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Assessment of Child Anthropometry in a Large Epidemiologic Study
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WHOは,子供の死亡の原因を推定しています
Jennifer Bryce1, Cynthia Boschi-Pinto, Kenji Shibuya
1WHO, Geneva, Switzerland.
Lancet (London, England)
|March 30, 2005
まとめ
肺炎,下痢,栄養不良は,世界中で子供の死亡の主な原因となっています. これらの問題や新生児の問題に対処することは,子供の生存率を改善し,世界保健目標を達成するために不可欠です.
科学分野:
- 子どもの健康 エピデミオロジー
- グローバル・パブリック・ヘルス
- 死亡率統計 死亡率統計
背景:
- 幼児死亡の原因に関する正確なデータは,効果的な生存介入に不可欠です.
- 世界保健機関 (WHO) は,子供の死亡原因情報の精度を高めるために4年間のプロジェクトを開始しました.
研究 の 目的:
- 主要原因による5歳未満の子供の死亡の割合を推定する.
- 幼児死亡の根本的な原因としての栄養不良の役割を特定する.
主な方法:
- 2001年に児童保健疫学リファレンスグループ (CHERG) を設立しました.
- 単一原因および多原因の比率的な死亡率モデルを使用した.
- CHERGと協力して,栄養不良の影響を推定しました.
主要な成果:
- 2000-03年には,肺炎 (19%),下痢 (18%),新生児性セプシス/肺炎 (10%),早産 (10%),出生窒息 (8%) が5歳未満の子供の主要な死因でした.
- 伝染病は,すべての子供の死亡の54%を占めた.
- 栄養不良は,子供の死亡の53%の根本的な原因でした.
結論:
- 幼児死亡率を低減するには,肺炎,下痢,栄養不良に対する集中的な取り組みが必要である.
- マラリア対策は,特にアフリカ地域において,極めて重要です.
- 産前出産,セプシス,肺炎,出産窒息による新生児死亡の対処は,すべての地域にとって不可欠です.
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