Health in developing countries
...tly, the main health problems of poor populations need to be addressed. Raising international awareness of the importance of maternal health and determining (and tackling) the environmental factors that influence child health are singled out. So is improving access to health care, appropriate treatments, communicable disease control programmers, and high quality reproductive and sexual health services Secondly, access to clean water and sanitation should be promoted because these are major determinants for improving child survival. Educational initiatives should also promote good hygiene. And finally, action should be taken to develop a more effective and better coordinated global response to the HIV and AIDS epidemic that is threatening development in many African countries. Among the action points that the department outlines is support for the international AIDS vaccine initiative and the development of microb...