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Prevention and Control of Childhood Pneumonia and Diarrhea.

Daniel T Leung, Mohammod J Chisti, Andrew T Pavia

Journal: Pediatric clinics of North America 2016;63(1):67-79

PMID: 26613689

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Abstract

Pneumonia and diarrhea are the 2 leading infectious causes of death in children younger than 5 years worldwide, most of which occur in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) in sub-Saharan Africa and Southern Asia. The past decade has seen large reductions in global childhood mortality, partly due to expansion of nonspecific public health interventions and vaccines against Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae, and rotavirus in LMICs. Further progress in this field depends on the international community's commitment to fund and implement programs using currently available vaccines and development of new vaccines against pathogens common to children in LMICs.

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Address: Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Utah School of Medicine, 30 North 1900 East, SOM Room 4C416B, Salt Lake City, UT 84132, USA; Division of Microbiology and Immunology, Department of Pathology, University of Utah School of Medicine, 15 North Medical Drive East, Salt Lake City, UT 84132, USA. Electronic address: [email protected].; Centre for Nutrition and Food Security, ICU and Respiratory Wards, Dhaka Hospital, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, GPO Box 128, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh.; Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, University of Utah School of Medicine, 30 North 1900 East, Salt Lake City, UT 84132, USA.
DOI: 10.1016/j.pcl.2015.08.003

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MeSH Terms: Bacterial Vaccines, Child, Preschool, Diarrhea, Health Promotion, Humans, Infant, Pneumonia, Public Health, Viral Vaccines, World Health Organization
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