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Links to articles on preventing global child deaths. The 06/27/2003 Washington Post article drew on information presented
in The Lancet, a European Medical journal. Below are links to the series of 5 articles addressing Child Survival Issues
appearing in The Lancet. Also below are links to 2 additional articles that
appeared in 2005. Initially, after clinking on the individual link, you will be taken to a "sign
in" page where you will be asked to fill out a short registration form, if you
have not registered with The Lancet before. The articles are available
free of charge for viewing after signing in to the online Lancet. Child survival series: 2003
If you would like to read the June 27, 2003 article from the Washington
Post, "Child Deaths Avoidable," by David Brown (Washington Post staff
writer) click
here.
by Robert E Black, Saul S Morris, Jennifer Bryce
by Gareth Jones, Richard W Steketee, Robert E Black, Zulfiqar A Bhutta, Saul
S Morris, and the Bellagio Child Survival Study Group
by Jennifer Bryce, Shams el Arifeen, George Pariyo, Claudio F Lanata, Davidson
Gwatkin, Jean-Pierre Habicht, and the Multi-Country Evaluation of IMCI Study Group
by Cesar G Victora, Adam Wagstaff, Joanna Armstrong Schellenburg, Davidson
Gwatkin, Mariam Claeson, Jean-Pierre Habicht
by The Bellagio Study Group on Child Survival
Following are two related, important articles published in The Lancet that address Child Survival.
Child survival articles: 2005
- Can
the World Afford to Save the Lives of 6 Million Children Each Year?
by Jennifer Bryce, Robert E Black, Neff Walker, Zulfiqar A Bhutta, Jay E Lawn, Richard W Steketee - Child
Survival: Countdown to 2015
*Jennifer Bryce, Cesar G Victora, on behalf of the Conference Organizing
Group
The March 25, 2006 issue of The Lancet contained an article titled, “WHO
Estimates the Causes of Death in Children.” The graphic below is based on
Figure 2 in that article.
The figure presents the major causes
of death in children younger than five years of
age, and in infants during the first four weeks after birth (neonatal period).
