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Global diarrhoea action plan needs integrated climate-based surveillance
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University of Rhode Island, West Virginia University, University of Maryland, College Park
Published InThe Lancet Global Health
Year2014
Citations20
Abstract
Diarrhoeal diseases are the second most common cause of deaths of children, killing more than 1·5 million children annually and infecting billions more.1Wardlaw T Salama P Brocklehurst C et al.Diarrhoea: why children are still dying and what can be done.Lancet. 2010; 375: 870-872Summary Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (159) Google Scholar, 2Santosham M Chandran A Fitzwater S et al.Progress and barriers for the control of diarrhoeal disease.Lancet. 2010; 376: 63-67Summary Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (167) Google Scholar The recently released Global Action Plan for Pneumonia and Diarrhoea (GAPPD) is a comprehensive strategy document outlining plans to end preventable deaths from these two killer diseases by 2025.3WHO/UNICEF2013 Global action plan for pneumonia and diarrhoea, Geneva, CH.http://www.unicef.org/media/files/Final_GAPPD_main_Report-_EN-8_April_2013.pdfGoogle…
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