Global Child Health: Burden of Disease, Achievements, and Future Challenges

Global under-five mortality estimates, 1990 and 2005. Data from UNICEF Customized Statistical Tables derived from The State of the World’s Children 2007. Accessed April 27, 2007. Available from: http://www.unicef.org/statistics/index_24183.html.

Estimates of under-five mortality by cause in WHO regions, 2000 to 2003. Adapted from data reported in: WHO. The World Health Report 2005 – Making Every Mother and Child Count. Statistical Annex Table 3. Annual number of deaths by cause for children under five years of age in WHO regions, estimates for 2000-2003. p. 190-1.

Distribution of causes of under-five deaths by WHO region. Adapted from data reported in: WHO. The World Health Report 2005 – Making Every Mother and Child Count. Statistical Annex Table 3. Annual number of deaths by cause for children under five years of age in WHO regions, estimates for 2000-2003. p. 190-1.

Under-five deaths caused by vaccine-preventable diseases 2002. Adapted from data reported in: WHO. Global Immunization Data. Geneva: WHO; 2004. Available from: http://www.who.int/immunization_monitoring/data/GlobalImmunizationData.pdf. Accessed April 27, 2007.

The cycle of infection and malnutrition.

Causes of neonatal deaths, WHO estimates, 2000 to 2003. Adapted from data reported in: WHO. The World Health Report 2005 – Making Every Mother and Child Count. Statistical Annex Table 4. Annual number of deaths by cause for neonates in WHO regions, estimates for 2000-2003. p. 190-1.