Global, regional, and national estimates of pneumonia morbidity and mortality in children younger than 5 years between 2000 and 2015: a systematic analysis

• Main Authors: David A McAllister, MD (Author), Li Liu, PhD (Author), Ting Shi, PhD (Author), Yue Chu, MSPH (Author), Craig Reed, PhD (Author), John Burrows, MBChB (Author), Davies Adeloye, PhD (Author), Igor Rudan, ProfPhD (Author), Robert E Black, ProfMD (Author), Harry Campbell, ProfMD (Author), Harish Nair, ProfPhD (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2019-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Summary: Background: Global child mortality reduced substantially during the Millennium Development Goal period (2000-15). We aimed to estimate morbidity, mortality, and prevalence of risk factors for child pneumonia at the global, regional, and national level for developing countries for the Millen...