Paediatricians propose plan to insure every US child

Child protection training for paediatricians.

US legislators propose crackdown on toxic cosmetics.

cosmetics regulation, American legislators are proposing that the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) be given the authority to ensure that personal-care products, including cosmetics, are free of harmful ingredients and that their labels fully disclose all components. The proposed “Safe Cosmetics Act of 2011” would give FDA the authority to demand safety assessments of cosmetics i...

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 ...

Every Child Reading

This "action paper"was discussed at the Learning First Alliance S u m m i t on Reading and Mathematics held in Washington, D.C, January 26 28, 1998. Tbe paper is the collective work o f the Learning First Alliance Board o f Directors. It has been inf o r m e d by m a n y distinguished experts in reading. We are pleased to acknowledge the assistance o f Robert Slavin, Johns Hopkins University, a...

Every child matters: change for children.

Statutory guidance to the UK Border Agency on making arrangements to safeguard and promote the welfare of children It is the duty of Government and of society as a whole to keep children safe. Public agencies have a particular responsibility to do this, both within their own area of business and in the way in which they work together. Section 11 of the Children Act 2004 places a duty on specifi...