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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 Clemente Sanchez, paediatric infectious disease specialist at City St George's, University of London shares what paediatricians and clinicians need to know about how mpox presents and the latest information on mpox vaccine and therapeutic trials.Mpox among children in Africa https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanchi/article/PIIS2352-4642(25)00064-1/fulltext?dgcid=buzzsprout_icw_podcast_generic_lanchiHidden in plain sight: the threat of mpox to children and adolescents https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanchi/article/PIIS2352-4642(24)00298-0/fulltext?dgcid=buzzsprout_icw_podcast_generic_lanchiPaediatric, maternal, and congenital mpox: a systematic review and meta-analysis https://www.thelancet.com/journals/langlo/article/PIIS2214-109X(23)00607-1/fulltext?dgcid=buzzsprout_icw_podcast_generic_lanchiContinue this conversation on social!Follow us today at...https://thelancet.bsky.social/https://instagram.com/thelancetgrouphttps://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournalhttps://www.linkedin.com/company/lanchi/https://youtube.com/thelancettv

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_lanchiContinue this conversation on social!Follow us today at...https://thelancet.bsky.social/https://instagram.com/thelancetgrouphttps://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournalhttps://www.linkedin.com/company/lanchi/https://youtube.com/thelancettv

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_lanchiContent warning: This conversation is about child sexual abuse. Please consider your own emotional and psychological safety do whatever you feel is needed to safeguard yourself. Behind every number is a child. If you or someone you know needs support for child sexual exploitation and abuse, or if you are concerned that you might hurt a child, please visit Child Helpline International (https://childhelplineinternational.org) or Stop It Now (https://www.stopitnow.org).Continue this conversation on social!Follow us today at...https://twitter.com/thelancethttps://instagram.com/thelancetgrouphttps://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournalhttps://www.linkedin.com/company/lanchi/https://youtube.com/thelancettv

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_lanchiContinue this conversation on social!Follow us today at...https://twitter.com/thelancethttps://instagram.com/thelancetgrouphttps://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournalhttps://linkedIn.com/company/the-lancethttps://youtube.com/thelancettv

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 and youth, and explore the implications for global health and education systems.Continue this conversation on social!Follow us today at...https://twitter.com/thelancethttps://instagram.com/thelancetgrouphttps://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournalhttps://linkedIn.com/company/the-lancethttps://youtube.com/thelancettv

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://twitter.com/thelancethttps://instagram.com/thelancetgrouphttps://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournalhttps://linkedIn.com/company/the-lancethttps://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_lanchiContinue this conversation on social!Follow us today at...https://twitter.com/thelancethttps://instagram.com/thelancetgrouphttps://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournalhttps://linkedIn.com/company/the-lancethttps://youtube.com/thelancettv

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_lanchiContinue this conversation on social!Follow us today at...https://twitter.com/thelancethttps://instagram.com/thelancetgrouphttps://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournalhttps://linkedIn.com/company/the-lancethttps://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_lanchiContinue this conversation on social!Follow us today at...https://twitter.com/thelancethttps://instagram.com/thelancetgrouphttps://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournalhttps://linkedIn.com/company/the-lancethttps://youtube.com/thelancettv

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_lanchiContinue this conversation on social!Follow us today at...https://twitter.com/thelancethttps://instagram.com/thelancetgrouphttps://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournalhttps://linkedIn.com/company/the-lancethttps://youtube.com/thelancettv

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_lanchiContinue this conversation on social!Follow us today at...https://twitter.com/thelancethttps://instagram.com/thelancetgrouphttps://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournalhttps://linkedIn.com/company/the-lancethttps://youtube.com/thelancettv

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

Our Youth Advisory Panel members join Jane Godsland to discuss the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on young lives.

Our Youth Advisory Panel members Bridget Bould, Tariro Kambeu, and Chiamaka Nwachukwu join Esther Lau to discuss nutrition in children and young people.

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.

