Lancet Child & Adolescent Health

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Eliminating hepatitis B: the ball is in our court	1031
Which children in the USA have access to heroic salvage therapy?	239
Primaquine for children, once and for all	228
Correction to Lancet Child Adolesc Health 2024; 8: 482–90	224
Current treatment outcomes of congenital heart disease and future perspectives	181
The case for action in paediatric neuromodulation – Author's reply	159
The WHO Model List of Essential Medicines for Children needs its own identity: the case of psychotropic medicines	154
The health and wellbeing case for children's suffrage	142
Preventing reproductive coercion in adolescence	119
Child poverty in 2023: inequity in times of crises	113
Paediatric group A streptococcal disease in England: a primary care perspective	106
Global prevalence of hypertension among children and adolescents aged 19 years or younger: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis	105
Effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on adolescent mental health and substance use up to March, 2022, in Iceland: a repeated, cross-sectional, population-based study	104
Optimised versus standard dosing of vancomycin in infants with Gram-positive sepsis (NeoVanc): a multicentre, randomised, open-label, phase 2b, non-inferiority trial	104
Tackling post-discharge mortality in children living in LMICs to reduce child deaths	101
Single priming and booster dose of ten-valent and 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccines and Streptococcus pneumoniae colonisation in children in South Africa: a single-centre, open-label, randomis	100
Gamblification: risks of digital gambling games to adolescents	99
The global prevalence of and factors associated with Helicobacter pylori infection in children: a systematic review and meta-analysis	93
Obesity-related asthma in children and adolescents	87
Tackling childhood cancer in sub-Saharan Africa	77
Medically cleared and waiting for healing to begin	71
Self-asphyxial behaviour in adolescents	69
Adolescents and the International Conference on Population and Development at 30	69
Correction to Lancet Child Adolesc Health 2023; 7: 684–85	68
New fellows of the UK Academy of Medical Sciences	66

Correction to Lancet Child Adolesc Health 2022; 6: 150–57	66
Just getting bi?	66
Longitudinal association between dysmenorrhoea in adolescence and chronic pain in adulthood: a UK population-based study	62
A spotlight on Streetlights Uganda	61
Toward climate-smart, mental health-safe schools	60
Social determinants, inequality, and autism	58
Trajectories of airflow limitation from childhood to early adulthood: an analysis of six population-based birth cohorts	56
Adolescent girls at the intersection of poverty, migration, and gender	55
Rare and severe adverse events in children with inflammatory bowel disease: analysis of data from the PIBD-SETQuality Safety Registry	55
Pathological demand avoidance: further research is required – Authors' reply	55
Continuation of gender-affirming hormones in transgender people starting puberty suppression in adolescence: a cohort study in the Netherlands	55
The healing powers of music	54
Caring for children with cancer evacuated from Ukraine	52
Ethical and legal considerations in the care of children and young people with high consequence infectious diseases (HCIDs): an approach to decision making	50
Neonatal research outcomes: the ethical imperative to change attitudes	50
Intersectionality, gender norms, and young adolescents in context: a review of longitudinal multicountry research programmes to shape future action	50
UNICEF Innocenti Film Festival	48
Recognising context and power in youth mental health	48
Thank you to The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health's statistical and peer reviewers in 2023	47
Correction Lancet Child Adolesc Health 2023; 7: 588–98	45
Digital media and mental health: understanding the evidence	44
Trust, but verify: a new potential association between food allergy and asthma in children	44
Coping with and challenging the impacts of COVID-19	43
When vaccine adverse event reporting generates hope, not fear	43
“As we grieved, we grew”	43
Investing in childhood cancer registries to drive progress	43
Short-term and long-term risk of mortality and neurodevelopmental impairments after bacterial meningitis during infancy in children in Denmark and the Netherlands: a nationwide matched cohort study	42
Growth of children who are HIV-exposed but uninfected: a systematic review and meta-analysis	41
