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A minor proportion of children in Australia suffer from alarmingly poor health, which is attributed to socio-economic disadvantages. Procedures for promotion of child health by developing social cohesion, belonging, and participation in community matters, are described along with the role of doctors in enhancing social capital.

A clinical record of a six-year-old child, held in detention with his parents manifested psychological distress by repeated episodes of refusing to eat or drink is presented. The case presented clinical and ethical dilemmas for health professionals who were constrained from acting in the child's best interests by government policy of mandatory detention.

Findings probably do not apply to rest of sub-Saharan Africa EDITOR--Soderlund et al report the cost effectiveness of options available in South Africa to prevent the vertical transmission of HIV.[1] [...]

Abstract Objective To assess the cost effectiveness of vertical transmission prevention strategies by using a mathematical simulation model. Design A Markov chain model was used to simulate the cost effectiveness [...]