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Press Release 2002
CAI Announce Major New Publication:
Leading experts tackle needless suffering of children in disadvantaged and war torn countries
Imagine a child with a cancer eating a way through the wall of her tummy, with no prospect of curative treatment and only paracetamol to dull the pain, or a hospital struggling to provide care on a daily budget of 6p per child.
These things are happening now, in the 21st century, in the majority of hospitals world-wide. They are among the images that have prompted a group of internationally respected experts to create the new Manual - International Child Health Care - a practical guide to child health care written by CAI especially for paediatricians and nurses caring for children all over the world.
Published by BMJ Books, the manual provides information, guidelines and suggestions about health care in virtually every setting imaginable - peace and war, emergency and chronic, hospital and clinic. It is designed to ensure that a minimum standard of care is applied to every individual child, regardless of how rich or poor is their country or their family.
Commenting on the publication of the new book, David Southall, Professor of Paediatrics and Honorary Medical Director of CAI says 'The skills and the technology are available to improve health care and reduce suffering, even in the poorest countries, but for a variety of reasons they are not reaching the children's wards and clinics where they are needed.