Efficacy and safety of methylphenidate and behavioural parent training for children aged 3–5 years with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, and sh	41
Effectiveness of the quadrivalent live attenuated influenza vaccine against influenza-related hospitalisations and morbidity among children aged 2 to 6 years in Denmark: a nationwide cohort study emul	41
Immunogenicity and safety of the human papillomavirus vaccine in young survivors of cancer in the USA: a single-arm, open-label, phase 2, non-inferiority trial	41
Come and learn: an invitation from Zvandiri Youth Advocates	41
The importance of sleep for adolescents' long-term development	40
Achievement goals and adolescent depression: implications for school-based interventions	40
1-year follow-up of oral versus intravenous antibiotics in children and adolescents with uncomplicated bone and joint infections: a nationwide, randomised, controlled, non-inferiority trial in Denmark	39
Refreshing our International Advisory Board and Youth Advisory Panel	39
Out of Zimbabwe: fragmented families and mental health	38
Effect of a youth-led early childhood care and education programme on children's development and learning in rural Sindh, Pakistan (LEAPS): a stepped-wedge cluster-randomised implementation trial	38
The expanding field of genetic developmental and epileptic encephalopathies: current understanding and future perspectives	37
Harnessing n-of-1 trials for personalised paediatric care in the era of information overload	37
Adjunctive dexamethasone and 30-day all-cause death after hospital admission in paediatric pneumococcal meningitis: a propensity score analysis	37
Mental health consequences of child marriage	37
Neonatal sepsis and antimicrobial resistance in Africa	37
Recovery from mRNA COVID-19 vaccine-related myocarditis	36
Comparison of dengue, chikungunya, and Zika among children in Nicaragua across 18 years: a single-centre, prospective cohort study	36
Late effects after high-risk neuroblastoma (LEAHRN): a multicentre, cross-sectional cohort study from the Children's Oncology Group	35
The gift of a good beginning	34
The neglect of kwashiorkor	34
Growing up modulated: paediatric neuromodulation needs a new ethical framework	33
Delay in death registration among adolescents and young adults in England and Wales	33

Asking the big questions about health inequalities	32
Clinical and statistical insights from the FEED1 trial	32
Muscle dysmorphia in adolescents and young adults	31
Substandard and falsified medicines for children: UHC has a preventive role	31
Childhood cancer: exercise is medicine	31
Autism incidence and spatial analysis in more than 7 million pupils in English schools: a retrospective, longitudinal, school registry study	30
Children are not future producers and customers: a plea for the moral imperative of acting now	30
Off-label is not always off-evidence: authorising paediatric indications for old medicines	29
Newborn screening for spinal muscular atrophy in Australia: a non-randomised cohort study	28
School bullying in children and adolescents with neurodevelopmental and psychiatric conditions: a systematic review and meta-analysis	27
Direct oral anticoagulants for use in paediatrics	27
Re-integrating Africa's street children	26
Prevalence of hypertension and high-normal blood pressure among young adults in Zimbabwe: findings from a large, cross-sectional population-based survey	26
Antara Ganguli: rethinking gender equality in and through education	26
Diagnostic test accuracy of procalcitonin and C-reactive protein for predicting invasive and serious bacterial infections in young febrile infants: a systematic review and meta-analysis	26
Correction to Lancet Child Adolesc Health 2025; 9: 89–99	25
Advancing severity grading for risk-differentiated paediatric pneumonia care	25
Paediatric endovascular thrombectomy: balancing strength of numbers and accuracy of precision medicine	25
Correction to Lancet Child Adolesc Health 2025; 9: 383–92	25
US medical groups sue to reverse overhaul of vaccine recommendations	25
Growing up in the shadow of terrorism	24
Feeling at home in the motherland	24
Cybervictimisation and mental health conditions in young people: findings from a nationally representative longitudinal cohort	24
New insights into the link between childhood adversity and epigenetic changes	24
Treatment of polyarticular juvenile idiopathic arthritis in Latin America: recommendations from the Pan-American League of Associations for Rheumatology	24
