The Child in Latin America – Health, Development, and Rights Bartell Hardback

The Child in Latin AmericaHealth, Development, and Rights\nAuthor(s): Ernest J. Bartell, Alejandro ODonnell\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: University of Notre Dame Press, United States\nImprint: University of Notre Dame Press\nISBN-13: 9780268022570, 978-0268022570\nSynopsis\nAlthough most Latin American countries are considered middle-income nations, their child health and well-being statistics overall compare poorly with those of the United States. This volume, representing the fifth part of Project Latin America 2000 from the Helen Kellogg Institute, brings together contributors from the [url] Latin America, and organizations such as UNICEF to consider the physical, educational, social, legal, and economic status and progress of children throughout Latin America, focusing especially on health and rights issues.\n\n In chapters concerning health, experts in biology and medicine address such topics as trends in malnutrition and undernutrition, iron deficiency, inadequate sanitation, .