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Child Mortality
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Definition of 'Child Mortality'Number of deaths of children between one year of age to 12 years of age in a given population. Common names: Child Mortality; Child Mortalities; Mortalities, Child; Mortality, Child |
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
22 Sep 2009 
The long-term benefits of antenatal iron supplementation in child survival are not known. In 1999-2001, 4,926 pregnant women in rural Nepal participated in a cluster-randomized, double-masked, controlled trial involving 4 alternative combinations of ... Read more...
10 Sep 2009 BACKGROUND: Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) is a leading cause of childhood bacterial meningitis, pneumonia, and other serious infections. Hib disease can be almost completely eliminated through routine vaccination. We assessed the global burden ... Read more...
10 Sep 2009 BACKGROUND: Streptococcus pneumoniae is a leading cause of bacterial pneumonia, meningitis, and sepsis in children worldwide. However, many countries lack national estimates of disease burden. Effective interventions are available, including ... Read more...
Latest indexed articles for 'Child Mortality'
These are the very latest articles for this heading:
- Time for renewed global action against childhood pneumonia.
29 Oct 2009 - Vaccines and the world of child health. 22 Oct 2009
- Poor nations are told to scale up strategies to prevent and treat diarrhoea in children. 12 Oct 2009
- Antenatal and postnatal iron supplementation and childhood mortality in rural Nepal: a prospective follow-up in a randomized, controlled community trial. 22 Sep 2009
- Burden of disease caused by Haemophilus influenzae type b in children younger than 5 years: global estimates. 10 Sep 2009
- Burden of disease caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae in children younger than 5 years: global estimates. 10 Sep 2009
- Effect of mass distribution of azithromycin for trachoma control on overall mortality in Ethiopian children: a randomized trial. 31 Aug 2009
- Saving the lives of South Africa's mothers, babies, and children: can the health system deliver? 22 Aug 2009
- South Africa's health: departing for a better future? 22 Aug 2009
- The extent and distribution of inequalities in childhood mortality by cause of death according to parental socioeconomic positions: a birth cohort study in South Korea. 16 Aug 2009
- Bolivia tackles maternal and child deaths. 6 Aug 2009
- The EPICS Trial: Enabling Parents to Increase Child Survival through the introduction of community-based health interventions in rural Guinea Bissau. Aug 2009
- Maternal literacy and child health in less-developed countries: evidence, processes, and limitations. 30 Jul 2009
- Neonatal and childhood mortality rates in Myanmar. 21 Jul 2009
- Malaria vaccine researchers face cultural challenges. 9 Jul 2009
- [Analysis of the mortality due to diarrhea in younger children, before and after the introduction of rotavirus vaccine] 29 Jun 2009
- Short- and long-term consequences of early parental loss in the historical population of the Krummhörn (18th and 19th century). 29 Jun 2009
- Cash transfers for children--investing into the future. 25 Jun 2009
- Causes and differentials of childhood mortality in Iraq.
20 Jun 2009 - Inequalities in income and health related to child poverty. 8 Jun 2009
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Technical information about 'Child Mortality'
Definition: Number of deaths of children between one year of age to 12 years of age in a given population.
Descriptor UI: D046688
Alternative terms: Child Mortality; Child Mortalities; Mortalities, Child; Mortality, Child;
Allowable Qualifiers: ethnology; history; trends;
Tree Number: E05.318.308.985.550.287; L01.280.975.550.287; N01.224.935.698.150; N06.850.505.400.975.550.287; N06.850.520.308.985.550.287;
History Note: 2005; use INFANT MORTALITY 1980-2004
Technical Notes: a statistical concept; check the tag CHILD, PRESCHOOL or CHILD