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. 2019 Oct 9;69(Suppl 4):S260-S261.
doi: 10.1093/cid/ciz542.

Why Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance?

Scott F Dowell  1 , Anita Zaidi  1 , Penny Heaton  2
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Why Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance?

Scott F Dowell et al. Clin Infect Dis. .

Abstract

Recognizing the need for better primary data on the causes of global child mortality, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation made an unusually long funding commitment toward a surveillance system using pathology to identify opportunities to prevent child deaths and promote equity.

Keywords: child mortality; disease burden; global health; pathology; surveillance.

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