Youth
Children in the Netherlands grow up reasonably healthy. Yet there are things that could be better. Therefore, we are working on methods that contribute to a healthy, safe and promising growing-up and parenting environment for young people.

Our latest developments
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Public Private Partnership Arla Food Ingredients and Danone
TNO Healthy Living, Arla & Danone built an in silico model to identify markers needed to assess safety & efficacy of an immune intervention in infants.


Successful results mental health program to displaced children
TNO and Help a Child developed BoB, Build your Own Buddy, to help displaced families in South Sudan empower themselves to cope with stress and trauma.


Improving the health of mothers and newborns in Ghana
Currently, a consortium of 10 international partners, is studying how to implement ‘Group Care’ into 7 countries. In Group Care 8-12 women and their partners meet up during pregnancy and the first 2 years after birth for medical and psycho-social care, interactive learning and community building. We just went to Ghana, to train midwives and adapt the approach to the local context.
Digital, self-guided mental health program
Thaki and TNO aim to digitize ‘Build your own Buddy’, a psychosocial support program for children in high stress settings, to increase their resilience.