Capturing adolescent realities in the global data revolution	23
The future of rhabdomyosarcoma trials	23
Severe anaemia and paediatric mortality after hospital discharge in Africa	23
Different is not deficient: respecting diversity in early childhood development – Authors' reply	23
Shared grief is half the sorrow	23
Lebanese youth's struggle amid socioeconomic turmoil	23
Human papillomavirus vaccination for young survivors of cancer	22
Comparative physiological effects of antipsychotic drugs in children and young people: a network meta-analysis	22
Correction to Lancet Child Adolesc Health 2025; 9: 766–75	22
Global, regional, and national burdens of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections in adolescents and young adults aged 10–24 years from 1990 to 2019: a trend analysis based on the Global Burden	22
Who protects the children and women of Sudan?	22
Child health prioritisation in national adaptation policies on climate change: a policy document analysis across 160 countries	22
Efficacy and safety of switching from intravenous to oral antibiotics (amoxicillin–clavulanic acid) versus a full course of intravenous antibiotics in neonates with probable bacterial infection (RAIN)	22
Urgently expanding access to improved treatment for children with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis	21
The critical state of children's health during the Sudan crisis	21
The UK Illegal Migration Bill: a child rights violation and safeguarding catastrophe	21
“His mind, however, was now…released.”	21
Medicate or operate: epilepsy surgery could save lives	21
Intersex is not a secret	20
Adolescent e-cigarette use screening: enabling health-care providers	20
Missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls, and Two Spirit people: a paediatric health crisis	20
Adolescent girls at the fore: UNICEF's Gender Action Plan	19
No safe place: ending adolescent digital intimate partner violence	19
Dismantling barriers and biases against adolescent mothers	19
LGBTQ youth activits in Poland	19
Fact versus fiction: the extraordinary lives of care-experienced, fostered, and adopted children	19
The Step Safely guidelines: a catalyst to address the burden of falls in children and adolescents	19
Child and adolescent health through storytelling	19
Prospective associations between ADHD symptoms and physical conditions from early childhood to adolescence: a population-based longitudinal study	19
Children: innocent victims of war in Ukraine	19
Building momentum to improve childhood cancer outcomes in Asia	19
Current status and challenges in prenatal and neonatal screening, diagnosis, and management of congenital heart disease in China	18
Real-world effectiveness of nirsevimab immunisation against bronchiolitis in infants: a case–control study in Paris, France	18
Immunological effects and safety of live rotavirus vaccination after antenatal exposure to immunomodulatory biologic agents: a prospective cohort study from the Canadian Immunization Research Network	18
Association between caregiver concern for clinical deterioration and critical illness in children presenting to hospital: a prospective cohort study	18
Lung function trajectories and determinants in early life	18
Paediatric acute liver failure: a multidisciplinary perspective on when a critically ill child is unsuitable for liver transplantation	18
“Complicated feelings of home”: stories of child migration to the UK	17
Gender service for children: a battle for health in a culture war	17
Reversing the neglect of children and adolescents affected by tuberculosis	17
Correction to Lancet Child Adolesc Health 2021; 5: 852–61	17
Achievement goals and adolescent mental health in individualist versus collectivist cultures	17
Clinical encounters with yourself: share, disclose, or overexpose?	17
Tafenoquine exposure assessment, safety, and relapse prevention efficacy in children with Plasmodium vivax malaria: open-label, single-arm, non-comparative, multicentre, pharmacokinetic bridging, phas	17
Prioritising snakebite in the child and adolescent health agenda	17
Missed opportunities to develop childhood cancer programmes in Africa	17
For youth, for Justice	17
Correction to Lancet Child Adolesc Health 2025; 9: 837–47	17
PECARN prediction rule for cervical spine imaging of children presenting to the emergency department with blunt trauma: a multicentre prospective observational study	16
Attention to menarche, puberty education, and menstrual health monitoring are essential	16
