Effect of co-morbidity on child mortality
The standard practice of attributing each death to a single cause ignores the fact that many deaths are associated with more than one condition, often with two or more infectious diseases such as malaria...
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...
Datasets by Publication
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
• CHERG Child Causes of Death Annual Estimates by Country,...
Incidence and sequelae of maternal morbidity
While there is some information available on the levels of maternal mortality in developing countries, much less is known about the levels of maternal morbidity, including the incidence of the main obstetric complications and...
Objectives
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...
July 7, 2013: Born Too Small: National and regional estimates of babies born small for gestational age. Healthy Newborn Network Blog on new article in Lancet Global Health
June 25, 2013: Introducing the Lancet Global Health
May 7: Why Should We Care...
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...
Birth spacing as a risk factor of maternal and child mortality
Short and long birth intervals are known to adversely affect infant and child mortality, and short birth intervals in particular can impede maternal nutrition repletion in low-income settings. The...
2010 – 2014
Search Publications
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...
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...
