Global child health

Global child health

Hatherill M. Arch Dis Child (2011). doi:10.1136/adc.2011.214494 1 of 6 Accepted 6 March 2011 ABSTRACT Control of childhood tuberculosis must be considered in the context of active tuberculosis disease among adults, who form the main reservoir of transmission. The elimination target of the Stop TB Partnership is a reduction of global incidence to less than one case per million per year by 2050. ...

Global child health.

M embers and Fellows of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health showed their recognition of the need to respond to the appalling conditions in which the majority of the world’s children live. They did this in 2001 when they unanimously voted for a proportion of their annual College subscription to be used for international advocacy and education and training programmes in resource-poo...

GLOBAL CHILD HEALTH Child survival: district hospitals and paediatricians

In a previous article in this series, Zulfiquar Bhutta outlined many of the key sociopolitical issues, both national and international, that currently affect the delivery of health care to children in developing countries. The clear summary of our situation is that we are failing to provide even basic health care (both preventive and curative) that could reduce child mortality globally by more ...

Reducing global inequalities in child health.

Since 1950, global poverty and child mortality rates have declined more rapidly than during any other period in history. Progress has been uneven, however, so that inequalities have widened; since the 1970s, an increasing number of countries have experienced periods of prolonged economic decline. Eighty countries now have per capita incomes lower than in 1990. Partly in consequence, indicators ...

Child survival: a global health challenge.