Incorporating parental values in complex paediatric and perinatal decisions	16
The example we set: Gen AI, honesty, and authenticity	16
Weight-loss medications: promoting health and not harm	16
The pain of being a young person experiencing chronic pain	16
Hospital admissions and need for mechanical ventilation in children with respiratory syncytial virus before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: a Danish nationwide cohort study	15

Early neurodevelopment of HIV-exposed uninfected children in the era of antiretroviral therapy: a systematic review and meta-analysis	15
Estimated incidence, prevalence, mortality, and registration of childhood cancer (ages 0–14 years) in the WHO Eastern Mediterranean region: an analysis of GLOBOCAN 2020 data	15
Procalcitonin-guided duration of antibiotic treatment in children hospitalised with confirmed or suspected bacterial infection in the UK (BATCH): a pragmatic, multicentre, open-label, two-arm, individ	15
Rare and severe adverse events in children with inflammatory bowel disease	14
Progress and challenges of HIV and other STIs in adolescents and young adults	14
Self-advocacy and barriers for young people accessing health care in the Scottish Highlands	14
Death by accident: the curse of mobility	14
Serum GFAP and UCH-L1 for the identification of clinically important traumatic brain injury in children in France: a diagnostic accuracy substudy	14
Lessons from UK historical cohort studies of lower respiratory tract infections – Authors' reply	14
Helping adolescents cope with the burden of scoliosis	14
Association between the timing of childhood adversity and epigenetic patterns across childhood and adolescence: findings from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC) prospective c	14
Global, regional, and country estimates of metabolic syndrome burden in children and adolescents in 2020: a systematic review and modelling analysis	14
Blood transfusion for children in sub-Saharan Africa: 200 years on	14
Correction Lancet Child Adolesc Health 2024; 8: 51–62	14
Biomarkers for early identification of severe febrile illness among children in community settings: spot on?	14
Adolescents in phase 3 HIV clinical trials	13
Bridging the worlds of art and health care	13
Challenges and opportunities of female leadership in education	13
Violence against children with disability: an unacceptable scourge of society	13
Bullying and health inequalities for children and adolescents with disability	13
Treating eating disorders in the wake of trauma	13
Beyond birthweight: longitudinal insights into twin growth and obesity risk	13
(Re)imagining inclusion to foster belonging in the lives of disabled children and youth	13
Importance of understanding the reinfection risk of COVID-19 in children	13
Regenerative medicine: prenatal approaches	13
Kawasaki disease: contemporary perspectives	12
Determinants of lung function development from birth to age 5 years: an interrupted time series analysis of a South African birth cohort	12
Cancer risk with topical calcineurin inhibitors, pimecrolimus and tacrolimus, for atopic dermatitis: a systematic review and meta-analysis	12
Vaccination against all odds in Brazil	12
Advances in medical management of acute liver failure in children: promoting native liver survival	12
Course-correcting youth mental health care	12
Youth engagement at The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health	11
WHO's global roadmap to tackle adolescent hypertension	11
Lipoprotein apheresis and long-term cardiovascular health: a real answer for children with HoFH?	11
Real-world effectiveness of nirsevimab against respiratory syncytial virus disease in infants: a systematic review and meta-analysis	11
Vosoritide therapy in children with achondroplasia aged 3−59 months: a multinational, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase 2 trial	11
Long-term kidney outcomes in children and adolescents with hypertension: a propensity-matched cohort study	11
Bonface Massah: changemaker and defender for children with albinism	11
Physical activity and exercise for cancer-related cognitive impairment among individuals affected by childhood cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis	11
Authentic First Nations health research	11
Semaglutide and social media: implications for young women with polycystic ovarian syndrome	11
This void needs to be filled with colour	11
Reported cases of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children aged 12–20 years in the USA who received a COVID-19 vaccine, December, 2020, through August, 2021: a surveillance investigation	10
