Bamford, LesleyMartin, PatriciaSlemming, WiedaadRichter, Linda2021-01-122021-01-122019Bamford, L., Martin, P., Slemming, W. et al. 2019, 'Improving the early development of children through quality health care', South African Health Review, vol. 2019, no. 1, pp. 145-153.1025-1715http://hdl.handle.net/2263/77981Ensuring that the package of services provided during the first 1 000 days is more comprehensive, and includes the services envisaged in the Nurturing Care Framework and the ECD Policy, will require substantial changes in how services are organised, delivered and monitored.en© Health Systems Trust. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution license.Nurturing care frameworkECD policyServicesMonitoredChildrenQuality health careEarly childhood development (ECD)Article