The Child Health Epidemiology Reference Group (CHERG) was established in 2001 by the World Health Organization (WHO) to provide external technical guidance and global leadership in the development and improvement of epidemiological estimates for children under five years of age. It...
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...
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Interim estimates of global under-five diarrhea and pneumonia deaths in 2011. (December 2012). Li Liu, Jamie Perin, Christa Fisher-Walker, Robert E. Black.
Maternal Mortality, Child Mortality, Perinatal Mortality, Child Cognition, and Estimates of Prevalence of Anemia due to Iron...
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Global, regional, and national causes of child mortality: an updated systematic analysis for 2010 with time trends since 2000. The Lancet, Early Online Publication, 11 May 2012. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(12)60560-1
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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.
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Objective 1. Provide timely estimates of the causes and determinants of child mortality reflecting the effects of accelerated child survival interventions.
In this project, CHERG will work with WHO and UNICEF to develop the methodologies and processes such that the...