Kruse Alexandra Yasmin, Høgh Birthe
Amtssygehuset i Glostrup, Børneafdelingen, og H:S Hvidovre Hospital, Børneafdelingen.
Ugeskr Laeger. 2006 Sep 4;168(36):3027-9.
International child health has improved. Better healthcare strategies, like IMCI, have contributed implementing basic interventions: vaccinations, nutrition supplement, oral rehydration and antibiotics. But 11 million children still die every year before they turn five, most from infectious diseases and neonatal complications, over half associated with malnutrition. Conditions we could prevent and treat. One of UN's Millennium Development Goals is to reduce child mortality. However child health is more than mortality and morbidity indicators, it includes growth and development.
国际儿童健康状况已有改善。更好的医疗保健策略,如综合管理儿童疾病(IMCI),有助于实施基本干预措施:疫苗接种、营养补充、口服补液和抗生素治疗。但每年仍有1100万儿童在五岁前死亡,其中大多数死于传染病和新生儿并发症,超过半数与营养不良有关。这些都是我们能够预防和治疗的疾病。联合国千年发展目标之一是降低儿童死亡率。然而,儿童健康不仅仅是死亡率和发病率指标,还包括生长发育情况。