Collected in this digest are nine articles concerning education for child survival and development in Africa. Topics include: (1) the role of basic education in the promotion of child survival and development; (2) child health in Eastern and Southern Africa, including discussions of problems, interventions, and the role of education for health; (3) basic education for nutrition; (4) research issues in education for health; (5) health and the environment in Africa; (6) the Pied Crow's Environment Special Magazine, Kenya's innovative publication on environment and health for upper primary school students; (7) children as agents of change, with particular attention to water and sanitation issues; (8) basic development education in Ethiopia; and (9) child survival and development through environmental and population education. (RH)