The changing face of paediatrics in the English-speaking Caribbean
West Indian med. j
; 48(3): 106-9, Sept. 1999. tab
Artigo
em Inglês
| MedCarib
| ID: med-1506
Biblioteca responsável:
JM3.1
Localização: JM3.1; R18.W4
ABSTRACT
Childhood mortality and morbidity patterns in the English-speaking Caribbean have changed significantly over the past 40 years. Acute respiratory illness, physical injury and conditions originating in the perinatal period have replaced malnutrition, gastroenteritis and other infectious diseases as major causes of illness and death in Caribbean children. Although population growth has slowed down, about one-third of the population of the English-speaking Caribbean remains under the age of 15 years. Infant mortality rates have also fallen but the major contributor to this decline has been a reduction in post-neonatal deaths. The decrease in mortality and morbidity from infectious diseases has led to a prominence of disorders originating in the perinatal period, psychosocial problems and chronic childhood disorders. Adverse economic conditions are held culpable for the re-emergence of protein energy malnutrition (PEM) and pulmonary tubercolosis in some territories. There is an urgent need to focus attention on the areas of perinatal and adolescent health, childhood disability, accidental and non-accidental injury, sexual abuse and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. Immunization programmes also require continuing support and expansion. These tasks cannot be accomplished without meaningful long term investment of financial and human resources in the health and educational services of the region (AU)
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Coleções:
Bases de dados internacionais
Contexto em Saúde:
Agenda de Saúde Sustentável para as Américas
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ODS3 - Saúde e Bem-Estar
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ODS3 - Meta 3.2 Reduzir as mortes de recém nascidos e crianças com menos de 5 anos
Problema de saúde:
Objetivo 11 Desigualdades e iniquidades na saúde
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Meta 3.3: Acabar com as doenças tropicais negligenciadas e combater as doenças transmissíveis
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Meta 3.2: Reduzir as mortes de recém nascidos e crianças com menos de 5 anos
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Nutrição
Base de dados:
MedCarib
Assunto principal:
Pediatria
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Serviços de Saúde da Criança
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Mortalidade Infantil
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Atenção à Saúde
Aspecto:
Determinantes sociais da saúde
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Equidade e iniquidade
Limite:
Adolescente
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Criança
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Criança, pré-escolar
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Humanos
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Lactente
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
West Indian med. j
Ano de publicação:
1999
Tipo de documento:
Artigo