Part 1. The life cycle : The Human condition
1. Life before Birth: Unsafe Motherhood
a. Maternal depletion
b. Nutritional anemia
c. Iodine deficiency
d. Risks at childbirth
e. Mother care
f. Perinatal Deaths
g. Bias before birth
2. Infancy and Early Childhood: The Vulnerable Years
a. Pattern of early deaths
b. Variables of survival
c. Situations in Slums
d. Trends in child mortality
e. Variations by gender
f. Load of infections
g. Nutritional foundations
h. Not enough to eat
i. Nutritional blidness
j. Hazrds of iodine deficiency
k. Childhood disability
l. The case for caring
3. The Learning Years: Firming the Foundations
a. Potential Learners
b. child rearing practices
c. Differentials in access
d. The primary phase
e. Going by enrolment
f. In and Out of school
g. Layers of disparity
h. Non-formal channels
i. Working Children
j. A chance for the disabled
4. Growing up as a Girl: Life without choice
a. Chances of survival
b. Nutrition and growth
c. Access to health services
d. Opportunites to learn
e. Necessity to work
5. The Young Woman: capacity to cope
a. Early marriage
b. Diminishing returns
c. Violence against women
d. Rate of Survival
e. Access to energy
f. Effects of education
g. Barriers to literacy
Part II the Living Context: Urrounding Systems
1. The Environment
a. Physical environment
b. Population growth
c. Urban expansion
d. Water Supply
e. Shelter and sanitation
f. Social Environment
2. Structures and Services
a. Socio-economic structures
b. Political-administrative system
c. Legal Framework
d. Food and Nutrition
e. Health care
f. Accidents and Injuries
g. Education systems
h. Communication network
i. Social and voluntary organizations
Part III: Development Perspectives Policies and Strategies
1. Towards Human Goals 1991-2000