Editorial Introduction: Community and identity in the new Chinese migration order
Autor: | Kurian M, Pieke Fn, Osborne K, OReilly J, Brown H, Usta Im, Hill Kr, Nassar Ah, Antoine Hannoun, Zreik Tg, Kunder J, Abu Musa Aa |
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Rok vydání: | 2007 |
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Zdroj: | Population, Space and Place. 13:81-94 |
ISSN: | 1544-8452 1544-8444 |
DOI: | 10.1002/psp.427 |
Popis: | Across the world some 10.8 million children under five years of age die every year. Most of these deaths are preventable and almost all occur in poor countries. I recognize the enormous impact of child hunger and malnutrition on future development and as an underlying cause of the deaths of these millions of children. For that reason I welcome this opportunity to discuss what USAID is doing to reduce this awful and unnecessary blight on the worlds future. According to UN estimates currently 296 million undernourished children live in the developing world. Other estimates are even higher. For many of these children the damage from hunger and malnutrition can be life-long. Almost all nutritional deficiencies impair immune function and other host defenses leading to a cycle of longer lasting and more severe infections and ever-worsening nutritional status. Hunger leads to physical stunting lowers intelligence and increases susceptibility to diseases dramatically increasing health care costs and severely limiting their full potential to contribute to nation building. USAID programs recognize that well nourished children rarely die from diarrhea and common childhood infections and maintaining good nutritional status is an integral part of improving child survival. USAID interventions are designed to decrease child and maternal mortality; reduce crippling healthcare costs; and boost intellectual and physical potential and national productivity. (excerpt) |
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