Giuseppe
Emeritus
[Source: The Journal of the American Medical Association, full page: (LINK). Extract.]
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Ending Preventable Child Death in a Generation
Roger I. Glass, MD, PhD; Alan E. Guttmacher, MD; Robert E. Black, MD
Author Affiliations: Fogarty International Center (Dr Glass) and Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (Dr Guttmacher), National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland; and Department of International Health, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland (Dr Black).
JAMA. 2012;():1-2. doi:10.1001/jama.2012.7357
Published online June 13, 2012
During the past 20 years, there has been a substantial decline in mortality among children younger than 5 years from 12.0 million deaths in 1990 to 7.6 million in 2010.<SUP> </SUP>In these decades alone, global health and development efforts have saved the lives of more than 50 million children, half of them by preventing deaths due to pneumonia, diarrhea, and measles.<SUP> </SUP>This improvement in child survival was catalyzed in part by setting aspirational global targets such as the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). As 2015 approaches, and with it a final assessment of progress toward MDG 4 on reducing child mortality, it is appropriate to consider a post-2015 vision for child health. A new common vision for a global commitment to end all preventable child deaths is needed.
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- -----Ending Preventable Child Death in a Generation
Roger I. Glass, MD, PhD; Alan E. Guttmacher, MD; Robert E. Black, MD
Author Affiliations: Fogarty International Center (Dr Glass) and Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (Dr Guttmacher), National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland; and Department of International Health, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland (Dr Black).
JAMA. 2012;():1-2. doi:10.1001/jama.2012.7357
Published online June 13, 2012
During the past 20 years, there has been a substantial decline in mortality among children younger than 5 years from 12.0 million deaths in 1990 to 7.6 million in 2010.<SUP> </SUP>In these decades alone, global health and development efforts have saved the lives of more than 50 million children, half of them by preventing deaths due to pneumonia, diarrhea, and measles.<SUP> </SUP>This improvement in child survival was catalyzed in part by setting aspirational global targets such as the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). As 2015 approaches, and with it a final assessment of progress toward MDG 4 on reducing child mortality, it is appropriate to consider a post-2015 vision for child health. A new common vision for a global commitment to end all preventable child deaths is needed.
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