Aims to reduce infant mortality, control the spread of infectious disease, promote healthy lifestyles for a long disease-free life and help ease the problems of children and adolescents with chronic conditions.
They manage physical, mental, and emotional well-being of the children under their care at every stage of development, in both sickness and health.
They provide medical care for children who are acutely or chronically ill and also preventive health services for healthy children.
They work closely with other medical specialists and healthcare professionals and subspecialists of paediatrics to help children with their problems.
