The world urban population is estimated to reach 66%(2.5 billion) by 2050 from 54% in
2014. Nearly 90% of this future population growth is concentrated in developing countries …

Background Malaria continues to be a major cause of infectious disease mortality in tropical
regions. However, deaths from malaria are most often not individually documented, and as a …

Background Low-and middle-income countries are often described as being at intermediate
stages of epidemiological transition, but there is little population-based data with reliable …

Background Mortality from external causes, of all kinds, is an important component of overall
mortality on a global basis. However, these deaths, like others in Africa and Asia, are often …

Abstract Changes in nasopharyngeal (NP) carriage of vaccine-type (VT) Streptococcus
pneumoniae can be used to assess the effectiveness of a pneumococcal conjugate vaccine …

Background The MRC/Wits University Agincourt research centre, part of the INDEPTH
Network, has documented mortality in a defined population in the rural northeast of South …

This paper contributes evidence documenting the continued decline in all-cause mortality
and changes in the cause of death distribution over time in four developing country …

Hypertension (HTN) is an important risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality
and morbidity among Iranians. The present study aimed to estimate the prevalence of pre …

Background Childhood mortality, particularly in the first 5 years of life, is a major global
concern and the target of Millennium Development Goal 4. Although the majority of …

Background As the HIV/AIDS pandemic has evolved over recent decades, Africa has been
the most affected region, even though a large proportion of HIV/AIDS deaths have not been …