Inequity in child health: what are the sustainable Pacific solutions?

Centre for International Child Health, Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Royal Children’s Hospital, Parkville, VIC. Trevor Duke, MD, FRACP, FJFICM, Senior Lecturer and Paediatrician. Reprints will not be available from the author. Correspondence: Dr Trevor Duke, Centre for International Child Health, Department of Paediatrics, Royal Children’s Hospital, Flemington Road, Parkville, VIC 3052. [email protected] The Medical Journal of Australia ISSN: 0025729X 6/20 December 2004 181 11/12 612-614 ©The Medical Journal of Australia 2004 www. mja.com.au South Pacific has doubled over the past 25 years, means that, century, about twice as many children are dying per mid-1970s. The health inequities between Australia a neighbours are many, and breathtaking in magnitude In this issue of the Journal, McGain et al (page 68 87 deaths from snakebite at Port Moresby Gen Child health will only improve when local structures are further strengthened, enabled and supported