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In the global village of the late 20th century, there is no problem we share with more conviction, no priority more universally accepted, than the health and future of the world’s children. For therein lies the health and the future of civilization. We are fortunate in one way. Problems in this area have been reasonably well defined, and their preventability is well established. It is a matter of applying what we know how to do, to what we know is wrong in the areas of maternal and child health in developed and developing nations of the world. It is a matter of emphasis on sanitation, availability of pure water and food, immunization, and health education.
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Foege, W.H. (1983). Prevention and Cure of Prevalent Infections in the Mother and the Newborn. In: del Mundo, F., Ines-Cuyegkeng, E., Aviado, D.M. (eds) Primary Maternal and Neonatal Health. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-3608-2_16
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