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This three-part series discusses various aspects of stroke care, challenges, and opportunities for improvement of systems of care and highlights approaches for rapid uptake of evidence-based practice for rehabilitation. Finally, a call to action urges educators and the stroke rehabilitation clinical, research, and not-for-profit communities to work together for greater effect and to accelerate progress. GODONG/BSIP/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY Malaria in early life The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health Published: October 13, 2020 Malaria infections are harmful to both the pregnant mother and the developing fetus. Malaria is associated with a 3–4 times increased risk of miscarriage and a substantially increased risk of stillbirth, and it disproportionately affects children younger than 5 years. Falciparum malaria is responsible for more than 200 000 child deaths per year in Africa and vivax malaria causes excess mortality in children in Asia and Oceania. In a duet of papers, we review the deleterious effects of malaria in pregnancy on the developing fetus (paper 1) and the current strategies for prevention and treatment of malaria in children (paper 2). Showing 1-2 of 296 < Previous | Next > Shaniah Barry/EveryLife Foundation Delivering transformative action in paediatric pain The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health Published: October 14, 2020 Every infant, child, and adolescent will experience pain at times throughout their life. Paediatric pain ranges from acute to chronic, and includes procedural, disease-related, breakthrough, and other types of pain. Despite its ubiquity, pain is often silenced and appropriate relief too infrequently given. Undertreated, unrecognised, or poorly managed pain in young people can have long-lasting negative consequences in later life, including continued chronic pain, disability, and distress. It is time for change. This Lancet Child & Adolescent Health Commission presents four transformative goals—to make pain matter, understood, visible, and better. It sets out priorities for clinicians, researchers, funders, and policy makers, and calls for cross-sector collaboration to deliver the action needed to improve the lives of children and adolescents with pain. Tommy Trenchard/Sightsavers/Panos The Lancet NCDI Poverty Commission: bridging a gap in universal health coverage for the poorest billion The Lancet Published: September 14, 2020 Leading global health and development institutions continue to view non-communicable diseases (NCDs) predominantly through the lens of epidemiological transitions, wherein NCDs are bes...