development. Too many women and children are still dying because they lack access to quality health care, especially in the least … extremely effective in getting high quality, essential health services to women and children. He remarks that empowering …Jim Yong Kim, President of the World Bank Group, notes that we stand at a critical threshold for global health and …

, and birth defects. The economic and societal costs associated with children’s environmental health disorders were …’s environmental health issues are some of the barriers that impede effective policy decision making. To improve children … child health outcomes, including cancer, learning disabilities, behavioral problems, developmental effects, low birth weight …

"There are many possible pathways between parental education, income, and health, and between child health and … socioeconomic status (as measured by education, income, occupation, or in some cases area of residence) and child health, and … between child health and adult education or income. Specifically, I ask two questions: What is the evidence regarding whether …