Child rights and child poverty: Can the international framework of children's rights be used to improve child survival rates?

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1567-1570

  Pemberton, Simon ^a   Gordon, David ^a   Nandy, Shailen ^a   Pantazis, Christina ^a   Townsend, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD WELFARE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; DIARRHEA; EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE COST; HOUSING; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN RIGHTS; IMMUNIZATION; MALARIA; MALNUTRITION; MEASLES; NUTRITION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PNEUMONIA; POVERTY; REVIEW; SURVIVAL RATE; VIOLENCE;

CHILD; CHILD ADVOCACY; CHILD MORTALITY; CHILD WELFARE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; GOALS; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MALE; MEDICAL INDIGENCY; POVERTY; SOCIAL PROBLEMS; UNITED NATIONS; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 35648982445     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040307     Document Type: Review

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