CHERG - Child Epidemiology Reference Group
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Amouzou, Agbessi, Stephanie A Richard, Ingrid K Friberg, Jennifer Bryce, Abdullah H Baqui, Shams El Arifeen, Neff Walker (2010). How well does LiST capture mortality by wealth quintile? A comparison of measured versus modelled mortality rates among children under-five in Bangladesh. Int. J. Epidemiol. 39: i186-i192.

Black, Robert E , Simon Cousens, Hope L Johnson, Joy E Lawn, Igor Rudan, Diego G Bassani, Prabhat Jha, Harry Campbell, Christa Fischer Walker, Richard Cibulskis, Thomas Eisele, Li Liu, Colin Mathers, for the Child Health Epidemiology Reference Group of WHO and UNICEF (2010). Global, regional, and national causes of child mortality in 2008: a systematic analysis. Lancet. 375 (9730): 1969 - 1987.

Blencowe, Hannah, Simon Cousens, Bernadette Modell, Joy Lawn (2010). Folic acid to reduce neonatal mortality from neural tube disorders. Int. J. Epidemiol. 39: i110-i121.

Blencowe, Hannah, Joy Lawn, Jos Vandelaer, Martha Roper, Simon Cousens (2010). Tetanus toxoid immunization to reduce mortality from neonatal tetanus. Int. J. Epidemiol. 39: i102-i109.
 
Boschi-Pinto, Cynthia, Mark Young, Robert E Black (2010).The child health epidemiology reference group reviews of the effectiveness of interventions to reduce maternal, neonatal and child mortality. Int. J. Epidemiol. 39: i3-i6.

Bryce, Jennifer, Ingrid K Friberg, Daniel Kraushaar, Humphreys Nsona, Godwin Yaw Afenyadu, Narcisse Nare, Sardick Kyei-Faried, Neff Walker (2010). LiST as a catalyst in program planning: experiences from Burkina Faso, Ghana and Malawi. Int. J. Epidemiol. 39: i40-i47.

Cairncross, Sandy, Caroline Hunt, Sophie Boisson, Kristof Bostoen, Val Curtis, Isaac CH Fung, Wolf-Peter Schmidt (2010). Water, sanitation and hygiene for the prevention of diarrhoea. Int. J. Epidemiol. 39: i193-i205.

Cousens, Simon, Hannah Blencowe, Michael Gravett, Joy E Lawn (2010). Antibiotics for pre-term pre-labour rupture of membranes: prevention of neonatal deaths due to complications of pre-term birth and infection. Int. J. Epidemiol. 39: i134-i143.

Development and use of the Lives Saved Tool (LiST): A model to estimate the impact of scaling up proven interventions on maternal, neonatal and child mortality. International Journal of Epidemiology.  Volume 39, Supplement 1, April 2010.

Eisele, Thomas P, David Larsen, Richard W Steketee (2010). Protective efficacy of interventions for preventing malaria mortality in children in Plasmodium falciparum endemic areas. Int. J. Epidemiol. 39: i88-i101. 

Fischer Walker, C, Black, RE (2010). Zinc for the treatment of diarrhea: Effect on diarrhea morbidity, mortality, and incidence of future episodes. International Journal of Epidemiology. 39: i63-69.

Friberg, Ingrid K, Zulfiqar A Bhutta, Gary L Darmstadt, Abhay Bang, Simon Cousens, Abdullah H Baqui, Vishwajeet Kumar, Neff Walker, Joy E Lawn (2010). Comparing modelled predictions of neonatal mortality impacts using LiST with observed results of community-based intervention trials in South Asia. Int. J. Epidemiol. 39: i11-i20.

Hazel, Elizabeth, Kate Gilroy, Ingrid Friberg, Robert E Black, Jennifer Bryce, Gareth Jones (2010). Comparing modelled to measured mortality reductions: applying the Lives Saved Tool to evaluation data from the Accelerated Child Survival Programme in West Africa. Int. J. Epidemiol. 39: i32-i39.

Johnson, Hope J, Li Liu, Christa Fischer-Walker, Robert E Black (2010). Estimating the distribution of causes of death among children age 1–59 months in high-mortality countries with incomplete death certification. International Journal of Epidemiology. Advanced Access Edition: June 2, 2010.

Lawn, Joy E, Judith Mwansa-Kambafwile , Bernardo L Horta, Fernando C Barros, Simon Cousens (2010). ‘Kangaroo mother care’ to prevent neonatal deaths due to preterm birth complications. Int. J. Epidemiol. 39: i144-i154.

