TY - JOUR
T1 - Neonatal, infant, and under-5 mortality and morbidity burden in the Eastern Mediterranean region
T2 - findings from the Global Burden of Disease 2015 study
AU - GBD 2015 Eastern Mediterranean Region Neonatal, Infant, and under-5 Mortality Collaborators
AU - Khalil, Ibrahim
AU - Collison, Michael
AU - Elbcheraoui, Charbel
AU - Charara, Raghid
AU - Moradi-Lakeh, Maziar
AU - Afshin, Ashkan
AU - Krohn, Kristopher J.
AU - Daoud, Farah
AU - Chew, Adrienne
AU - Kassebaum, Nicholas J.
AU - Colombara, Danny
AU - Cornaby, Leslie
AU - Ehrenkranz, Rebecca
AU - Foreman, Kyle J.
AU - Fraser, Maya
AU - Frostad, Joseph
AU - Kemmer, Laura
AU - Kulikoff, Xie Rachel
AU - Kutz, Michael
AU - Kyu, Hmwe H.
AU - Liu, Patrick
AU - Mikesell, Joseph
AU - Nguyen, Grant
AU - Rao, Puja C.
AU - Silpakit, Naris
AU - Sligar, Amber
AU - Smith, Alison
AU - Stanaway, Jeffrey D.
AU - Ärnlöv, Johan
AU - Abate, Kalkidan Hassen
AU - Ahmadkiadaliri, Aliasghar
AU - Alam, Khurshid
AU - Alasfoor, Deena
AU - Ali, Raghib
AU - Alizadeh-Navaei, Reza
AU - Al-Raddadi, Rajaa
AU - Altirkawi, Khalid A.
AU - Alvis-Guzman, Nelson
AU - Anber, Nahla
AU - Ansari, Hossein
AU - Antonio, Carl Abelardo T.
AU - Anwari, Palwasha
AU - Artaman, Al
AU - Asayesh, Hamid
AU - Asgedom, Solomon Weldegebreal
AU - Azzopardi, Peter
AU - Bacha, Umar
AU - Barac, Aleksandra
AU - Barker-Collo, Suzanne L.
AU - Bhutta, Zulfiqar A.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017, The Author(s).
PY - 2018/5/1
Y1 - 2018/5/1
N2 - Objectives: Although substantial reductions in under-5 mortality have been observed during the past 35 years, progress in the Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR) has been uneven. This paper provides an overview of child mortality and morbidity in the EMR based on the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) study. Methods: We used GBD 2015 study results to explore under-5 mortality and morbidity in EMR countries. Results: In 2015, 755,844 (95% uncertainty interval (UI) 712,064–801,565) children under 5 died in the EMR. In the early neonatal category, deaths in the EMR decreased by 22.4%, compared to 42.4% globally. The rate of years of life lost per 100,000 population under 5 decreased 54.38% from 177,537 (173,812–181,463) in 1990 to 80,985 (76,308–85,876) in 2015; the rate of years lived with disability decreased by 0.57% in the EMR compared to 9.97% globally. Conclusions: Our findings call for accelerated action to decrease child morbidity and mortality in the EMR. Governments and organizations should coordinate efforts to address this burden. Political commitment is needed to ensure that child health receives the resources needed to end preventable deaths.
AB - Objectives: Although substantial reductions in under-5 mortality have been observed during the past 35 years, progress in the Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR) has been uneven. This paper provides an overview of child mortality and morbidity in the EMR based on the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) study. Methods: We used GBD 2015 study results to explore under-5 mortality and morbidity in EMR countries. Results: In 2015, 755,844 (95% uncertainty interval (UI) 712,064–801,565) children under 5 died in the EMR. In the early neonatal category, deaths in the EMR decreased by 22.4%, compared to 42.4% globally. The rate of years of life lost per 100,000 population under 5 decreased 54.38% from 177,537 (173,812–181,463) in 1990 to 80,985 (76,308–85,876) in 2015; the rate of years lived with disability decreased by 0.57% in the EMR compared to 9.97% globally. Conclusions: Our findings call for accelerated action to decrease child morbidity and mortality in the EMR. Governments and organizations should coordinate efforts to address this burden. Political commitment is needed to ensure that child health receives the resources needed to end preventable deaths.
KW - Burden of disease
KW - Child mortality
KW - Eastern Mediterranean Region
KW - Infant mortality
KW - Neonatal mortality
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U2 - 10.1007/s00038-017-0998-x
DO - 10.1007/s00038-017-0998-x
M3 - Article
C2 - 28776242
AN - SCOPUS:85026836552
SN - 1661-8556
VL - 63
SP - 63
EP - 77
JO - International Journal of Public Health
JF - International Journal of Public Health
ER -