联合国儿童基金会、世界卫生组织和联合国教科文组织赠送给我国一本书,书名为《生命知识——母子健康须知》。该书是由上述三个国际组织共同发起,组织世界各地区著名儿童保健专家合作编写的一本有关母子保健知识的通俗读物。该书针对发展中国家最突出的健康问题,分10章做了深入浅出的重点阐述。包括:生育时间的选择、保护母亲、母乳喂养、儿童生长发育,预防接种、腹泻防治知识等。这些问题在我国也不同程度存在,特别是广大农村,由于缺乏这些方面的知识,造成母亲和婴幼儿的疾病与死亡的也不少见。因此。在我国大力普及母子保健知识,是一项非常重要和刻不容缓的任务。这里刊登一篇根据该书内容摘编的短文,以飨读者。——编者 UNICEF, World Health Organization and UNESCO donated to our country a book entitled “Life Knowledge - Mother and Child Health Notes.” The book is a joint effort by the three international organizations mentioned above to organize a popular book on maternal and child health knowledge, written in collaboration with well-known child health experts from all over the world. The book for the most prominent health problems in developing countries, divided into 10 chapters did explain in simple terms. Including: the choice of childbearing time, mother protection, breastfeeding, child growth and development, vaccination, prevention and treatment of diarrhea knowledge. These problems also exist to varying degrees in our country. In particular, in the vast rural areas, due to the lack of knowledge in these fields, it is not uncommon for diseases and deaths of mothers and infants and young children. therefore. Vigorously popularizing the mother-child health knowledge in our country is a very important and urgent task. Here’s an essay based on an excerpt from the book to readers. --editor