Book contents
- Global Health
- Global Health
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Introduction
- Section 1 Global Health: Definitions and Descriptions
- Section 2 Global Health Ethics, Responsibilities, and Justice: Some Central Issues
- Chapter 6 Is There a Need for Global Health Ethics?
- Chapter 7 The Human Right to Health
- Chapter 8 International Human Rights Law and the Social Determinants of Health
- Chapter 9 Responsibility for Global Health
- Chapter 10 Bioethics and Global Child Health
- Section 3 Analyzing Some Reasons for Poor Health and Responsibilities to Address Them
- Section 4 Environmental/Ecological Considerations and Planetary Health
- Section 5 The Importance of Including Cross-Cultural Perspectives and the Need for Dialogue
- Section 6 Shaping the Future
- Index
- References
Chapter 10 - Bioethics and Global Child Health
from Section 2 - Global Health Ethics, Responsibilities, and Justice: Some Central Issues
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 04 February 2021
- Global Health
- Global Health
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Introduction
- Section 1 Global Health: Definitions and Descriptions
- Section 2 Global Health Ethics, Responsibilities, and Justice: Some Central Issues
- Chapter 6 Is There a Need for Global Health Ethics?
- Chapter 7 The Human Right to Health
- Chapter 8 International Human Rights Law and the Social Determinants of Health
- Chapter 9 Responsibility for Global Health
- Chapter 10 Bioethics and Global Child Health
- Section 3 Analyzing Some Reasons for Poor Health and Responsibilities to Address Them
- Section 4 Environmental/Ecological Considerations and Planetary Health
- Section 5 The Importance of Including Cross-Cultural Perspectives and the Need for Dialogue
- Section 6 Shaping the Future
- Index
- References
Summary
As many of the chapters in this volume document, we continue to bear witness to – and often create and perpetuate – wide disparities in global health outcomes. These inequalities extend to the health and well-being of children worldwide. Globally, more than 25,000 children under five years of age die every day, the vast majority of them in low-income countries (LICs). Under-five mortality is, on average, 14 times higher (69 versus 9 per 1,000 live births) in the world’s LICs than in the industrialized world. Of note, however, under-five mortality decreased by 58% globally between 1990 and 2017, with a goal for all countries to reach a level below 25 per 1,000 live births by 2030 (Global Health Observatory [GHO], 2019).
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- Global HealthEthical Challenges, pp. 146 - 157Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021