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Unsafe care leading cause of child mortality, WHO warns

The World Health Organisation on Wednesday said unsafe care is a leading contributor to child mortality and long-term disability, especially in the early stages of life. WHO said this in an update ...
AOL

Child deaths projected to rise for first time this century, as aid cuts reverse decades of progress

The number of children who die before age 5 is expected to rise for the first time this century, amid sweeping cuts to global health funding by high-income countries, according to a new report from ...
City Journal

The Link Between Maternal Drug Use and Rising Infant Mortality

Mississippi has just declared a public health emergency involving an alarming rise in infant mortality rates. Between 2023 and 2024, deaths of children under age one rose to 9.7 per 1,000 live births ...
The Conversation

Rise in youth mortality fuelled by mental illness, drugs, violence and other preventable causes

Manuel Corpas does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...
BMJ Open

Cause-specific excess mortality in rural India during the COVID-19 pandemic 2020–2023: longitudinal analyses of deaths in 0.2 million rural health facilities

Objective India had an estimated three to five million excess deaths from causes attributable to SARS-CoV-2 during 2020–2021, ...