The Institute of Health Visiting (IHV) has called on other parties to ensure that their manifestos "contain similar commitments".
It warned that "children in the UK have some of the worst outcomes when compared to the rest of Europe and similar countries across the world".
"It's time for all political parties to take this seriously," the IHV said.
In June, the IHV issued a stark warning that health visiting services in many parts of England were being "eroded" due to funding cuts by councils.
It called for the government to ringfence funding for health visiting services as well as increase training budgets for student health visitors, saying there had been a "significant deterioration" since 2015 in the quality and quantity of provision in many parts of England.
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