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Mortality statistics are fundamental to public health decision making. Mortality varies by time and location, and its measurement is affected by well known biases that have been exacerbated during the COVID-19 pandemic. This paper aims to estimate excess mortality from ... more

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Global projections of temperature-attributable mortality due to enteric infections: a modelling study

Chua, P.L.C. ; V. Huber, C. F.Sheng Ng et al. The Lancet (2021) CC

Mortality due to enteric infections is projected to increase because of global warming; however, the different temperature sensitivities of major enteric pathogens have not yet been considered in projections on a global scale. We aimed to project global temperature-attributable enteric infection mor... more

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Mortality changes after grants from the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria: an econometric analysis from 1995 to 2010

Yan I.; Korenromp E.; Bendavid E. et al. BMC Public Health (2015) C2

Between 2012 and 2016, development assistance for HIV/AIDS decreased by 20·0%; domestic financing is therefore critical to sustaining the response to HIV/AIDS. To understand whether domestic resources could fill the financing gaps created by declines in development assistance, we aimed to track spe... more

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Mortality in COPD: role of comorbidities

Sin, D.D.; Anthonisen, N.R.; Soriano, J.B.; et. (2006) CC2

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) represents an increasing burden throughout the world. COPD-related mortality is probably underestimated because of the difficulties associated with identifying the precise cause of death. Respiratory failure is considered the major cause of death in advan... more

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Enquête Mortalité, Morbidité et Utilisation des Services EMMUS-III Haïti

Ministère de la Santé Publique et de la Population (M.S.P.P.) (2010) C1

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Haiti: Enquête Mortalité, Morbidité et Utilisation des Services 2012 , Rapport de synthèse

USAID, UNICEF, UNFPA et al. (2012) C1

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Plan Operationnel de reduction de la mortalite maternelle et neonataleau Benin, 2018-2022

Ministere de La Santé, Benin (2018) CC

Le Bénin en registre chaque année environ 1500 décès maternels et plus de 12 000 décès de nouveau-nés. Face à cette situation, il estélaboré le plan opérationnel de réduction de la mortalité maternelle et néonatale 2018 –2022. Il s’agit du document par lequel le Minist�... more

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Maternal mortality and distance to facility-based obstetric care in rural southern Tanzania: a secondary analysis of cross-sectional census data in 226 000 households

Claudia Hanson, Jonathan Cox, Godfrey Mbaruku, et al. (2015) CC

Lancet Glob Health 2015; 385: e387–95. Open Access

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Reducing mortality from emerging diseases/ Réduire la mortalité des maladies émergentes

World Health Organization (2015)

Weekly epidemiological record Relevé épidémiologique hebdomadaire 27 MARCH 2015, 90th YEAR / 27 MARS 2015, 90e ANNÉE No. 13, 2015, 90, 121–132

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Maternal Mortality in 1990-2015

WHO (2015) C_WHO

Maternal Mortality in 1990-2015 in Indonesia

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Lesotho: Maternal mortality in 1990-2015

WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA, World Bank Group, and United Nations Population Division Maternal Mortality Estimation Inter-Agency Group (2010) C2

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Neonatal health in Nepal: analysis of absolute and relative inequalities and impact of current efforts to reduce neonatal mortality

Paudel, D., Shrestha, I.B., Siebeck, M. & Rehfuess, E.A. (2013) CC

Nepal has made substantial progress in reducing under-five mortality and is on track to achieve Millennium Development Goal 4, but advances in neonatal health are less encouraging. The objectives of this study were to assess relative and absolute inequalities in neonatal mortality over time, and to ... more

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Levels and Trends in Child Mortality 2021

United Nations Inter-Agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME) (2021) C1

While the world was gripped by the unfolding COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, children continued to face the same crisis they have for decades: intolerably high mortality rates and vastly inequitable chances at life. In total, more than 5.0 million children under age 5, including 2.4 million newborns, alo... more

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Estimating mortality from COVID-19 - Scientific brief (4 August 2020)

World Health Organization WHO (2020) C_WHO

For COVID-19, as for many infectious diseases, the true level of transmission is frequently underestimated because a substantial proportion of people with the infection are undetected either because they are asymptomatic or have only mild symptoms and thus typically fail to present at healthcare fac... more

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Excess mortality during the Coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19)
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Giattino, C.; H. Ritchie, M. Roser, et al. One World Data (2021) CC

On this page we provide an overview of excess mortality along with charts to explore the data. You can learn in more depth about different measures of excess mortality, their strengths and limitations, and their comparability across countries

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Perinatal mortality audit: North Macedonia 2019

World Health Organization WHO (2021) C_WHO

The purpose of the review was to assign a cause of death, to ascertain the fac-tors that contributed to the death and to identify any systemic issues that could be addressed to prevent future similar deaths. The perinatal mortality audit process in 2019 provided important insights and evidence-based... more

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Excess mortality during the Coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19)
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