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In this issue
A focus on children’s public health issues, geography including the mountain women, and advocacy for health
  1. Carlos Alvarez-Dardet, Joint Editor,
  2. John R Ashton, Joint Editor

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      A FOCUS ON CHILDREN’S PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUES, GEOGRAPHY INCLUDING THE MOUNTAIN WOMEN, AND ADVOCACY FOR HEALTH

      In this issue we carry a range of papers throwing light on the public health condition of children. From China (via Italy) comes an Editorial reviewing 25 years of the Chinese one child family policy, which identifies two major outcomes:

      • the gross distortion in the birth ratio of boys to girls;

      • the rapid demographic skewing towards an aging population. The policy implications are huge.

      
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