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Child Injury Prevention: An Overlooked Challenge for Child Survival
Received: 21 January 2013 / Revised: 29 January 2013 / Accepted: 29 January 2013 / Published: 1 February 2013
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Abstract
Those interested in child survival frequently cite and follow the under-five mortality rate. While a useful measure, the under-five mortality rate lumps together neonatal and post-neonatal mortality with deaths in the 1–4 year period. Unfortunately, this hampers public health decision making about the
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Those interested in child survival frequently cite and follow the under-five mortality rate. While a useful measure, the under-five mortality rate lumps together neonatal and post-neonatal mortality with deaths in the 1–4 year period. Unfortunately, this hampers public health decision making about the most appropriate child survival strategies as children survive beyond their first year of life. [...]
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