Global burden of childhood pneumonia and diarrhoea

Diarrhoea and pneumonia are the leading infectious causes of childhood morbidity and mortality. We comprehensively reviewed the epidemiology of childhood diarrhoea and pneumonia in 2010–11 to inform the planning of integrated control programmes for both illnesses. We estimated that, in 2010, there w...

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Published in:	The Lancet (British edition) Vol. 381; no. 9875; pp. 1405 - 1416
Main Authors:	Walker, Christa L Fischer, Rudan, Igor, Liu, Li, Nair, Harish, Theodoratou, Evropi, Bhutta, Zulfiqar A, O'Brien, Katherine L, Campbell, Harry, Black, Robert E
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	England Elsevier Ltd 20.04.2013 Elsevier Limited
Subjects:	Age Breast feeding Breastfeeding & lactation Child Child mortality Childhood Children Children & youth death Diarrhea Diarrhea - epidemiology Diarrhea - prevention & control Disease Epidemiology Estimates Fatalities Female Global Health Haemophilus influenzae Hospitals Humans Illnesses Immunization Incidence Influenza Integrated control Internal Medicine Low income groups Malnutrition Morbidity Mortality nutrient deficiencies Nutrient deficiency Pathogens planning Pneumonia Pneumonia - epidemiology Pneumonia - prevention & control Pneumonia - virology Risk analysis Risk Factors Risk sharing Rotavirus Rotavirus Infections - epidemiology Series Streptococcus infections Streptococcus pneumoniae Studies Undernutrition Vaccines zinc
ISSN:	0140-6736, 1474-547X, 1474-547X
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