Setting priorities for development of emerging interventions against childhood pneumonia, meningitis and influenza

Setting priorities for development of emerging interventions against childhood pneumonia, meningitis and influenza

WAcute lower respiratory infections, which broadly include pneumonia and bronchiolitis, are still the leading cause of childhood mortality. ALRI contributed to 18% of all deaths in children younger than five years of age in 2008, and the main pathogens responsible for high mortality were Streptococc...

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Main Authors: Igor Rudan, Evropi Theodoratou, Lina Zgaga, Harish Nair, Kit Yee Chan, Mark Tomlinson, Alexander C. Tsai, Zrinka Biloglav, Tanvir Huda, Shams El Arifeen, Mickey Chopra, Harry Campbell
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Edinburgh University Global Health Society 2012-06-01
Series:Journal of Global Health
Subjects:
Acute lower respiratory infections
ALRI
childhood deaths
WHO
Integrated Management of
Integrated Management of Childhood Illness
Scaling up
strategies
Online Access:http://www.jogh.org/documents/issue201201/8-Viewpoint%20Rudan.pdf

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