Child Survival and Health

Abstract

The state of development with regard to child health in modern sovereign states can be measured by the state’s intervention with, and resolution of, three types of issues in the area of child health. The first type of issue is child survival, which includes various issues associated with fertility, childbirth, and immunization. Policies and measures that can be implemented to resolve such issues include: the lowering of neonatal and maternal mortality rates, the eradication of neonatal tetanus, and ensuring safe deliveries and the health and safety of mother and child, etc. The second type of issues concern health, healthcare, and nutrition issues for children, including: the physical health of child and nutrition, health care and family health, campus health and physical activity, and the physical growth and development of children, etc. Policies and measures that can be implemented to mitigate/resolve such issues include: the guaranteeing of breastfeeding, ensuring children receive adequate nutrition, promoting health care for children, and efforts to promote the physical growth of children, etc. The third type of issues pertains to the matter of healthcare services, including: reproductive health and prenatal/postnatal care (sex education), family planning and household welfare, healthcare and health promotion for adolescents, and psychological and mental health, etc. Policies and measures that can be implemented to mitigate/resolve such issues include: guaranteeing conducive conditions for children’s psychological health and sex education for children, etc.