Browsing by Author "Local Burden of Disease Diarrhoea Collaborators"

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Mapping geographical inequalities in childhood diarrhoeal morbidity and mortality in low-income and middle-income countries, 2000–17: Analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

Local Burden of Disease Diarrhoea Collaborators (Elsevier, 2020-05-06)

Summary Background Across low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs), one in ten deaths in children younger than 5 years is attributable to diarrhoea. The substantial between-country variation in both diarrhoea ...
Mapping geographical inequalities in oral rehydration therapy coverage in low-income and middle-income countries, 2000–17

Local Burden of Disease Diarrhoea Collaborators (Elsevier, 2020-08)

Background: Oral rehydration solution (ORS) is a form of oral rehydration therapy (ORT) for diarrhoea that has the potential to drastically reduce child mortality; yet, according to UNICEF estimates, less than half of ...