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Global, regional, national, and selected subnational levels of stillbirths, neonatal, infant, and under-5 mortality, 1980-2015: a systematic analysis... (Publications)
Guidelines for Accurate and Transparent Health Estimates Reporting (GATHER). FINDINGS: Globally, 5.8 million (95% uncertainty interval [UI] 5.7-6.0) children younger than 5 years died in 2015, representing [...] 42.4% (41.3-43.6) to 2.6 million (2.6-2.7) neonatal deaths and 47.0% (35.1-57.0) to 2.1 million (1.8-2.5) stillbirths in 2015. Between 1990 and 2015, global under-5 mortality decreased at an annualised
Global, regional, national, and selected subnational levels of stillbirths, neonatal, infant, and under-5 mortality, 1980-2015: a systematic analysis... (Publications)
Guidelines for Accurate and Transparent Health Estimates Reporting (GATHER). FINDINGS: Globally, 5.8 million (95% uncertainty interval [UI] 5.7-6.0) children younger than 5 years died in 2015, representing [...] 42.4% (41.3-43.6) to 2.6 million (2.6-2.7) neonatal deaths and 47.0% (35.1-57.0) to 2.1 million (1.8-2.5) stillbirths in 2015. Between 1990 and 2015, global under-5 mortality decreased at an annualised
detailed mobile phone usage data over a period of one year for 439 adolescents in school grades 7 and 8 (aged 13 to 15 years): connection times, quality and type of connection (spoken, SMS or data). In addition [...] quality of life. Two PhD students evaluated usage data from around 500 adolescents in school grades 7 and 8 over a period of 12 months, and tested their cognitive ability with standardized computer tests. Behaviour
of vaccinations. Until mid-January 2021, seroprevalence among those aged 75 years or over was only 8%. By mid-February 2021, that figure had increased to 53% and by mid-March, it had increased to 81% [...] were the worst affected population group: the prevalence of depression symptoms has risen from 2% to 8% in this group. Stress levels were also highest in this group and were on the increase. “People with
s in the PTCS intervention zone. The two partners are active in 2 regions of Burkina Faso to cover 8 municipalities in the Centre East (Andemtenga, Kando, Pouytenga andKoupéla) and Plateau Central (Meguet
Identification of risk factors for rabies exposure and access to post-exposure prophylaxis in Chad (Publications)
non-compliance observed in rural areas. Access to vaccine before the study was alarmingly low, with only 8.5% accessing PEP. Despite facilitated collaboration between human health and veterinary services through
