Human study · Research · 19 Mar 2020
Hope for 11 million children facing death from illnesses
Source: WHO
What the research found
The World Health Assembly has given a powerful endorsement to new strategic directions for child and adolescent health. The strategy brings together crucial elements to reduce childhood deaths and long term disability. It also aims to reduce the 1.4 million adolescent deaths each year. Last year, the number of children and adolescents who died was double the total number of adult deaths from AIDS, tuberculosis and ma
Evidence level: Human study. A study in people, but an association isn't proof of cause.
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