Global child survival initiatives and their relevance to the Latin American and Caribbean Region Iniciativas para mejorar la supervivencia infantil y su importancia en la Región de América Latina y el Caribe

We review two series of papers published by The Lancet: the Child Survival Series (2003) and the Neonatal Survival Series (2005). Both series drew attention to the nearly 11 million annual deaths of children under the age of five years, and to the fact that almost 4 million of these deaths occur in...

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Main Authors: Cesar G. Victora, Fernando C. Barros
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pan American Health Organization 2005-09-01
Series:Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública
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Online Access:http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1020-49892005000800007