Tootla, Hafsah Deepa, and Mark Patrick Nicol, “Preventing Tuberculosis-Related Death in Children with HIV,” The Lancet HIV (November 2017), doi:10.1016/S2352-3018(17)30208-4… [Read More]
Child Mortality
Urgent versus Post-Stabilisation Antiretroviral Treatment in Hospitalised HIV-Infected Children in Kenya (PUSH): A Randomised Controlled Trial (Njuguna, 2017)
Njuguna, Irene N. Lisa M. Cranmer, Vincent O. Otieno et al., “Urgent versus Post-Stabilisation Antiretroviral Treatment in Hospitalised HIV-Infected Children… [Read More]
Mortality and its Determinants in Antiretroviral Treatment-Naive HIV-Infected Children with Suspected Tuberculosis: An Observational Cohort Study (Marcy, 2017)
Marcy, Olivier, Mathurin Tejiokem, Philippe Msellati et al., “Mortality and its Determinants in Antiretroviral Treatment-Naive HIV-Infected Children with Suspected Tuberculosis:… [Read More]
Treating Cholera in Severely Malnourished Children in the Horn of Africa and Yemen (Ververs, 2017)
Ververs, Mija, and Rupa Narra, “Treating Cholera in Severely Malnourished Children in the Horn of Africa and Yemen,” The Lancet 390, no.10106 (October 2017), doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(17)32601-6 URL: www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(17)32601-6/abstract… [Read More]
Beijing United Family Hospital Hosts Intl Forum on Preterm Infant Care (Global Times)
A hospital in China is working hard to ensure that extremely low birthweight and extremely preterm infants survive and thrive… [Read More]
Why Did India Have Ten Million Fewer Childhood Deaths Than Predicted? (NPR)
India is known as a world leader in childhood deaths. A recent study has shown the great strides the country… [Read More]
‘Alarm Bells We Cannot Ignore’: World Hunger Rising for First Time This Century (The Guardian)
A recent report from the UN indicates a significant rise in global undernourishment, due in part to violent conflict. Even… [Read More]
Health Is Improving Globally, but India Still Has the Most Child Deaths (Huffington Post India)
India is known as a world leader in childhood deaths, but it could have been much worse. A recent study has shown… [Read More]
Assessing Development Assistance for Child Survival between 2000 and 2014: A Multi-Sectoral Perspective (Lu, 2017)
Lu, Chunling, Annie Chu, Zhihui Li et al., “Assessing Development Assistance for Child Survival between 2000 and 2014: A Multi-Sectoral… [Read More]
Child Mortality Rates Fall by 70% in Oman (Times of Oman)
Both child and maternal mortality rates have been significantly reduced in Oman. Dr. Fatma Al Hinai, Director of Women and… [Read More]






