title: [Description of health problems affecting the maternal and child groups].
abstract: This article is a brief description related to maternal and child health problems in Mexico, with an introduction of Latin-American scope of the problem. The author mentions also the up-to-date systems for the analysis of these health problems, like the indicators based on life-level instead of infant mortality or maternal mortality and others; however the author chooses to use the traditional indicators in his article.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001723:Birth Rate; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006285:Health Planning; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007226:Infant Mortality; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007843:Latin America; D008297:Male; D008428:Maternal Mortality; D008800:Mexico; D011158:Population Growth; D011247:Pregnancy; D011635:Public Health Administration; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors
vernacular_title: Descripción de los problemas de salud que afectan al grupo maternoinfantil