1. Neonatal, infant, and under-5 mortality and morbidity burden in the Eastern Mediterranean region: findings from the Global Burden of Disease 2015 study
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Mokdad, Ali H, Khalil, Ibrahim, Collison, Michael, El Bcheraoui, Charbel, Charara, Raghid, Moradi-Lakeh, Maziar, Afshin, Ashkan, Krohn, Kristopher J, Daoud, Farah, Chew, Adrienne, Kassebaum, Nicholas J, Colombara, Danny, Cornaby, Leslie, Ehrenkranz, Rebecca, Foreman, Kyle J, Fraser, Maya, Frostad, Joseph, Kemmer, Laura, Kulikoff, Xie Rachel, Kutz, Michael, Kyu, Hmwe H, Liu, Patrick, Mikesell, Joseph, Nguyen, Grant, Rao, Puja C, Silpakit, Naris, Sligar, Amber, Smith, Alison, Stanaway, Jeffrey D, Arnlov, Johan, Abate, Kalkidan Hassen, Kiadaliri, Aliasghar Ahmad, Alam, Khurshid, Alasfoor, Deena, Ali, Raghib, Alizadeh-Navaei, Reza, Alraddadi, Rajaa, Altirkawi, Khalid A, Alvis-Guzman, Nelson, Anber, Nahla, Ansari, Hossein, Antonio, Carl Abelardo T, Anwari, Palwasha, Artaman, Al, Asayesh, Hamid, Asgedom, Solomon Weldegebreal, Azzopardi, Peter, Bacha, Umar, Barac, Aleksandra, Barker-Collo, Suzanne L, Bedi, Neeraj, Beghi, Ettore, Bennett, Derrick A, Bhutta, Zulfiqar A, Bisanzio, Donal, Castaneda-Orjuela, Carlos A, Estanislao Castro, Ruben, Danawi, Hadi, Deribe, Kebede, Deribew, Amare, Jarlais, Don C Des, deVeber, Gabrielle A, Dey, Subhojit, Dharmaratne, Samath D, Djalalinia, Shirin, Do, Huyen Phuc, Esteghamati, Alireza, Farvid, Maryam S, Fereshtehnejad, Seyed-Mohammad, Fischer, Florian, Gebrehiwot, Tsegaye Tewelde, Giussani, Giorgia, Gona, Philimon N, Hafezi-Nejad, Nima, Hamadeh, Randah Ribhi, Hamidi, Samer, Hoy, Damian G, Hu, Guoqing, John, Denny, Jonas, Jost B, Karimi, Seyed M, Kasaeian, Amir, Khader, Yousef Saleh, Khan, Ejaz Ahmad, Khan, Gulfaraz, Kim, Daniel, Kim, Yun Jin, Kinfu, Yohannes, Larson, Heidi J, Latif, Asma Abdul, Leasher, Janet L, Lunevicius, Raimundas, Abd El Razek, Hassan Magdy, Abd El Razek, Mohammed Magdy, Majeed, Azeem, Malekzadeh, Reza, Memish, Ziad A, Mendoza, Walter, Mezgebe, Haftay Berhane, Miller, Ted R, Monasta, Lorenzo, Nguyen, Quyen Le, Obermeyer, Carla Makhlouf, Ortiz, Alberto, Papachristou, Christina, Park, Eun-Kee, Pereira, Claudia C, Petzold, Max, Pereira, David M, Phillips, Michael Robert, Pourmalek, Farshad, Qorbani, Mostafa, Rafay, Anwar, Rahimi-Movaghar, Vafa, Rai, Rajesh Kumar, Rana, Saleem M, Rawaf, David Laith, Rawaf, Salman, Renzaho, Andre MN, Rezaei, Satar, Rezai, Mohammad Sadegh, Ronfani, Luca, Roshandel, Gholamreza, Ruhago, George Mugambage, Safdarian, Mahdi, Safiri, Saeid, Sahraian, Mohammad Ali, Salamati, Payman, Samy, Abdallah M, Sanabria, Juan Ramon, Sartorius, Benn, Schwebel, David C, Seedat, Soraya, Sepanlou, Sadaf G, Setegn, Tesfaye, Shaheen, Amira, Shaikh, Masood Ali, Shamsizadeh, Morteza, Shiri, Rahman, Skirbekk, Vegard, Sobaih, Badr HA, Sreeramareddy, Chandrashekhar T, Stathopoulou, Vasiliki, Abdulkader, Rizwan Suliankatchi, Tehrani-Banihashemi, Arash, Temsah, Mohamad-Hani, Thakur, Arabia JS, Thomson, Alan J, Tran, Bach Xuan, Truelsen, Thomas, Ukwaja, Kingsley Nnanna, Uthman, Olalekan A, Vasankari, Tommi, Vlassov, Vasiliy Victorovich, Weiderpass, Elisabete, Weintraub, Robert G, Werdecker, Andrea, Yaghoubi, Mohsen, Yaseri, Mehdi, Yonemoto, Naohiro, Younis, Mustafa Z, Yu, Chuanhua, Jumaan, Aisha O, Vos, Theo, Hay, Simon I, Naghavi, Mohsen, Wang, Haidong, Murray, Christopher JL, Reg, GBD 2015 Eastern Mediterranean, Department of Public Health, Clinicum, and University of Helsinki
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Male ,PNEUMONIA ,Pediatrics ,Health (social science) ,Poison control ,030204 cardiovascular system & hematology ,Infant mortality ,Global Health ,Global Burden of Disease ,0302 clinical medicine ,Neonatal ,Global health ,LIFE EXPECTANCY ,030212 general & internal medicine ,health care economics and organizations ,Mediterranean Region ,Child Health ,Burden of disease ,3142 Public health care science, environmental and occupational health ,3. Good health ,UPDATED SYSTEMATIC ANALYSIS ,1117 Public Health And Health Services ,Child, Preschool ,Female ,Original Article ,Public Health ,CHILD-MORTALITY ,INTERVENTIONS ,COUNTRIES ,Child mortality ,medicine.medical_specialty ,INTEGRATED APPROACH ,Eastern Mediterranean Region ,03 medical and health sciences ,Middle East ,Neonatal mortality ,Environmental health ,Injury prevention ,medicine ,Humans ,PROGRESS ,Perinatal Mortality ,METAANALYSIS ,business.industry ,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health ,Infant, Newborn ,Klinisk medicin ,Infant ,DIARRHEA ,mortality ,Eastern mediterranean ,Life expectancy ,Morbidity ,Clinical Medicine ,business - Abstract
Objectives Although substantial reductions in under-5 mortality have been observed during the past 35 years, progress in the Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR) has been uneven. This paper provides an overview of child mortality and morbidity in the EMR based on the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) study. Methods We used GBD 2015 study results to explore under-5 mortality and morbidity in EMR countries. Results In 2015, 755,844 (95% uncertainty interval (UI) 712,064–801,565) children under 5 died in the EMR. In the early neonatal category, deaths in the EMR decreased by 22.4%, compared to 42.4% globally. The rate of years of life lost per 100,000 population under 5 decreased 54.38% from 177,537 (173,812–181,463) in 1990 to 80,985 (76,308–85,876) in 2015; the rate of years lived with disability decreased by 0.57% in the EMR compared to 9.97% globally. Conclusions Our findings call for accelerated action to decrease child morbidity and mortality in the EMR. Governments and organizations should coordinate efforts to address this burden. Political commitment is needed to ensure that child health receives the resources needed to end preventable deaths. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1007/s00038-017-0998-x) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- 2018