Substantial and sustained reduction in under-5 mortality, diarrhea, and pneumonia in Oshikhandass, Pakistan: evidence from two longitudinal cohort studies 15 years apart

• Main Authors: C. L. Hansen (Author), B. J. J. McCormick (Author), S. I. Azam (Author), K. Ahmed (Author), J. M. Baker (Author), E. Hussain (Author), A. Jahan (Author), A. F. Jamison (Author), S. L. Knobler (Author), N. Samji (Author), W. H. Shah (Author), D. J. Spiro (Author), E. D. Thomas (Author), C. Viboud (Author), Z. A. Rasmussen (Author), for the Oshikhandass Diarrhea and Pneumonia Project (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2020-05-01T00:00:00Z.
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Abstract Background Oshikhandass is a rural village in northern Pakistan where a 1989-1991 verbal autopsy study showed that diarrhea and pneumonia were the top causes of under-5 mortality. Intensive surveillance, active community health education and child health interventions were delivered in 1989...