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Has the 2005 measles mortality reduction goal been achieved? A natural history modelling study. Commentary
David Elliman,Helen Bedford,Larn J. Wolfson,Peter M. Strebel,Marta Gacic-Dobo,Edward J. Hoekstra,Jeffrey W. Mcfarfand,Bradley S. Hersh +7 more
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In this paper, the authors evaluated trends in immunisation against measles on the basis of national implementation of the WHO/UNICEF comprehensive strategy for measles mortality reduction, and the provision of a second opportunity for measles immunisation.About:
This article is published in The Lancet.The article was published on 2007-01-01 and is currently open access. It has received 228 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Measles.read more
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Global, regional, and national causes of child mortality: An updated systematic analysis for 2010 with time trends since 2000
Li Liu,Hope L. Johnson,Simon Cousens,Jamie Perin,Susana Scott,Joy E Lawn,Igor Rudan,Harry Campbell,Richard E Cibulskis,Mengying Li,Colin Mathers,Robert E. Black +11 more
TL;DR: The latest estimates of causes of child mortality in 2010 with time trends since 2000 show that only tetanus, measles, AIDS, and malaria (in Africa) decreased at an annual rate sufficient to attain the Millennium Development Goal 4.
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Global, regional, and national causes of child mortality in 2008: a systematic analysis
Robert E. Black,Simon Cousens,Hope L. Johnson,Joy E Lawn,Igor Rudan,Diego G. Bassani,Prabhat Jha,Harry Campbell,Christa L Fischer Walker,Richard E Cibulskis,Thomas P. Eisele,Li Liu,Colin Mathers +12 more
TL;DR: New estimates for 2008 of the major causes of death in children younger than 5 years in 193 countries are reported to help to focus national programmes and donor assistance.
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Chapter 54 Health over the Life Course
John Strauss,Duncan Thomas +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors describe static and dynamic models of the evolution of health over the life course in conjunction with the interrelationships between health, other human capital outcomes and economic prosperity.
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The dynamics of measles in sub-Saharan Africa
Matthew J. Ferrari,Rebecca F. Grais,Nita Bharti,Andrew J. K. Conlan,Ottar N. Bjørnstad,Ottar N. Bjørnstad,Lara J. Wolfson,Philippe J Guerin,Ali Djibo,Bryan T. Grenfell +9 more
TL;DR: It is shown that measles epidemics in Niger are highly episodic, particularly in the capital Niamey, and how increased vaccine coverage, but still below the local elimination threshold, could lead to increasingly variable major outbreaks in highly seasonally forced contexts.
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Infectious Diseases of Humans: Dynamics and Control
Roy M. Anderson,Robert M. May +1 more
TL;DR: This book discusses the biology of host-microparasite associations, dynamics of acquired immunity heterogeneity within the human community indirectly transmitted helminths, and the ecology and genetics of hosts and parasites.
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Generalized Linear Models
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WHO estimates of the causes of death in children
TL;DR: A 4-year effort by WHO to improve the accuracy of estimates of the proportion of deaths in children younger than age 5 years attributable to pneumonia, diarrhoea, malaria, measles, and the major causes of death in the first 28 days of life is reported on.