Policies and Strategies for Child Survival : Experiences from Asia
Contents: Preface. I. Health policies of Asian countries: 1. China\'s policies on mortality control/Chi-hsien Tuan and Yu Jingyuan. 2. Mortality control policies in Thailand/Suchart Prasith Rathsint and Chanin Charoenkul. 3. Mortality control measures in Australia/P.K. Streatfield. 4. Health policies and mortality control in Bangladesh/Shafiqur Rahman. 5. Development of health policy in India/P.R. Dutt and V. Kapali. 6. Mortality control policies in Sri Lanka/Nimal Dangalle. 7. Mortality control policies in Kuwait/M.EL. Shalakani. 8. Medical care in peripheral Iran/A. Lahsaeizadeh. 9. Child survival policies for developing countries/K. Mahadevan. II. Trends, differentials and determinants of mortality: 10. Mathematical representations of mortality in India/P. Krishnan and E. Ng. 11. Infant and child mortality in Bangladesh/M. Mosleh Uddin and M. Kabir. 12. Child mortality in India/K.S. Natarajan and R.K. Puri. 13. Life affecting variables and infant mortality in Athoor Block/T. Rajaretnam. 14. Mortality experiences in Sri Lanka/S. Selvaratnam. 15. Kerala\'s trends and differentials in mortality/R.S. Kurup and K.B. Kurup. 16. Child development programme in Punjab/K.P. Singh. III. Strategies for child survival: 17. Child survival and development strategies: an overview/K.A. Pisharoti. 18. Oral rehydration therapy in Bangladesh/Lincoln Chen, Robert E. Black, A.M. Sarder, Michael H. Morson, Shushum Bhatia, M.D. Yunus and J. Chakravarty. 19. Fertility and nutrition projects in Thailand/Chounchom Charoenyooth. 20. Health development programmes in Kuwait/Mahmoud A. Bustan. 21. Child survival programme in Iran : immunization/Akbar Aghajanian. 22. Mother and child survival strategies in DANIDA Project/C.K. Gariyali. 23. Role of ICDS in child development/Dinesh Paul. 24. Health education in primary health care/S.H. Hassan. 25. MCH care in retrospect and prospect/K. Venkateswara Rao. 26. Rh mapping of antenatals and mortality/K.K. Sayi Prasad. 27. Status of mothers and child development/P. Rajaram. R. Jayasree, G.S. Moni and Sumati S. Rao. 28. Concept formation on sex and family among teenagers/M.S.R. Murthy. 29. Maternal morbidity and nutrition/P.J. Reddy and A. Reddamma. 30. Child survival strategies in Kerala/K.B. Kurup. 31. Need for new policies and programmes for health promotion in India/K. Mahadevan, M. Ubaidullah and Azuh Dominic Ezinwa. IV. A Pioneer in health and population sciences: 32. Profile of K.A. Pisharoti/V. Kapali and S.H. Hassan.
"The book is the first of its kind on Asia in the field of Health policy, strategy and child survival. It is based on an interdisciplinary contribution by medical experts, demographers, sociologists and administrators. Top people in these areas from several Asian countries have written papers based on their long term experiences. In addition, the Director of Harward School of Health, USA, Dr. Lincoln Chen has also contributed an excellent paper of ORT which is the urgent need for all developing countries. It contains 31 papers.
All these articles are valuable as a text for the Departments of Community Health (MD), MBBS Course, Population studies/demography, Medical social work, sociology, and management courses. It will also be a valuable reference book for planners, policy makers, development administrators, consultants and even for the general readers." (jacket)