Efficacy and safety of ziresovir in hospitalised infants aged 6 months or younger with respiratory syncytial virus infection in China: findings from a phase 3 randomised trial with 24-month follow-up	10
Supporting the sovereignty of families and cultures	10
Severe acute hepatitis in children	10
Simplifying medicine dosing for children by harmonising weight bands across therapeutic areas	10
Characterising sources of PM2·5 exposure for school children with asthma: a personal exposure study across six cities in sub-Saharan Africa	10
Difficult questions about long COVID in children	10
Children and armed conflict	10
Redoubling efforts to sustain seasonal malaria chemoprevention	10
Priorities in tackling non-communicable diseases in children and adolescents in China	10
Subgroups of children with Kawasaki disease: a data-driven cluster analysis	10
Malnutrition among pregnant adolescents in the Philippines	10
Thank you to The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health's clinical and statistical peer reviewers in 2021	10
Childhood growth hormone treatment and metabolic and cardiovascular risk in adults born small for gestational age after growth hormone cessation in the Netherlands: a 12-year follow-up study	10
Correction to Lancet Child Adolesc Health 2023; 7: 373–74	9
Mpox among children in Africa	9
Correction to Lancet Child Adolesc Health 2025; 9: 9	9
Planting seeds: reading about gardening to learn about nutrition	9
Kid Governors and youth civic engagement in the USA	9
Cybervictimisation as a marker of broader youth harm	9
Finding diamonds in a coal mine	9
What does the future hold for youth in Africa with high blood pressure?	9
What is the specific role of schools and daycares in COVID-19 transmission? A final report from a living rapid review	9
Standardising training for young people's research advisory groups	8
Real-life benefits of high-efficacy therapies for children with multiple sclerosis	8
Global, regional, and national causes of under-5 mortality in 2000–19: an updated systematic analysis with implications for the Sustainable Development Goals	8
Keeping schools open in times of health crises: seeing the global picture	8
Long-term sequelae in survivors of high-risk neuroblastoma: the price of success	8
Thank you to The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health's statistical and peer reviewers in 2022	7
Unintentional injuries in adolescents: a neglected issue in global health	7
School violence: where are the interventions?	7
Infant food allergy phenotypes and association with lung function deficits and asthma at age 6 years: a population-based, prospective cohort study in Australia	7
Can the 2024 UK election change the child health trajectory?	7
Paediatric group A streptococcal disease in England: a primary care perspective – Authors' reply	7
Quality improvement programmes in paediatric sepsis from a global perspective	7
Primaquine for uncomplicated Plasmodium vivax malaria in children younger than 15 years: a systematic review and individual patient data meta-analysis	7
Honouring and learning from youth voices	7
Raising the bar for measuring childhood adversity	7
Ultra-processed food: from first tastes to lifelong habits	7
Early childhood height, weight, and BMI development in children with monogenic obesity: a European multicentre, retrospective, observational study	7
Control of serogroup W meningococcal disease outbreaks: the promise of adolescent vaccination	6
Correction to Lancet Child Adolesc Health 2022; 6: 533–44	6
Strengthening sexual and reproductive health education for children and adolescents in China	6
Paediatric chronic pain as a catalyst for toxic stress	6
Asthma care for all: mind the missing middle years	6
Adolescent acne vulgaris: current and emerging treatments	6
Assessment of infant position and timing of stylet removal to improve lumbar puncture success in neonates (NeoCLEAR): an open-label, 2 × 2 factorial, randomised, controlled trial	6
Sinéad Rhodes: setting the record straight on neurodivergence	6
Need for a consensus definition of remission in paediatric asthma	6
Listen to the parents: caregiver concern and development of critical illness	6
Advancing the rights of street and working children	6
Next steps in treatment of prematurity-associated respiratory disease	6
Impact of an adolescent meningococcal ACWY immunisation programme to control a national outbreak of group W meningococcal disease in England: a national surveillance and modelling study	6