LiST Project Page More Intervention Effect Estimate Summaries Reference Lamberti LM, Fischer Walker CL, Noiman A, Victora C, Black RE. Breastfeeding and the risk for diarrhea morbidity and mortality. BMC Public Health 2011 11(Suppl 3): S15. Background Despite evidence supporting the positive and...
Datasets by publication Other Resources 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...
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...
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...
Child Causes of Death Annual Estimates by Country, 2000-2010 (Excel file) Source: 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 Also...
Micronutrient deficiencies and nutritional status Prior work has shown that deficiencies of micronutrients contribute to the global disease burden of young children and that interventions to prevent these deficiencies are identified as highly effective strategies for public health action.  As...
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...
Enhance the LiST methodology BMC Public Health: The Lives Saved Tool in 2013: new capabilities and applications, Volume 13 Supplement 3 BMC Public Health LiST Supplement 2011  New LiST Interactive Training Tool Now Online New Resource: Intervention Effect Estimate Summaries Supported by another grant from The...
Antenatal Steroids in Preterm Labour for Prevention of Neonatal Deaths LiST Project Page More Intervention Effect Estimate Summaries Reference Mwansa-Kambafwile J, Cousens S, Hansen T, Lawn JE.  Antenatal steroids in preterm labour for the prevention of neonatal deaths due to complications of preterm...
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...