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Reducing child mortality in Indonesia

Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 2010
Despite considerable global progress on reducing child mortality, most recent estimates indicate that in 2008 about 8.8 million children died.1 Debate continues on how best to meet millennium development goal 4: reduction of child mortality by two-thirds by 2015.
Laksono Trisnantoro, Soeharsono Soemantri, Budihardja Singgih, Kirana Pritasari, Erna Mulati, Francisca Handy Agung, Martin W Weber   +6 more
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Mortality risks and child labor [PDF]

In this paper, we investigate the role of young adult mortality on child labor and educational decisions. We show that, in the absence of appropriate insurance mechanisms, the level of child labor is inefficient.
Fernanda, ESTEVAN, Jean-Marie, BALAND
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National and subnational all-cause and cause-specific child mortality in China, 1996–2015: a systematic analysis with implications for the Sustainable Development Goals

Lancet Global Health, 2016
Summary Background China has achieved Millennium Development Goal 4 to reduce under-5 mortality rate by two-thirds between 1990 and 2015. In this study, we estimated the national and subnational levels and causes of child mortality in China annually from
Chun-hua He, Li Liu, Yue Chu, J. Perin, L. Dai, Xiaohong Li, L. Miao, L. Kang, Qi Li, R. Scherpbier, Su-fang Guo, I. Rudan, Peige Song, K. Chan, Yan Guo, R. Black, Yan-ping Wang, Jun Zhu   +17 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Cool Kitchen: Processing Starch and Eggshell Powder into Sustainable Coatings for Passive Daytime Cooling

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
A food‐grade cooling composite made from starch and recycled eggshell powder offers a scalable, ultra‐low‐cost solution for passive daytime radiative cooling. Easily prepared using basic kitchen tools, this material empowers communities, even in areas with limited infrastructure, to stay cooler during worsening summer heat waves.
Qimeng Song, Evelyn Kubacki, Alexander Berger, Markus Retsch   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Assessing the impact of integrated community case management (iCCM) programs on child mortality: Review of early results and lessons learned in sub–Saharan Africa

Journal of Global Health, 2014
To accelerate progress in reducing child mortality, many countries in sub–Saharan Africa have adopted and scaled–up integrated community case management (iCCM) programs targeting the three major infectious killers of children under–five.
Agbessi Amouzou, Saul Morris, Lawrence H Moulton, David Mukanga   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Lead Pipes and Child Mortality [PDF]

Beginning around 1880, public health issues and engineering advances spurred the installation of city water and sewer systems. As part of this growth, many cities chose to use lead service pipes to connect residences to city water systems.
Karen Clay, Michael Haines, Werner Troesken   +2 more
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Understanding the effects of siblings on child mortality: evidence from India [PDF]

, 2006
Given the intrinsically sequential nature of child birth, timing of a child’s birth has consequences not only for itself, but also for the older and younger siblings.
Makepeace, G, Pal, S
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Transparent UV‐Curable Self‐Sanitizing Coatings Applicable to Diverse Surfaces and High‐Touch Screens to Mitigate Deadly Pathogen Transmission

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Development of a transparent, self‐sanitizing antimicrobial coating technology applicable to a wide range of materials and surfaces‐including touchscreens, transparent substrates, and metal, plastic, and glass‐regardless of pathogen type. The spray‐coated, UV‐cross‐linked imidazole‐based quaternary ammonium chloride materials provide broad‐spectrum ...
Surjith Kumaran, Sumin Han, Euna Oh, Chunghee Jo, Hyerin Shin, Dae‐Hong Ko, Hyo‐Jick Choi   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Timing impact assessment for COAG Closing the Gap targets: child mortality [PDF]

This report outlines the main drivers impacting on the Council of Australian Governments target to halve the gap in child mortality within a decade. Summary In 2008, one of the 6 Closing the Gap targets agreed by the Council of Australian Governments ...

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Factors Contributing to Maternal and Child Mortality Reductions in 146 Low- and Middle-Income Countries between 1990 and 2010

PLoS ONE, 2016
Introduction From 1990–2010, worldwide child mortality declined by 43%, and maternal mortality declined by 40%. This paper compares two sources of progress: improvements in societal coverage of health determinants versus improvements in the impact of ...
D. Bishai, R. Cohen, Y. N. Alfonso, T. Adam, S. Kuruvilla, J. Schweitzer   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source