Based on careful analysis of burden of disease and the costs ofinterventions, this second
edition of'Disease Control Priorities in Developing Countries, 2nd edition'highlights …

Prevention is a core value of any health system. Nonetheless, many health problems will
continue to occur despite preventive services. A significant burden of diseases in developing …

Background The role of fluid resuscitation in the treatment of children with shock and life-
threatening infections who live in resource-limited settings is not established. Methods We …

Hospital-born babies in developing countries are at increased risk of neonatal infections
because of poor intrapartum and postnatal infection-control practices. We reviewed data …

Background: Worldwide efforts are under way to improve the quality of clinical practice. Most
quality measurements, however, are poorly validated, expensive, and difficult to compare …

Objective To study the diagnosis and outcomes in people admitted to hospital with a
diagnosis of severe malaria in areas with differing intensities of malaria transmission …

Acute respiratory infections (ARIs) are classified as upper respiratory tract infections (URIs)
or lower respiratory tract infections (LRIs). The upper respiratory tract consists of the airways …

Background The district hospital is considered essential for delivering basic, cost-effective
health care to children in resource poor countries. We aimed to investigate the performance …

OBJECTIVE: To review individual case histories of children who had died of pneumonia in
rural Uganda and to investigate why these children did not survive. METHODS: This case …

Pneumonia is an illness, usually caused by infection, in which the lungs become inflamed
and congested, reducing oxygen exchange and leading to cough and breathlessness. It …