Where and why are 10 million children dying every year?
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- DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(03)13779-8
Where and why are 10 million children dying every year?
Abstract
More than 10 million children die each year, most from preventable causes and almost all in poor countries. Six countries account for 50% of worldwide deaths in children younger than 5 years, and 42 countries for 90%. The causes of death differ substantially from one country to another, highlighting the need to expand understanding of child health epidemiology at a country level rather than in geopolitical regions. Other key issues include the importance of undernutrition as an underlying cause of child deaths associated with infectious diseases, the effects of multiple concurrent illnesses, and recognition that pneumonia and diarrhoea remain the diseases that are most often associated with child deaths. A better understanding of child health epidemiology could contribute to more effective approaches to saving children's lives.
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Child survival.Lancet. 2003 Jun 28;361(9376):2172. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(03)13787-7. Lancet. 2003. PMID: 12842368 No abstract available.
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Child survival: a global health challenge.Lancet. 2003 Jul 26;362(9380):262. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(03)14006-8. Lancet. 2003. PMID: 12892954 No abstract available.
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Child survival.Lancet. 2003 Sep 13;362(9387):916-7. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(03)14311-5. Lancet. 2003. PMID: 13678984 No abstract available.
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Child survival.Lancet. 2003 Sep 13;362(9387):917. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(03)14312-7. Lancet. 2003. PMID: 13678986 No abstract available.
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