Improving child health: the role of research

doi:10.1136/bmj.324.7351.1444

BMJ 2002;324:1444-1447 ( 15 June )

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Improving child health: the role of research

Working Group on Women and Child Health, F Dabis, chair of working group ^a, J Orne-Gliemann, scientific secretary of working group ^a, F Perez, member of working group ^a, V Leroy, member of working group ^a, M L Newell, co-chair of working group ^b, A Coutsoudis, member of working group ^c, H Coovadia, member of working group ^c.

^a Institut de Santé Publique, d'Epidémiologie et de Développement (ISPED), Case 11, Université Victor Segalen-Bordeaux 2, 33076 Bordeaux Cedex, France, ^b Centre for Paediatric Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Institute of Child Health, London WC1N 3JH, ^c Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Natal, Durban, South Africa

Correspondence to: F Dabis francois.dabis@isped.u-bordeaux2.fr

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Child health has improved greatly in the past decade, thanks to research that has quantified health problems and identifiedstrategies for improving child health. The Working Group on Womenand Child Health reviews the major advances in this field in developingcountries since 1990 and argues that research is fundamental tofurther improvements in child health

Child mortality (before age 5 years) has shown a relative decrease of 15% since 1990 but remains above 100 per 1000 live birthsin more than 40 countries.¹ The risk of death can be reducedthrough evidence based interventions such as immunisation andoral rehydration treatment. Research has helped to quantify childhealth problems, identified strategies to improve health, andshown the effectiveness of interventions. In preparation for theforthcoming United Nations special session on children, we reviewthe major advances in child health in developing countries since1990 and illustrate the role of research in this progress.
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