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Volume 13 Supplement 3
Edited by Neff Walker
The publication costs for this supplement were funded by a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to the US Fund for UNICEF (grant 43386 to "Promote evidence-based decision making in designing maternal, neonatal, and child health interventions in low- and middle-income countries"). The Supplement Editor is the principal investigator and lead in the development of the Lives Saved Tool (LiST), supported by grant 43386. He declares that he has no competing interests.
Introduction
This paper provides an overview of the historical development and current status of the Lives Saved Tool (LiST). The paper provides a general explanation of the modeling approach used in the model with links t...
BMC Public Health 2013 13(Suppl 3):S1
Published on: 17 September 2013
Review
Previous studies have reported on adverse neonatal outcomes associated with parity and maternal age. Many of these studies have relied on cross-sectional data, from which drawing causal inference is complex. W...
BMC Public Health 2013 13(Suppl 3):S2
Published on: 17 September 2013
Review
Short and long birth intervals have previously been linked to adverse neonatal outcomes. However, much of the existing literature uses cross-sectional studies, from which deriving causal inference is complex. ...
BMC Public Health 2013 13(Suppl 3):S3
Published on: 17 September 2013
Review
Several birth characteristics are associated with high mortality risk: very young or old mothers, short birth intervals and high birth order. One justification for family planning programs is the health benefi...
BMC Public Health 2013 13(Suppl 3):S4
Published on: 17 September 2013
Review
This study used data from recent Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) to examine the impact of high parity on under-five and neonatal mortality. The analyses used various techniques to attempt eliminating sele...
BMC Public Health 2013 13(Suppl 3):S5
Published on: 17 September 2013
Review
This study used data from recent Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) to examine the impact of short or long preceding birth intervals on neonatal and under-five mortality. In order to minimize the effect of s...
BMC Public Health 2013 13(Suppl 3):S6
Published on: 17 September 2013
Review
A number of data sets show that high parity births are associated with higher child mortality than low parity births. The reasons for this relationship are not clear. In this paper we investigate whether high ...
BMC Public Health 2013 13(Suppl 3):S7
Published on: 17 September 2013
Review
Exposure to household air pollution (HAP) from cooking with solid fuels affects 2.8 billion people in developing countries, including children and pregnant women. The aim of this review is to propose intervent...
BMC Public Health 2013 13(Suppl 3):S8
Published on: 17 September 2013
Review
Diarrheal diseases are the second leading cause of childhood morbidity and mortality in developing countries and an important cause of malnutrition. An estimated 0.75 million children below 5 years of age die ...
BMC Public Health 2013 13(Suppl 3):S9
Published on: 17 September 2013
Review
Diarrhea is a major contributor to the burden of morbidity and mortality in children; it accounts for a median of 11% of all deaths among children aged less than 5 years, amounting to approximately 0.8 million...
BMC Public Health 2013 13(Suppl 3):S10
Published on: 17 September 2013
Review
Diarrhea is a leading cause of mortality in children under 5 years along with its long-term impact on growth and cognitive development. Despite advances in the understanding of diarrheal disorders and manageme...
BMC Public Health 2013 13(Suppl 3):S11
Published on: 17 September 2013
Review
Approximately 287,000 women die of causes related to pregnancy and childbirth every year. While effective interventions exist to prevent maternal death, high quality impact evaluations for these interventions ...
BMC Public Health 2013 13(Suppl 3):S12
Published on: 17 September 2013
Review
BMC Public Health 2013 13(Suppl 3):S13
Published on: 17 September 2013
Review
Influenza is an under-appreciated cause of acute lower respiratory infections (ALRI) in children. It is estimated to cause approximately 20 million new episodes of ALRI in children annually, 97% of these occur...
BMC Public Health 2013 13(Suppl 3):S14
Published on: 17 September 2013
Review
There is an increased risk of serious neonatal infection arising through exposure of the umbilical cord to invasive pathogen in home and facility births where hygienic practices are difficult to achieve. The W...
BMC Public Health 2013 13(Suppl 3):S15
Published on: 17 September 2013
Review
Oral rehydration salts (ORS), zinc, and continued feeding are the recommended treatments for community-acquired acute diarrhea among young children. However, probiotics are becoming increasingly popular treatm...
BMC Public Health 2013 13(Suppl 3):S16
Published on: 17 September 2013
Review
Current WHO guidelines on the management and treatment of diarrhea in children strongly recommend continued feeding alongside the administration of oral rehydration solution and zinc therapy, but there remains...
BMC Public Health 2013 13(Suppl 3):S17
Published on: 17 September 2013
Review
BMC Public Health 2013 13(Suppl 3):S18
Published on: 17 September 2013
Review
Early breastfeeding is defined as the initiation of breastfeeding within twenty four hours of birth. While the benefits of breastfeeding have been known for decades, only recently has the role of time to initi...
BMC Public Health 2013 13(Suppl 3):S19
Published on: 17 September 2013
Review
Exclusive Breastfeeding (EBF) rates remain low in both low-income and high-income countries despite World Health Organization recommendations for EBF till 6 months. Breastfeeding has been shown to have a prote...
BMC Public Health 2013 13(Suppl 3):S20
Published on: 17 September 2013
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