Maternal and Child Health Around the World

Front Matter....Pages i-x
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
The status of maternal and child care in developing countries....Pages 3-16
World wide problems in the field of maternal and child health and family planning services in the developing countries....Pages 17-49
Demography and the health situation....Pages 50-67
Front Matter....Pages 69-69
Social background, customs and traditions....Pages 71-75
Maternity care....Pages 76-81
Maternal malnutrition....Pages 82-88
Domiciliary midwifery care, including traditional birth attendants....Pages 89-98
Front Matter....Pages 99-99
Family planning....Pages 101-107
Family planning as a part of maternal and child care and general health services....Pages 108-114
A programme for the integration of family planning with maternal and child health services....Pages 115-121
The relation of family planning to maternal and child health and paediatrics....Pages 122-126
The role of lactation in delaying conception....Pages 127-133
Front Matter....Pages 135-135
Growth and development of the infant and young child....Pages 137-146
Simplified methods of measuring child growth and early nutritional deficiencies....Pages 147-154
Feeding infants and young children....Pages 155-161
The management and prevention of malnutrition....Pages 162-165
Protein-energy malnutrition....Pages 166-174
Nutrition rehabilitation: an approach to the management and prevention of childhood malnutrition....Pages 175-182
Anaemia in mothers and children in developing countries....Pages 183-191
Immunisation....Pages 192-200
Front Matter....Pages 135-135
The contribution of common infectious diseases of childhood to malnutrition....Pages 201-208
Common respiratory problems....Pages 209-216
Parasitic diseases....Pages 217-227
Management and prevention of diarrhoea....Pages 228-235
The under-fives’ clinic....Pages 236-240
Day care services for the preschool child....Pages 241-243
Front Matter....Pages 244-244
Health services in schools....Pages 247-250
School health services in developing countries....Pages 251-255
Adolescence....Pages 256-261
Front Matter....Pages 263-263
Handicapped children and youth in the United Kingdom....Pages 265-273
Blindness due to vitamin A deficiency....Pages 274-279
Hearing impairment....Pages 280-284
Front Matter....Pages 285-285
Identifying and mobilising resources in the village society....Pages 287-291
Social security in developing countries....Pages 292-297
Front Matter....Pages 299-299
Preparation of the policy makers and planners in the field of maternal and child health and family planning....Pages 301-306
Training programme for teachers in medical schools....Pages 307-312
Training teachers for health workers....Pages 313-317
Village health workers....Pages 318-323
Community nutrition....Pages 324-331
Social paediatrics....Pages 332-339
Front Matter....Pages 299-299
Maternal and child health services in the United States....Pages 340-348
Front Matter....Pages 349-349
Family Planning and the UNFPA....Pages 351-358
World population programme assistance....Pages 359-368
The Ford Foundation’s interest in maternal and child health....Pages 369-374
Back Matter....Pages 375-379