Causes of Death Among Infants and Children in the Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance (CHAMPS) Network.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

The number of deaths of children younger than 5 years has been steadily decreasing worldwide, from more than 17 million annual deaths in the 1970s to an estimated 5.3 million in 2019 (with 2.8 million deaths occurring in those aged 1-59 months [53% of all deaths in children aged <5 years]). More detailed characterization of childhood deaths could inform interventions to improve child survival.

Objective

To describe causes of postneonatal child deaths across 7 mortality surveillance sentinel sites in Africa and Asia.

Design, setting, and participants

The Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance (CHAMPS) Network conducts childhood mortality surveillance in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia using innovative postmortem minimally invasive tissue sampli

SUBMITTER: Bassat Q 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10372710 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature