Promoting child health

Role of Ayurveda in Promoting Maternal and Child Health

This paper emphasises the need to nurture a plural healing approach in Maternal and Child Health Care so as to reduce Maternal and infant mortality rates. It highlights the strengths of Ayurveda and suggests ways to adopt these practices through the National Rural Health Mission.

The role of advocacy in promoting better child health.

The public role in promoting child health information technology.

The public sector plays an important role in promoting child health information technology. Public sector support is essential in 5 main aspects of child health information technology, namely, data standards, pediatric functions in health information systems, privacy policies, research and implementation funding, and incentives for technology adoption. Some innovations in health information tec...

Promoting Early Child Development in the Philippines

Investment in early childhood development has a significant impact on children’s health and readiness to learn, and can bring important economic returns, often greater than investments in formal education and training. Early childhood development (ECD) refers to physical and psychosocial development during the first several years of life. Evidence is growing that ECD has long-lasting effects an...

Promoting Equity in Health

Promoting equity in health is not an easy task. Current trends in the global economy, in the environment and in the scientific and technological development are all conducive to increasing disparities in exposure to risk factors for ill health as well as in access to health services. Indeed, available data point to increasing inequalities in health outcomes among countries and within countries ...