tailieunhanh - CHILD HEALTH STRATEGY FEDERAL MINISTRY OF HEALTH

Those at the bottom of a socially stratified world are vulnerable to economic shocks, impoverishing effects of illness and co-morbidity—with one underlying condition (., malnutrition or HIV/AIDS) making the development of another more likely (., diarrhea or TB). Increasingly, child morbidity and mortality is seen as a function of co-morbidity, with malnutrition coinciding with other conditions such as measles, acute respiratory infection (ARI) and diarrhea. In the realm of maternal health, co-morbidities naturally exist as well, though the programmatic implications are different for maternal mortality than for child mortality. Some evidence points. | ni BUNDESMINISTERIUM FUR GESUNDHEIT CHILD HEALTH STRATEGY FEDERAL MINISTRY OF HEALTH Publication details Owner editor and publisher Federal Ministry of Health BMG Radetzkystrasse 2 1030 Vienna Responsible for contents Dr Veronika Wolschlager MPH BMG project management Dr Birgit Angel MPH BMG minister s office Printed by BMG printing house 1030 Vienna All rights reserved no part of this publication may be used without written permission from the owner. No responsibility can be accepted for printing and typesetting errors or for any other errors. Vienna September 2011 Foreword Dear readers Health is not a fixed and unchanging state that each individual simply possesses. Health is partly learned and can be improved or worsened over the course of a lifetime. This is why the health of children and young people is particularly important for our society. It is easiest for individuals to learn healthy behaviour as children and children benefit the longest from this behaviour. They learn how to treat themselves from the way in which we treat them. And if we make a commitment to improve their health the result will be a healthier society. Health is influenced not just in my ministry rather it is the result of a raft of individual decisions made in all policy areas. A fundamental rethink is therefore required. Awareness needs to be raised that we are all involved in our health each person individually and each policy area in a large number of its decisions. This rethink forms the basis of the present strategy and is reflected by this strategy. Experts from a variety of areas in the practical field science and administration have contributed their knowledge experience and time to bring this strategy to life. I would like to take this opportunity to express my gratitude to them once again. Together they have succeeded in depicting the complex issue of child and adolescent health and in identifying possible solutions wherever there is room for improvement. Nevertheless this .