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- Title
Where and why are 10 million children dying every year?
- Authors
Black, Robert E; Morris, Saul S; Bryce, Jennifer
- 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.
- Publication
Lancet (London, England), 2003, Vol 361, Issue 9376, p2226
- ISSN
1474-547X
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1016/S0140-6736(03)13779-8