The child mortality rate has declined by more than a quarter in the last two decades partly because of the widening distribution of relatively inexpensive technologies.
... vitamin A deficiency dramatically increased the risk of child mortality. Sommer, along with West and colleagues ... saving young lives.
"Because childhood mortality is greatest during the first few months ...
A policy promoting "cross-border" health programs could contribute to reducing maternal and child mortality in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Tajikistan, says an international team of health experts in ...
... of being underweight or having stunted growth; however, paternal height was not associated with child mortality.
The researchers believe these findings have important implications for the future of ...
... and the management of pneumonia cases could be cost-effective and significantly reduce child mortality from pneumonia, according to a study led by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. ...
Archaeologists have excavated burial sites suggesting that child mortality in the ancient world was
treated as common-place.
... study suggests that expanded use of Hib vaccines could have considerable benefit in reducing child mortality worldwide.
"Prevention of pneumococcal and Hib cases and deaths is imminently achievable ...
... as yet.
WHO recommends that all countries prioritize introduction of PCV, particularly those with high child mortality rates. In 2000, the United States became the first country to license a 7- ...
... -year initiative aims to help reduce child mortality by two-thirds by 2015 through ... 20 million children died from preventable causes. Child mortality has decreased in all regions of the world because ...
... have experienced chaos for decades due to the nation's high rates of migration, poverty, and maternal and child mortality. But today, chaos in children's lives is largely on the family level, said a ...
... care, obstetric surgery, and general surgical services are essential components in reaching goal 4 (reducing child mortality) and goal 5 (improving maternal health). Surgery ...
UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- The U.N. Children's Fund said Friday the number of children who die before the age of five has declined by 27 percent over the last two decades, and the rate is expected to ...
... may be winding down as the forces that once drove it - older fathers, isolated populations and widespread child mortality - are disappearing, a geneticist at the University College London argues.
... of International Health. "In conflict-affected regions of Burma, research indicates that infant and child mortality rates are higher than other areas due to widespread exposure to gross human rights ...
... likely to die in childbirth or from pregnancy-related complications than women in developed countries, UNICEF said in an annual report Thursday. Progress has been made in reducing child mortality.
