Background
The Child Health Epidemiology Reference Group (CHERG) was established in 2001 by the World Health Organization (WHO) as an independent source of technical expertise on child morbidity and mortality estimates at global and country levels. The CHERG process can...
Causes of maternal mortality
The overwhelming majority of maternal deaths occur in developing countries and arise from the risks attributable to pregnancy and childbirth as well as from the poor performance of health services. To reduce maternal deaths globally we need...
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2009
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Boschi-Pinto C, Lanata C, Black R. The Global Burden of Childhood Diarrhoea. In: Ehriri JE & Martin Meremikwu (eds.). International Maternal & Child Health. Springer Publishers, Washington DC.
O’Brien KL, Wolfson LJ, Watt JP, Henkle E, Deloria-Knoll M, McCall...
2010 – 2014
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2014
Liu L, Oza S, Hogan D, Perin J, Rudan I, Lawn JE, Cousens S, Mathers C, Black RE. Global, regional, and national causes of child mortality in 2000-12, with projections to inform post-2015 priorities: an updated systematic...
Child Mortality and Morbidity
Risk Factors for Maternal and Child Health
Underlying causes of child death
Indoor and outdoor air pollution
Effect of co-morbidity on child mortality
IUGR and preterm birth as risk factors for morbidity/mortality
Country-level causes of child mortality
Micronutrient deficiencies and nutritional status
Failures...
Country-level causes of child mortality
Only a small fraction of child deaths occur in countries with complete civil registration of deaths and their causes, and, despite efforts by the Health Metrics Network and others, complete and accurate civil registration of...
Incidence and sequelae of child morbidity
CHERG will provide estimates of child morbidity, including etiology-specific morbidity, by continuously updating systematic reviews and by seeking additional sources of data from country-level work and from research underway, such as the studies of...
Indoor and outdoor air pollution
Indoor air pollution (IAP) from biomass and coal fuels affects one half of the world population, and about 80% in low-income countries of Africa and South Asia. More than 900 million of the world’s estimated...
CHERG is a group of technical experts that is funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. While external to the UN system, CHERG was convened to assist WHO and UNICEF with the goal of providing global technical leadership...
