Prioritizing countries for interventions to reduce child mortality: tools for maximizing the impact of mass drug administration of azithromycin.

BACKGROUND: As new interventions to reduce childhood mortality are identified, careful consideration must be given to identifying populations that could benefit most from them. Promising reductions in childhood mortality reported in a large cluster randomized trial of mass drug administration (MDA)...

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Main Authors: Alastair I Matheson, Lisa E Manhart, Patricia B Pavlinac, Arianna R Means, Adam Akullian, Gillian A Levine, Julie Jacobson, Erin Shutes, Judd L Walson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4023929?pdf=render