Background Global child mortality reduced substantially during the Millennium Development
Goal period (2000–15). We aimed to estimate morbidity, mortality, and prevalence of risk …

Background The recent series of reviews conducted within the Global Action Plan for
Pneumonia and Diarrhoea (GAPPD) addressed epidemiology of the two deadly diseases at …

Background Childhood pneumonia causes substantial mortality and morbidity. Accurate
measurements of pneumonia incidence are scarce in low-income and middle-income …

OBJECTIVE: Clinical pneumonia (defined as respiratory infections associated with clinical
signs of pneumonia, principally pneumonia and bronchiolitis) in children under five years of …

Setting Research Priorities to Reduce Global Mortality from Childhood Pneumonia by 2015 |
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Background Few studies have reported long-term data on mortality rates for children
admitted to hospital with pneumonia in Africa. We examined trends in case fatality rates for …

Background: Estimates of the disease burden from childhood pneumonia are available for
most developed countries, but they are based mainly on models. Measured country-specific …

Pneumonia kills more children than any other illness—more than AIDS, malaria, and
measles combined (figure). More than 2 million children under 5 years of age die from …

Pneumonia causes almost 1 in 5 under-five deaths worldwide: more than 2 million children
each year. It kills more children than any other disease-more than AIDS, malaria and …

Background Pneumonia is the leading cause of death among children younger than 5 years.
In this study, we estimated causes of pneumonia in young African and Asian children, using …