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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

By
Avram Ezra Denburg  and
Denis Daneman
Edited by
Solomon Benatar  and
Gillian Brock
Solomon Benatar
Affiliation:
Emeritus Professor of Medicine, University of Cape Town
Gillian Brock
Affiliation:
Professor of Philosophy, University of Auckland
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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 Health
Ethical Challenges
 , pp. 146 - 157
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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