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

• Main Authors: Reiner, Robert C, Jr, Pepito, Veincent Christian F, Collaborators, Local Burden of Disease Diarrhoea, co-authors, 628
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2020
• Subjects: Epidemiology; International Public Health; Public Health
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/asmph-pubs/13; https://archium.ateneo.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1012&context=asmph-pubs
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

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 incidence and mortality is attributable to interventions that protect children, prevent infec...