Child health in Colombia
- 1Colsubsidio, Bogotá, Colombia
- 2FLACSO, Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- 3Mario Negri Research Institute, Milan, Italy
- 4University of Nottingham, Derbyshire Children’s Hospital, Derby, UK
- Correspondence to Imti Choonara, Academic Division of Child Health (University of Nottingham), Derbyshire Children’s Hospital, Uttoxeter Road, Derby DE22 3DT, UK; imti.choonara{at}nottingham.ac.uk
- Accepted 5 June 2009
- Published Online First 7 July 2009
Abstract
Colombia is a country with major problems, mainly a high degree of inequality and an unacceptably high level of violence (both armed military conflict and crime related). There are unacceptably high variations in health and health provision. Despite these difficulties, there are important steps being taken by both the government and independent organisations to try and improve child health and to achieve the Millennium Development Goals in relation to poverty, hunger and health issues. The participation of different sectors and stakeholders (including government, non-governmental organisations and other organisations of civil society) is essential to overcome Colombian history and to promote a better place for children.
Footnotes
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Competing interests Two of the authors (GAN and FSM) are employees of Colsubsidio and the other three authors have all served as members of the committee evaluating submissions for the research prize.
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Provenance and Peer review Commissioned; externally peer reviewed.
