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Preface

Maternal and child health is an important public health issue because we have the opportunity to end preventable deaths among all women, children, and adolescents and to greatly improve their health and well-being. Far too many women, infants, and children worldwide have little or no access to essential, quality health services and education, clean air and water, and adequate sanitation and nutrition. Factors influencing the development of diseases in women and children are many, depending on genetic factors, the way the child is born, the dietary habits of the mother during pregnancy, the use of antibiotics during pregnancy, and so on. Health depends on climate, lifestyle, diet, education, and ethnic and racial divisions, among other factors. Are we educated enough about health? How much do we know about how to be healthy? Is health a decision of our free will with less financial investment and more knowledge? Is health the art of living in harmony with nature or the disease of a

**Dr. Miljana Z. Jovandaric and Sandra Babic**

Clinical Centre of Serbia,

Beograd, Serbia

modern society burdened with financial power?
