CITATION: Editorial| volume 395, issue 10218, p89, january 11, 2020
Join the Lancet 2020 Campaign on child and adolescent health
The Lancet
Published: January 11, 2020
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(20)30002-7
In the new print issue of The Lancet, the journal launches the Lancet 2020 Campaign on child and adolescent health.
Below are extracts from the editorial. The full text is available here: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)30002-7/fulltext
'In 2020, we see an urgent need to make child and adolescent health and wellbeing the focus of a special campaign across our journals as progress made is stalling or reversing and new political and environmental realities are emerging...
'A child growing up today faces an unprecedented threat to health and livelihood, let alone wellbeing, because of a climate emergency. Migration, increasing conflicts, political agendas moving away from provision of social safety nets and poverty reduction even in high-income countries, the continued commercial exploitation of children and young people leading to unhealthy diets, and exposure to alcohol and tobacco products mean that children and adolescents in 2020 need special attention if we are serious about a sustainable and healthy future for all...
'A special communications strategy will be developed to support the campaign and facilitate partnerships with as many other communities as possible. We aim to engage and galvanise political leaders, policy makers, civil society and non-governmental organisations, researchers and clinicians, funders and responsible commercial organisations, and children and young people themselves. Please join us to make a difference with our 2020 Campaign.'
You can sign up for email updates here: https://info.thelancet.com/infocus-child-adolescent-health
We shall contact our colleagues at The Lancet to see how CHIFA can contribute to the communications strategy and support the campaign.
Meanwhile, for those interested in climate change, there are growing calls on our sister forum HIFA for action to mitigate the environmental damage caused by international health conferences, recommending a shift towards greater (and smarter) use of virtual communications. Join here: www.hifa.org/joinhifa
Best wishes, Neil
Let's build a future where children are no longer dying for lack of healthcare information - Join CHIFA (Child Healthcare Information For All): http://www.hifa.org/forums/chifa-child-health-and-rights
CHIFA profile: Neil Pakenham-Walsh is the coordinator of the HIFA campaign (Healthcare Information For All) and assistant moderator of the CHIFA forum. Twitter: @hifa_org FB: facebook.com/HIFAdotORG neil@hifa.org
