Child Health : A Manual for medics and Health workers in health centres and rural hospitals / Paget Stanfield and Nimrod Bwibo

Includes Index

Introduction to child health -- Normal growth and development -- The child at home -- Child spacing -- Nutrition -- Clinical malnutrition -- Nutritional assessment and community nutrition -- Immunization -- Child care in maternal and child health clinics -- Health education -- Clinical examination -- Child abuse and neglect -- Care of the new born -- Diseases of the respiratory tract -- Tuberculosis -- HIV/AIDS -- Malaria -- Other important childhood infections -- Diarrhoea diseases -- Other diseases of the digestive tract -- Diseases of the liver -- Diseases of the skin -- Diseases of the blood and lymphatic tissues -- Cardiovascular diseases -- Diseases of the genitourinary tract -- Diseases of the nervous system -- Diseases of the eyes -- Diseases of the bones and joints -- Endocrine and metabolic disorders -- Common surgical problems -- Childhood accidents and injuries -- Palliative care -- Disabilities and their rehabilitation.