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

Mariesa Cay and Jaymin Upadhyay join Soph Davis to discuss childhood maltreatment and its effects on chronic pain and psychopathology, through a neurobehavioural model.Read the full review:Childhood maltreatment and its role in the development of pain and psychopathology

John Leddy joins Soph Davis to discuss using light aerobic activity in the treatment of sports-related concussion in adolescents.Read the full article:https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanchi/article/PIIS2352-4642(21)00267-4/fulltext

Ana Cristina Simões e Silva joins Esther Lau to discuss the impact of COVID-19 on children and adolescents in Brazil.Read the full article:https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanchi/article/PIIS2352-4642(21)00134-6/fulltext

Susan Walker & Ramya Srinivasan join Jane Godsland to discuss the clinical and social risk factors for involuntary psychiatric hospitalisation in children and adolescents. Read the full article:https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanchi/article/PIIS2352-4642(21)00089-4/fulltext

Didier Jourdan & Nicola Gray join The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health Editor-in-chief Jane Godsland to discuss how and why child health professionals should be supporting schools to become the foundation of a healthy life. Read the full article:https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanchi/article/PIIS2352-4642(20)30316-3/fulltext

Four young people from the UK share their experiences of life during the pandemic: the challenges they are facing, their worries, and their hopes for the future.

On the 30th anniversary of the UN convention on the rights of the child, The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health and Professor Jeffrey Goldhagen discuss how to put children's rights, justice and equity into practice.

Jane Bell and Simon Paget discuss trends in prescription opioid dispensing in Australian children and adolescents, and Scott Hadland comments on lessons learnt from the US experience.

The CDC's Mark Thompson explains how the incidence of flu-associated infant hospital admissions might be double previous estimates.

Chris Bonell discusses a new theory on how school environment might influence risk-taking behaviours and health in adolescents in a Viewpoint published in The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health.

A new study analyses how gender expression in adolescence can be associated with health behaviour and associate risks up to adulthood.

A new study investigates the multiple social, biological, and programmatic factors that associate adolescent pregnancy with early child undernutrition in India.

Six Youth Commissioners discuss the mental health issues facing young people in their countries—Canada, Uganda, Zambia, China, India, and New Zealand.

Sophie van der Schoor and Nicole van Veenendaal join The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health to discuss their study on preterm infants.

Clare Mackie joins The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health to discuss the effects of increasing cannabis potency on adolescent health.

Monica Vavilala joins The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health to talk about the Paediatric Guideline Adherence and Outcomes Program in severe traumatic brain injury.

Lola Solebo and Jugnoo Rahi discuss their work on the long-term outcomes of intraocular lens implantation for children born with cataracts.

Jeremy Walsh joins The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health to talk about his study of the effect of screen time on children's health.

Susan Shelmerdine and Owen Arthurs join The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health to discuss their work on using CT scans in post-mortem for diagnostic accuracy of rib fractures in children.

Young people are disproportionately affected by sexual assault, yet longitudinal data are sparse. Sophie Khadr joins The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health to talk about her new paper on the topic.

Francesca Solmi speaks to The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health about the association between psychotic experiences and disordered eating behaviours in adolescence.

Alice Albright, CEO of The Global Partnership for Education, joins The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health to talk about forging stronger partnerships between health and education, and achieving the Sustainable Development Goals.

Giuseppe Plazzi talks to The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health about the first trial of sodium oxybate as a treatment for paediatric narcolepsy.

Philip Bryan joins The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health to discuss the safety of multicomponent meningococcal group B vaccine (4CMenB) in the UK's infant immunisation programme.

Vicky Baker joins The Lancet Child and Adolescent Health to discuss the underexplored area of adolescent-to-parent abuse.

In this The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health podcast, Lorna Fern talks about the differences inherent in diagnosing adolescents with cancer.

Suresh Pujar discusses his paper on long-term prognosis after childhood status epilepticus

Mary White discusses a randomised controlled trial of an appointment-management intervention in care transition for young adults with type 1 diabetes.

Mogens Ydemann and Arash Afshari discuss their work with clonidine as a treatment for the prevention of postoperative agitation in children.

Mimi Tang discusses her long-term follow-up of probiotic and peanut oral immunotherapy in children.

Sarah Jensen and Charles Nelson discuss their new Review, highlighting the effects of poverty on child development and the interacting biological systems.

Sandra Amaral discusses the findings and lessons learned from the first successful bilateral hand transplant in a child.

Editor-in-Chief Jane Godsland outlines the aims and scope of the journal, ahead of its launch in August, 2017.