Global burden of acute lower respiratory infection associated with human metapneumovirus in children under 5 years in 2018: a systematic review and modelling …

X Wang, Y Li, M Deloria-Knoll, SA Madhi… - The Lancet Global …, 2021 - thelancet.com
Background Human metapneumovirus is a common virus associated with acute lower
respiratory infections (ALRIs) in children. No global burden estimates are available for ALRIs …

Global burden of acute lower respiratory infection associated with human parainfluenza virus in children younger than 5 years for 2018: a systematic review and meta …

X Wang, Y Li, M Deloria-Knoll, SA Madhi… - The Lancet Global …, 2021 - thelancet.com
Background Human parainfluenza virus (hPIV) is a common virus in childhood acute lower
respiratory infections (ALRI). However, no estimates have been made to quantify the global …

Causes of death among infants and children in the child health and mortality prevention surveillance (CHAMPS) network

Q Bassat, DM Blau, IU Ogbuanu, S Samura… - JAMA Network …, 2023 - jamanetwork.com
Importance The number of deaths of children younger than 5 years has been steadily
decreasing worldwide, from more than 17 million annual deaths in the 1970s to an …

Initial findings from a novel population-based child mortality surveillance approach: a descriptive study

AW Taylor, DM Blau, Q Bassat, D Onyango… - The Lancet Global …, 2020 - thelancet.com
Summary Background Sub-Saharan Africa and south Asia contributed 81% of 5· 9 million
under-5 deaths and 77% of 2· 6 million stillbirths worldwide in 2015. Vital registration and …

Causes of deaths in neonates and children aged 1–59 months in Nigeria: verbal autopsy findings of 2019 Verbal and Social Autopsy study

A Odejimi, J Quinley, GI Eluwa, M Kunnuji… - BMC Public Health, 2022 - Springer
Background Nigeria has one of the highest under-five mortality rates in the world. Identifying
the causes of these deaths is crucial to inform changes in policy documents, design and …

Neural tube defects as a cause of death among stillbirths, infants, and children younger than 5 years in sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia: an analysis of the …

L Madrid, KJ Vyas, V Kancherla, H Leulseged… - The Lancet Global …, 2023 - thelancet.com
Background Neural tube defects are common birth defects resulting in severe morbidity and
mortality; they can largely be prevented with periconceptional maternal intake of folic acid …

Postmortem investigations and identification of multiple causes of child deaths: An analysis of findings from the Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance …

RF Breiman, DM Blau, P Mutevedzi, V Akelo… - PLoS …, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Background The current burden of> 5 million deaths yearly is the focus of the Sustainable
Development Goal (SDG) to end preventable deaths of newborns and children under 5 …

Neurological symptoms and cause of death among young children in low-and middle-income countries

S Ajanovic, ZJ Madewell, S El Arifeen… - JAMA network …, 2024 - jamanetwork.com
Importance The emergence of acute neurological symptoms in children necessitates
immediate intervention. Although low-and middle-income countries (LMICs) bear the highest …

Causes of death identified in neonates enrolled through Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance (CHAMPS), December 2016–December 2021

S Mahtab, SA Madhi, VL Baillie, T Els… - PLOS Global Public …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Each year, 2.4 million children die within their first month of life. Child Health and Mortality
Prevention Surveillance (CHAMPS) established in 7 countries aims to generate accurate …

Death registration in Nigeria: a systematic literature review of its performance and challenges

OA Makinde, CO Odimegwu, MO Udoh… - Global health …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Background Death registration provides an opportunity for the legal documentation of death
of persons. Documentation of deaths has several implications including its use in the …