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US Life Expectancy and Increasing Mortality Rates: An Analysis of the Crisis

The Milbank Quarterly, EarlyView.
Policy Points US life expectancy is shorter than in other high‐income countries and the gap has widened dramatically over time, driven in particular by rising mortality rates that threaten the probability that youth can survive to middle age, or even adulthood.
STEVEN H. WOOLF
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Immunization coverage and risk factors for failure to immunize within the Expanded Programme on Immunization in Kenya after introduction of new Haemophilus influenzae type b and hepatitis b virus antigens. [PDF]

, 2006
Background: Kenya introduced a pentavalent vaccine including the DTP, Haemophilus influenzae type b and hepatitis b virus antigens in Nov 2001 and strengthened immunization services.
Kamau Tatu, Cowgill Karen D, Chiphatsi Salome, Ismail Amina, J Anthony G Scott, Fegan, Gregory, Greg Fegan, Ismail, Amina, Karen D Cowgill, Moses Ndiritu, Newton, Charles RJC, Salome Chiphatsi, Chiphatsi, Salome, Ndiritu, Moses, Newton Charles RJC, Cowgill, Karen D, Amina Ismail, Scott, J Anthony, Tatu Kamau, Kamau, Tatu, Fegan Gregory, Daniel R Feikin, Scott, J Anthony G, Charles RJC Newton, Feikin Daniel R, Ndiritu Moses, Gregory Fegan, Feikin, Daniel R, Scott J Anthony G   +28 more
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Antimicrobial Resistance in Children With Bloodstream Infections: A Population‐Based Study in Stockholm, Sweden

Acta Paediatrica, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aim We retrospectively evaluated trends in antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in paediatric bloodstream infections and assessed changes in antimicrobial prescription patterns over a 20‐year period. Methods We analysed positive blood cultures from children admitted with suspected serious infection between 1998 and 2018.
Joachim Luthander, Rutger Bennet, Per Nydert, Margareta Eriksson, Christian G. Giske, Anna Nilsson   +5 more
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Determinants of Age‐Appropriate Childhood Immunization Uptake: A Cross‐Sectional Study of Caregiver, Child, Knowledge, Access, and Attitudinal Factors

Public Health Challenges, Volume 5, Issue 4, December 2026.
Full immunization for age was achieved by 71.7% of children. Caregiver education, health facility delivery, rural residence, regular community immunization services, and positive caregiver attitudes significantly increased coverage, highlighting the need to strengthen primary health care services, health education, and equitable access to routine ...
Aruwa Simon Ayigu, Stephen Olaide Aremu, Adamu Ishaku Akyala, Abdillahi Abdi Barkhadle   +3 more
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Epidemiological Monitoring and Prevention of Haemophilus influenzae type b in the RF

Журнал инфектологии, 2014
At three study sites, incidence rates of meningitis caused by Haemophilus influenzae type b exceeded the threshold of 10 cases per на 100,000 children under 5 and mandated vaccination. Both vaccines the use of which is permitted in the Russian Federation
E. Ya. Frolova, V. N. Filatov
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Clinical application of metagenomic next-generation sequencing in purulent meningitis: a case seri

The Turkish Journal of Pediatrics, 2023
Background. Purulent meningitis remains an important cause of mortality and morbidity among children worldwide. An immediate diagnosis of the causative microorganism is critical to significantly improving the outcome of this condition. Case.
Min Ding, Chunfeng Yang, Yumei Li
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A Global Perspective of Childhood Vaccinations: Past, Present, and Future—From Smallpox to mRNA

Acta Paediatrica, Volume 115, Issue 11, Page 2498-2504, November 2026.
ABSTRACT Childhood immunisation is one of the most successful public health interventions in history, preventing millions of deaths and substantially reducing global child mortality. This mini‐review summarises the historical development of childhood vaccines, the role of global coordination in expanding immunisation coverage, and the innovations that ...
Tobias Alfvén, Tania Reza, Alieu Sowe
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Long-term mortality in children diagnosed with Haemophilus influenzae meningitis: a Danish nationwide cohort study

, 2011
The long-term mortality in children diagnosed with Haemophilus influenzae meningitis is poorly ...
Casper Roed, Niels Obel, Frederik Neess Engsig, Roed, Casper, Peter Skinhoj, Skinhøj, Peter, Obel, Niels, Lars Haukali Omland, Engsig, Frederik Neess, Omland, Lars Haukali, Skinhoj, Peter   +10 more
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"Bacterial Meningitis in children and adolescents: an observational study based on the national surveillance system"

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2005
Background Bacterial meningitis is a group of life threatening infections that mostly affect children and adolescents, and may be the cause of severe neurological sequelae.
Dickinson Félix O, Pérez Antonio E
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Trained Immunity in Childhood Vaccination

Acta Paediatrica, Volume 115, Issue 11, Page 2402-2413, November 2026.
Trained immunity as an emerging concept in paediatric vaccinology. Trained immunity links vaccine stimuli through epigenetic and metabolic reprogramming to enhanced innate immune cell function, thereby strengthening protection against diverse pathogens while promoting adaptive immune responses through more efficient antigen presentation and co ...
ChenRongRong Cai, Lubnaa Hossenbaccus, Eva Kaufmann   +2 more
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