PEDIATRICS Vol. 81 No. 5 May 1988, pp. 729-730
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Child Health and the 1987 Nobel Peace Prize

LARS Å. HANSON MD1

1 Departments of Clinical Immunology and Pediatrics, University of Göteborg, Göteborg, Sweden

The Nobel Peace Prize for 1987 was awarded to Dr Oscar Arias, President of Costa Rica. Almost all of the comments referring to this have related to Dr Arias' peace plan for Central America. This important peace plan was probably a significant factor for the Nobel Committee but not the only argument for awarding the prize to the foremost representative of the remarkable country of Costa Rica. I proposed the nomination of Dr Arias for the last 5 years and a major reason was his accomplishments in Costa Rican child health.

Costa Rica is located between Panama and Nicaragua.