{"id":14383,"date":"2013-08-29T12:25:32","date_gmt":"2013-08-29T19:25:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.worldvision.org\/?post_type=media-center&#038;p=14383"},"modified":"2017-02-08T08:02:39","modified_gmt":"2017-02-08T16:02:39","slug":"killer-gap-global-index-health-inequality-children","status":"publish","type":"media-center","link":"https:\/\/www.worldvision.org\/about-us\/media-center\/killer-gap-global-index-health-inequality-children","title":{"rendered":"The Killer Gap: A Global Index of Health Inequality for Children"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&rdquo;1\/3&Prime; el_class=&rdquo;vc_col-sm-push-8&Prime;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2>Highlights<\/h2>\n<div class=\"field field-name-field-highlights field-type-text-long field-label-hidden\">\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Child Health Now report provides a global index of health inequality for children.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Describes the gap between the &ldquo;health rich&rdquo; and the &ldquo;health poor.&rdquo;<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Proposes a way to close the gap, with information.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&rdquo;2\/3&Prime; el_class=&rdquo;vc_col-sm-pull-4&Prime;]<style>.owl-ca-item { padding-left: 40px; padding-right: 40px; }.owl-ca-prev::before, .owl-ca-next::before { color: #dd9933 !important; font-size: 40px!important; }.owl-ca-prev:hover.owl-ca-prev::before, .owl-ca-next:hover.owl-ca-next::before { color: #869791!important; }<\/style><\/p><div id=\"carousel-anything-1\" class=\"carousel-anything-container owl-ca-carousel has-arrows\" data-items=\"1\" data-totalitems=\"5\" data-scroll_per_page=\"\" data-autoplay=\"5000\" data-items-tablet=\"1\" data-items-mobile=\"1\" data-stop-on-hover=\"\" data-speed-scroll=\"800\" data-speed-rewind=\"1000\" data-thumbnails=\"arrows\" data-thumbnail-numbers=\"\" data-navigation=\"true\" data-touchdrag=\"false\" data-keyboard=\"false\" data-rtl=\"false\" data-start=\"0\">[vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_single_image image=&rdquo;14384&Prime; img_size=&rdquo;medium&rdquo; add_caption=&rdquo;yes&rdquo; alignment=&rdquo;center&rdquo;][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_single_image image=&rdquo;14385&Prime; img_size=&rdquo;medium&rdquo; add_caption=&rdquo;yes&rdquo; alignment=&rdquo;center&rdquo;][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_single_image image=&rdquo;14386&Prime; img_size=&rdquo;medium&rdquo; add_caption=&rdquo;yes&rdquo; alignment=&rdquo;center&rdquo;][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_single_image image=&rdquo;14387&Prime; img_size=&rdquo;medium&rdquo; add_caption=&rdquo;yes&rdquo; alignment=&rdquo;center&rdquo;][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_single_image image=&rdquo;14388&Prime; img_size=&rdquo;medium&rdquo; add_caption=&rdquo;yes&rdquo; alignment=&rdquo;center&rdquo;][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner]<\/div>[vc_column_text][\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<strong>About <\/strong><a href=\"\/\"><strong>World Vision<\/strong><\/a><strong>:<\/strong><br>\nWorld Vision is a Christian humanitarian organization conducting relief, development, and advocacy activities in its work with children, families, and their communities in nearly 100 countries to help them reach their full potential by tackling the causes of poverty and injustice. 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