Setting priorities for development of emerging interventions against childhood pneumonia, meningitis and influenza
WAcute lower respiratory infections, which broadly include pneumonia and bronchiolitis, are still the leading cause of childhood mortality. ALRI contributed to 18% of all deaths in children younger than five years of age in 2008, and the main pathogens responsible for high mortality were Streptococc...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Edinburgh University Global Health Society
2012-06-01
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Series: | Journal of Global Health |
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Online Access: | http://www.jogh.org/documents/issue201201/8-Viewpoint%20Rudan.pdf |