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Summary: As childhood health and nutrition are important global health issues, many countries have begun to prioritize the well being of children to reduce mortality and morbidity at a young age. This paper takes a closer look at the relationship between childhood malnutrition and infectious...

The research, funded mostly by the Gates Foundation (which is also a funder of NPR and this blog), looks within the borders of 99 low- and middle-income countries that account for 93% of child deaths. Since 2000, those deaths have dropped from some 10 million a year to 5.4 million. Access Case Study...

This study enables the identification of high-mortality clusters, patterns of progress and geographical inequalities to inform appropriate investments and implementations that will help to improve the health of all populations. Abstract Since 2000, many countries have achieved considerable success...