Cause-specific mortality of children younger than 5 years in communities receiving biannual mass azithromycin treatment in Niger: verbal autopsy results from a cluster-randomised controlled trial

• Main Authors: Jeremy D Keenan, ProfMD (Author), Ahmed M Arzika, MPH (Author), Ramatou Maliki, MPH (Author), Sanoussi Elh Adamou, MD (Author), Fatima Ibrahim, RN (Author), Mariama Kiemago, RN (Author), Nana Fatima Galo, RN (Author), Elodie Lebas, RN (Author), Catherine Cook, MPH (Author), Benjamin Vanderschelden, BSc (Author), Robin L Bailey, ProfBM (Author), Sheila K West, ProfPhD (Author), Travis C Porco, ProfPhD (Author), Thomas M Lietman, ProfMD (Author), Paul M Emerson (Author), Jerusha Weaver (Author), Sheila K West (Author), Robin L Bailey (Author), John Hart (Author), Amza Abdou (Author), Boubacar Kadri (Author), Nassirou Beido (Author), E Kelly Callahan (Author), Aisha E Stewart (Author), Ahmed M Arzika (Author), Sanoussi Elh Adamou (Author), Nana Fatima Galo (Author), Fatima Ibrahim (Author), Salissou Kane (Author), Mariama Kiemago (Author), Ramatou Maliki (Author), Catherine Cook (Author), Sun Y Cotter (Author), Thuy Doan (Author), Dionna M Fry (Author), Jeremy D Keenan (Author), Elodie Lebas (Author), Thomas M Lietman (Author), Ying Lin (Author), Kieran S O'Brien (Author), Catherine E Oldenburg (Author), Travis C Porco (Author), Kathryn J Ray (Author), Philip J Rosenthal (Author), George W Rutherford (Author), Benjamin Vanderschelden (Author), Nicole E Varnado (Author), Lina Zhong (Author), Zhaoxia Zhou (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2020-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Summary: Background: The Macrolides Oraux pour Réduire les Décès avec un Oeil sur la Résistance (MORDOR) trial found that biannual mass distribution of azithromycin to children younger than 5 years in Niger reduced the primary outcome of all-cause mortality by 18%. We aimed to determine the caus...