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ReviewLancet (London, England)2020

A future for the world's children? A WHO-UNICEF-Lancet Commission.

Helen Clark, Awa Marie Coll-Seck, Anshu Banerjee, Stefan Peterson, Sarah L Dalglish, Shanthi Ameratunga, Dina Balabanova, Maharaj Kishan Bhan, Zulfiqar A Bhutta, John Borrazzo and 32 more

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Review in Lancet (London, England), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 404 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
404citing papers in PubMed, 6 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

404 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  3. Codesign of Mental Health Interventions With Young People From Racially Minoritised Populations: A Systematic Review of Methods and Outcomes.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2025
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  19. Microplastics at the Intersection of Toxicology, Child Health, and Human Rights.The journal of pediatric pharmacology and therapeutics : JPPT : the official journal of PPAG · 2026
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344 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

42 authors.

Helen ClarkThe Helen Clark Foundation, Auckland, New Zealand; Partnership for Maternal Newborn & Child Health, Geneva, Switzerland.
Awa Marie Coll-SeckSenegal Presidency, Dakar, Senegal.
Anshu BanerjeeDepartment of Maternal Newborn Child and Adolescent Health, Geneva, Switzerland.
Stefan PetersonUNICEF Headquarters, Programme Division, Health Section, New York, USA.
Sarah L DalglishDepartment of International Health, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Shanthi AmeratungaSchool of Population Health, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.
Dina BalabanovaDepartment of Global Health and Development, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
Maharaj Kishan BhanHealth Systems Transformation Platform, Tata Trusts, Mumbai, India.
Zulfiqar A BhuttaCentre for Global Child Health, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, OT, Canada; Center of Excellence in Women and Child Health, the Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan.
John BorrazzoGlobal Financing Facility, World Bank, Washington, DC, USA.
Mariam ClaesonGlobal Financing Facility, World Bank, Washington, DC, USA.
Tanya DohertyHealth Systems Research Unit, South African Medical Research Council, Cape Town, South Africa.
Fadi El-JardaliDepartment of Health Management and Policy, Beirut, Lebanon; Knowledge to Policy Center American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon.
Asha S GeorgeSchool of Public Health, University of Western Cape, Bellville, South Africa.
Angela GichagaFinancing Alliance for Health, Nairobi, Kenya.
Lu GramInstitute for Global Health, London, UK.
David B HipgraveUNICEF Headquarters, Programme Division, Health Section, New York, USA.
Aku KwamieHealth Policy and Systems Research Consultant, Accra, Ghana.
Qingyue MengChina Center for Health Development Studies, Peking University, Beijing, China.
Raúl MercerProgram of Social Sciences and Health, Latin American School of Social Sciences, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Sunita NarainCentre for Science and Environment, New Delhi, India.
Jesca Nsungwa-SabiitiDepartment of Maternal and Child Health, Uganda Ministry of Health, Kampala, Uganda.
Adesola O OlumideInstitute of Child Health, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria.
David OsrinInstitute for Global Health, London, UK.
Timothy Powell-JacksonDepartment of Global Health and Development, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
Kumanan RasanathanDepartment of Health Systems, WHO, Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
Imran RasulDepartment of Economics, London, UK.
Papaarangi ReidSchool of Population Health, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.
Jennifer RequejoDivision of Data, Analysis, Planning and Monitoring, Data and Analytics Section, New York, USA.
Sarah S RohdeCenter of Excellence in Women and Child Health, the Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan.
Nigel RollinsDepartment of Maternal Newborn Child and Adolescent Health, Geneva, Switzerland.
Magali RomedenneWest and Central Regional Office, UNICEF, Dakar, Senegal.
Harshpal Singh SachdevPediatrics and Clinical Epidemiology, Sitaram Bhartia Institute of Science and Research, New Delhi, India.
Rana SalehKnowledge to Policy Center American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon.
Yusra R ShawarDepartment of International Health, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Jeremy ShiffmanDepartment of International Health, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Jonathon SimonDepartment of Maternal Newborn Child and Adolescent Health, Geneva, Switzerland.
Peter D SlyChildren's Health and Environment Program, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.
Karin StenbergDepartment of Health Systems Governance and Financing, WHO, Geneva, Switzerland.
Mark TomlinsonInstitute for Life Course Health Research, Department of Global Health, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa.
Rajani R VedNational Health Systems Resource Centre, New Delhi, India.
Anthony CostelloUniversity College London, London, UK. Electronic address: anthony.costello@ucl.ac.uk.

Funding

World Health Organization 001
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

ChildChild DevelopmentChild HealthChild Health ServicesChild WelfareGlobal HealthGovernmentHumansSustainable DevelopmentUnited NationsWorld Health Organization

Identifiers

PMID32085821

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