Epidemiology and etiology of childhood pneumonia in 2010: estimates of incidence, severe morbidity, mortality, underlying risk factors and causative pathogens for 192 countries

The recent series of reviews conducted within the Global Action Plan for Pneumonia and Diarrhoea (GAPPD) addressed epidemiology of the two deadly diseases at the global and regional level; it also estimated the effectiveness of interventions, barriers to achieving high coverage and the main implica...

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Main Authors:	Igor Rudan, Katherine L. O’Brien, Harish Nair, Li Liu, Evropi Theodoratou, Shamim Qazi, Ivana Lukšić
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Edinburgh University Global Health Society 2013-06-01
Series:	Journal of Global Health
Online Access:	http://jogh.org/documents/issue201301/A1%20Rudan.pdf

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spelling	doaj-02a960886bb54da1b127c04d44b344cf2020-11-24T21:33:41ZengEdinburgh University Global Health SocietyJournal of Global Health2047-29782047-29862013-06-0131465910.7189/jogh.03.010401Epidemiology and etiology of childhood pneumonia in 2010: estimates of incidence, severe morbidity, mortality, underlying risk factors and causative pathogens for 192 countriesIgor Rudan0Katherine L. O’Brien1Harish Nair2Li Liu3Evropi Theodoratou4Shamim Qazi5Ivana Lukšić6Centre for Population Health Sciences and Global Health Academy, University of Edinburgh Medical School, Edinburgh, Scotland, UKDepartment of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USACentre for Population Health Sciences and Global Health Academy, University of Edinburgh Medical School, Edinburgh, Scotland, UKDepartment of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USACentre for Population Health Sciences and Global Health Academy, University of Edinburgh Medical School, Edinburgh, Scotland, UKDepartment of Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health, World Health Organization, Geneva, SwitzerlandDepartment of Microbiology, Dr Andrija Štampar Institute of Public Health, Zagreb, CroatiaThe recent series of reviews conducted within the Global Action Plan for Pneumonia and Diarrhoea (GAPPD) addressed epidemiology of the two deadly diseases at the global and regional level; it also estimated the effectiveness of interventions, barriers to achieving high coverage and the main implications for health policy. The aim of this paper is to provide the estimates of childhood pneumonia at the country level. This should allow national policy–makers and stakeholders to implement proposed policies in the World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF member countries.http://jogh.org/documents/issue201301/A1%20Rudan.pdf
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spellingShingle	Igor Rudan Katherine L. O’Brien Harish Nair Li Liu Evropi Theodoratou Shamim Qazi Ivana Lukšić Epidemiology and etiology of childhood pneumonia in 2010: estimates of incidence, severe morbidity, mortality, underlying risk factors and causative pathogens for 192 countries Journal of Global Health
author_facet	Igor Rudan Katherine L. O’Brien Harish Nair Li Liu Evropi Theodoratou Shamim Qazi Ivana Lukšić
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title	Epidemiology and etiology of childhood pneumonia in 2010: estimates of incidence, severe morbidity, mortality, underlying risk factors and causative pathogens for 192 countries
title_short	Epidemiology and etiology of childhood pneumonia in 2010: estimates of incidence, severe morbidity, mortality, underlying risk factors and causative pathogens for 192 countries
title_full	Epidemiology and etiology of childhood pneumonia in 2010: estimates of incidence, severe morbidity, mortality, underlying risk factors and causative pathogens for 192 countries
title_fullStr	Epidemiology and etiology of childhood pneumonia in 2010: estimates of incidence, severe morbidity, mortality, underlying risk factors and causative pathogens for 192 countries
title_full_unstemmed	Epidemiology and etiology of childhood pneumonia in 2010: estimates of incidence, severe morbidity, mortality, underlying risk factors and causative pathogens for 192 countries
title_sort	epidemiology and etiology of childhood pneumonia in 2010: estimates of incidence, severe morbidity, mortality, underlying risk factors and causative pathogens for 192 countries
publisher	Edinburgh University Global Health Society
series	Journal of Global Health
issn	2047-2978 2047-2986
publishDate	2013-06-01
description	The recent series of reviews conducted within the Global Action Plan for Pneumonia and Diarrhoea (GAPPD) addressed epidemiology of the two deadly diseases at the global and regional level; it also estimated the effectiveness of interventions, barriers to achieving high coverage and the main implications for health policy. The aim of this paper is to provide the estimates of childhood pneumonia at the country level. This should allow national policy–makers and stakeholders to implement proposed policies in the World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF member countries.
url	http://jogh.org/documents/issue201301/A1%20Rudan.pdf
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Epidemiology and etiology of childhood pneumonia in 2010: estimates of incidence, severe morbidity, mortality, underlying risk factors and causative pathogens for 192 countries

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