Crece Contigo policy programme in Chile

In Chile, maternal and infant health and nutrition programs have been recognized as key to enhance human capital formation. Most of the Chilean population (70%) benefits from access to public health care and social welfare programs; these have the greatest impact in the less privileged population groups. As such, the comprehensive child protection system "Chile Crece Contigo1" (Chile grows with you) integrates health, social development, and educational activities, from early pregnancy to 4-5 yrs of age, it aims at optimizing growth, and childhood cognitive-motor development. It is implemented in Chile since 2007 and was institutionalized under the framework of the Intersectoral Social Protection System. During the presentation, lessons learned and implementation challenges will be presentedon in addition to results from the Chilean Maternal & Infant Nutrition Cohort Study (CHiMINCs). 1. http://www.crececontigo.gob.cl/acerca-de-chcc/que-es/. (author)