The physical and mental well-being of these citizens of the next century are the pillar from which all our destiny springs. And about health of children, we have much to celebrate.
Smallpox is gone.
Polio appears on the verge of global eradication, now eliminated from North and South America. Measles is succumbing to aggressive medical and public health programs. There have been heroic efforts to tackle guinea worm and river blindness, to address crucial gaps in nutrition, to conquer malaria. Not all is well, however. Indicators abound that even as we solve some of these problems, others remain and new ones appear.