Variation in Childhood Diarrheal Morbidity and Mortality in Africa, 2000-2015.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Diarrheal diseases are the third leading cause of disease and death in children younger than 5 years of age in Africa and were responsible for an estimated 30 million cases of severe diarrhea (95% credible interval, 27 million to 33 million) and 330,000 deaths (95% credible interval, 270,000 to 380,000) in 2015. The development of targeted approaches to address this burden has been hampered by a paucity of comprehensive, fine-scale estimates of diarrhea-related disease and death among and within countries.

Methods

We produced annual estimates of the prevalence and incidence of diarrhea and diarrhea-related mortality with high geographic detail (5 km²) across Africa from 2000 through 2015. Estimates were created with the use of Bayesian geostatistical te

SUBMITTER: Reiner RC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6078160 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature