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IJE Advance Access originally published online on April 3, 2009
International Journal of Epidemiology 2009 38(3):772-774; doi:10.1093/ije/dyp170
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Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the International Epidemiological Association © The Author 2009; all rights reserved.

Commentary: What is the role of co-morbidity in child mortality?

Christa L Fischer Walker* and Robert E Black

Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA.

* Corresponding author. Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 North Wolfe Street, Room E5535, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA. E-mail: cfischer@jhsph.edu

Accepted 2 March 2009

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Childhood infectious diseases remain the leading cause of morbidity and mortality among children under 5 years of age around the world. More than half of all child deaths can be attributed to the three most lethal communicable diseases: pneumonia (including sepsis in neonates), diarrhoea and malaria.1 Prevention and treatment of these infectious diseases should be the greatest public health priorities to improve the survival of children living in communities characterized by extreme poverty, poor health systems and environmental contamination. Children in these . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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