv
Our Youth Advisory Panel members Bridget Bould, Tariro Kambeu, and Chiamaka Nwachukwu join Esther Lau to discuss nutrition in children and young people. Continue this conversation on social! Follow us today at... https://thelancet.bsky.social/ https://instagram.com/thelancetgroup https://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournal https://www.linkedin.com/company/lanchi/ https://youtube.com/thelancettv
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. Continue this conversation on social! Follow us today at... https://thelancet.bsky.social/ https://instagram.com/thelancetgroup https://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournal https://www.linkedin.com/company/lanchi/ https://youtube.com/thelancettv
Dr Zuyi Fang and Dr Ilan Cerna-Turoff join Sophia Davis to discuss the new prevalence estimates of violence against children with disabilities. Read the full article: Global estimates of violence against children with disabilities Continue this conversation on social! Follow us today at... https://thelancet.bsky.social/ https://instagram.com/thelancetgroup https://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournal https://www.linkedin.com/company/lanchi/ https://youtube.com/thelancettv
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