Child Survival: Research and Policy

Advances in the biomedical sciences make it possible to ensure the survival of 97% of newborns in underdeveloped countries; reaching that potential, however, depends on the social circumstances under which the children are born. To some extent, the technical advances in the medical sciences can be translated into social constraints -- particularly when they can be imposed to transform the disease environment, eg, with insecticides. But more sustained health improvements require the spread of modern scientific & hygienic knowledge of disease causation & the means of acting on it. The focus of this information effort should be the family, until now largely neglected by research. 66 References. S. Karganovic.