Priorities in reducing child mortality: Azithromycin and other interventions

English version

Autoři: David Mabey ^aff001; Uduak Okomo ^aff002; Brian Greenwood ^aff003
Působiště autorů: Clinical Research Department, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom ^aff001; MRC Unit The Gambia at London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom ^aff002; Disease Control Department, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom ^aff003
Vyšlo v časopise: Priorities in reducing child mortality: Azithromycin and other interventions. PLoS Med 17(9): e32767. doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1003364
Kategorie: Perspective
doi: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1003364

Souhrn

In this Perspective, David Mabey and colleagues discuss a recent PLOS Medicine article on azithromycin as an intervention for reducing child mortality.

Klíčová slova:

Birth – Death rates – Child health – Malaria – Neonatal care – Neonates – Pneumococcus – Stillbirths

Zdroje

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