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Using the Lives Saved Tool as part of evaluations of community case management programs

Journal of Global Health, 2014
Integrated community case management (iCCM) has been recommended by the World Health Organization to reduce mortality among children in populations with limited access to facility–based health care providers. Although many countries have introduced iCCM,
Ingrid K. Friberg, Neff Walker
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Understanding inequities in child mortality in Egypt: Socioeconomic and proximate factors

Global Public Health, 2023
While there have been notable advancements in child health in Egypt, disparities in child mortality still exist. Understanding these disparities is crucial to addressing them.
Mona Abdelhady, Marwa Farag
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Malnourished and surviving in South Asia, better nourished and dying young in Africa: What can explain this puzzle? [PDF]

, 2000
This paper examines the factors explaining the very different relationship between anthropometric shortfall and child mortality in South Asia and Sub Saharan Africa.
Klasen, S.
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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
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The Associations between Member of Parliament Characteristics and Child Malnutrition and Mortality in India

Health Systems & Reform, 2022
Child health outcomes vary between Parliamentary Constituencies (PCs) in India. There are a total of 543 PCs in India, each of which is a geographical unit represented by a Member of Parliament (MP).
Anoop Jain, Rockli Kim, SV Subramanian
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Malaria ecology, child mortality & fertility. [PDF]

, 2017
The broad determinants of fertility are thought to be reasonably well identified by demographers, though the detailed quantitative drivers of fertility levels and changes are less well understood.
Conley, Dalton, McCord, Gordon C, Sachs, Jeffrey D   +2 more
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Morphology of Child Burials of Early Nomads in the Lower Volga Region (Based on Materials of the Burial Mounds of Early Sarmatian Time)

Нижневолжский археологический вестник, 2017
The article is devoted to morphology of child burials of the Early Sarmatian time in the Lower Volga region, which have been studied on the basis of five burial mounds –Berezhnovka, Kalinovka, Kovalevka, Pervomaysky, Peregruznoe I.
Mariya A. Balabanova
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Nutritional and Behavioral Intervention for Long‐Term Childhood Acute Leukemia Survivors With Metabolic Syndrome

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Purpose Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is a common complication in survivors of childhood acute lymphoblastic and myeloid leukemia (AL), and a major risk factor for premature cardiovascular disease, type‐2‐diabetes, and metabolic dysfunction‐associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD).
Visentin Sandrine, Béliard Sophie, Renard Cécile, Caussy Cyrielle, Hamidou Zeinab, Romano David, Gacem Mélanie, Petit Arnaud, Saultier Paul, Borentain Patrick, Michel Gérard   +10 more
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Exposure to Outdoor Particles (PM2.5) and Associated Child Morbidity and Mortality in Socially Deprived Neighborhoods of Nairobi, Kenya

Atmosphere, 2018
Exposure to air pollution is associated with adverse health outcomes. However, the health burden related to ambient outdoor air pollution in sub-Saharan Africa remains unclear.
Thaddaeus Egondi, Remare Ettarh, Catherine Kyobutungi, Nawi Ng, Joacim Rocklöv   +4 more
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Child Health Outcome Inequalities in Low and Middle Income Countries

Health Systems & Reform, 2021
Prior to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) era, considerable progress was made toward the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) health indicators.
Patrick Hoang-Vu Eozenou, Sven Neelsen, Magnus Lindelow   +2 more
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