Munos, Melinda K, Christa L Fischer Walker, Robert E Black (2010). The effect of oral rehydration solution and recommended home fluids on diarrhoea mortality. Int. J. Epidemiol. 39: i75-i87.
 
Munos, Melinda K, Christa L Fischer Walker, Robert E Black (2010). The effect of rotavirus vaccine on diarrhoea mortality. Int. J. Epidemiol. 39: i56-i62.

Mwansa-Kambafwile, Judith, Simon Cousens, Thomas Hansen, Joy E Lawn (2010). Antenatal steroids in preterm labour for the prevention of neonatal deaths due to complications of preterm birth. Int. J. Epidemiol. 39: i122-i133.

Nair, Harish, James Nokes, Bradford D Gessner , Mukesh Dherani, Shabir A Madhi , Rosalyn J Singleton , Katherine L O'Brien , Anna Roca , Peter F Wright , Nigel Bruce , Aruna Chandran , Evropi Theodoratou , Agustinus Sutanto, Endang R Sedyaningsih , Mwanajuma Ngama , Patrick K Munywoki , Cissy Kartasasmita , Eric AF Simões , Igor Rudan , Martin W Weber , Harry Campbell (2010). Global burden of acute lower respiratory infections due to respiratory syncytial virus in young children: a systematic review and meta-analysis. The Lancet. 375 (9725): 1545-1555.

Rudan I, Chan KY, Zhang JS, Theodoratou E, Feng XL, Salomon JA, Lawn JE, Cousens S, Black RE, Guo Y, Campbell H; on behalf of WHO/UNICEF's CHERG. Causes of deaths in children younger than 5 years in China in 2008. Lancet. 2010 Mar 27;375(9720):1083-9.

Santosham, Mathuram, Aruna Chandran, Sean Fitzwater, Christa Fischer-Walker, Abdullah H Baqui, and Robert Black. Progress and barriers for the control of diarrhoeal disease. Lancet, 2010, July 3; 376 (9734): 63-67.

Stover, John, Robert McKinnon, Bill Winfrey (2010). Spectrum: a model platform for linking maternal and child survival interventions with AIDS, family planning and demographic projections. Int. J. Epidemiol. 39: i7-i10.

Sudfeld, Christopher R, Ann Marie Navar, Neal A Halsey (2010). Effectiveness of measles vaccination and vitamin A treatment. Int. J. Epidemiol. 39: i48-i55.

Theodoratou, Evropi, Sarah Al-Jilaihawi, Felicity Woodward, Joy Ferguson, Arnoupe Jhass, Manuela Balliet, Ivana Kolcic, Salim Sadruddin, Trevor Duke, Igor Rudan, Harry Campbell (2010). The effect of case management on childhood pneumonia mortality in developing countries. Int. J. Epidemiol. 39: i155-i171.
 
Theodoratou, Evropi, Sue Johnson, Arnoupe Jhass, Shabir A Madhi, Andrew Clark, Cynthia Boschi-Pinto, Sunil Bhopal, Igor Rudan, Harry Campbell (2010). The effect of Haemophilus influenzae type b and pneumococcal conjugate vaccines on childhood pneumonia incidence, severe morbidity and mortality. Int. J. Epidemiol. 39: i172-i185.

Traa, Beatrix S, Christa L Fischer Walker, Melinda Munos, Robert E Black (2010). Antibiotics for the treatment of dysentery in children. Int. J. Epidemiol. 39: i70-i74.

Victora, Cesar G. (2010). Commentary-LiST: using epidemiology to guide child survival policymaking and programming. Int. J. Epidemiol. 39: i1-i2.
 
Walker, Neff, Christa Fischer-Walker, Jennifer Bryce, Rajiv Bahl, Simon Cousens, writing for the CHERG Review Groups on Intervention Effects (2010). Standards for CHERG reviews of intervention effects on child survival. Int. J. Epidemiol. 39: i21-i31.

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New Publications 
Progress and barriers for the control of diarrhoeal disease. The Lancet. July 3, 2010. 

Global, regional, and national causes of child mortality in 2008: a systematic analysis. The Lancet. May 12, 2010

Estimating the distribution of causes of death among children age 1–59 months in high-mortality countries with incomplete death certification.  

International Journal of Epidemiology special issue on the development and use of the Lives Saved Tool (LiST), April 2010.

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