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An Agenda for Child Health Policy in Developing Countries

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After reading this chapter and answering the discussion questions that follow, you should be able to

  • Identify and discuss the environmental, social, and political factors that influence child health in less-developed countries.

  • Discuss the limitations of global child health policies and programs that are based mostly on vertical, disease-focused programs.

  • Analyze the background to, and rationale for, the Alma Ata Declaration of Primary Health Care.

  • Present a coherent case for the adoption of a global child health policy that is based on the tenets of the Alma Declaration of Primary Health Care.

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  1. Division of Health Promotion Sciences, Mel & Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, University of Arizona, 85724, Tucson, AZ, USA

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Ehiri, J.E. (2009). An Agenda for Child Health Policy in Developing Countries. In: Ehiri, J. (eds) Maternal and Child Health. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/b106524_29

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