in july 2003, the bellagio study group on child survival estimated that the lives of 6 million children could be saved each year if 23 proven interventions were universally available in the 42 countries re-sponsible for 90% of child deaths in 2000. the aim of this study was to determine frequency of important causes of mortality among under-5 year old children in hospitals, tehran, iran. inform...

BACKGROUND Mortality in children under five years has been widely studied, whereas mortality at 5-9 years has received little attention. Using unique data from national registers in three Nordic countries, we aimed to characterize mortality directionality in children aged 0 to 9 years. METHODS AND FINDINGS The cohort study included all children born in Denmark from 1973 to 2008 (n = 2,433,758...

Introduction : 99% of 4million neonatal mortality occur in developing countries every year. Mortality rate of newborns accounts for 18.3 per 1000 live birth that comprised 69% of IMR and 56% of Under 5 mortality in IRAN. A  Comparison of statistical trend between infant and newborn rate from 1988 to 2001 revealed a considerable decrease in IMR but slightly decrease in NMR. training postnatal mo...

BACKGROUND Severe acute malnutrition contributes to 1 million deaths among children annually. Adding routine antibiotic agents to nutritional therapy may increase recovery rates and decrease mortality among children with severe acute malnutrition treated in the community. METHODS In this randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial, we randomly assigned Malawian children, 6 to 59 months...

Background Acute respiratory infection is still the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in children under five in many countries. We aimed to assess the incidence and risk factors predicting the outcome of Acute Respiratory Infection (ARI). Materials and Methods This is a hos...

INTRODUCTION Childhood cancer is a serious public health problem in any country given the large number of years of life lost in an early manner. OBJECTIVE To describe morbidity and mortality rates for cancer in Argentinean children and adolescents younger than 15 years old in the 2006-2008 three year period. Method. Specific mortality rates and incidence rates per million inhabitants were ana...

Anthrax is an infectious disease in cattle and human beings that is caused by Bacillus anthracis. Primarily it shows itself in the respiratory, cutaneous and digestive systems. The involvement of cental nervous system is rare and is associated with a high rate of mortality. Since its identification is very important, therefore in this study the clinical and paraclinical diagnostic methods in ch...

Background: Malnutrition is responsible for one third of the mortality rate among children less than 5 years old. Worldwide, 54% of the child deaths are due to malnutrition and the caseload in Pakistan is equal to 46%. In the current study, we attempted to identify the possible risk factors related to malnutrition among6-59-month children in Pakpattan, Punjab province. Methods: A total of 500 s...