The Impact of the Alma-Ata Declaration on Global Pediatric Health Disparities: An Intersectional Perspective

The purpose of this review is to examine the impact of the Alma-Ata Declaration on global pediatric health disparities, highlighting the potential value of innovative research approaches such as intersectional quantitative studies in broadening our understanding of how the drivers of marginalization and social privilege intertwine to reinforce (or diminish each other) in the development of pediatric health disparity.

Despite the global reach of the Alma-Ata Declaration and decades of its implementation, pediatric health disparities persist, with poorer health outcomes and greater exposure to adverse social contexts borne by children living in low and middle income countries (LMICs).

This paper explores degree to which the Alma-Ata Declaration through its proxy pediatric policy, the Integrated Management of Childhood Illnesses (IMCI), has been able to reduce global pediatric health disparities and suggests the use of intersectional analytical approaches as a means of addressing shortfalls in effectiveness of pediatric health policies.