Access

Published online 27 June 2003 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news030623-15

News

Medics call for action on child health crisis

Deprivation, not disease, is killing world's children, warn reports.

The health of the world's children is in an "abysmal state", say medical experts in a series of reports, the first of which is published today. Only cash and coordinated effort can end the crisis, they warn.

Comments

Reader comments are usually moderated after posting. If you find something offensive or inappropriate, you can speed this process by clicking 'Report this comment' (or, if that doesn't work for you, email webadmin@nature.com). For more controversial topics, we reserve the right to moderate before comments are published.

There are currently no comments.