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The effects and contribution of childhood diseases on the geographical distribution of all-cause under-five mortality in Uganda.


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SUBMITTER: Nambuusi BB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6424012 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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The effects and contribution of childhood diseases on the geographical distribution of all-cause under-five mortality in Uganda.

Nambuusi Betty Bukenya BB   Ssempiira Julius J   Makumbi Fredrick E FE   Kasasa Simon S   Vounatsou Penelope P  

Parasite epidemiology and control 20190131


<h4>Introduction</h4>Information on the causes of death among under-five children is key in designing and implementation of appropriate interventions. In Uganda, civil death registration is incomplete which limits the estimation of disease-related mortality burden especially at a local scale. In the absence of routine cause-specific data, we used household surveys to quantify the effects and contribution of main childhood diseases such as malaria, severe or moderate anaemia, severe or moderate m  ...[more]

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