This new edition has some additional information compared to the earlier one. There are chapters on Newborn Health Around the Globe; A Review of Nutrition Programmes; School Health Programmes; Child Abuse and Neglect; AIDS in Children; Nutritional Problems of the Young, among many other relevant and useful topics which every pediatrician and community health personnel must be aware of. Presents an assimilated repository of the combined wisdom of clinical experience and research to date, which has a more timeless and meaningful quality. Serves the need of the readers in providing guidance in their own research, clinical practice and also provide the basis for social projects for governmental and non-governmental social organizations.