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COVID-19 vaccination, incidence, and mortality rates among indigenous populations compared to the general population in Brazil: Describing trends over time

Gomes Machado, F.C. et al. (2022) CC

The Lancet Regional Health, July 19, 2022 DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lana.2022.100319

Colombia (COL) - Demographics, Health & Infant Mortality

UN Children's Fund UNICEF (2022) C_UNICEF

Key demographic indicators for Colombia: Under-Five Mortality Rate, Population.

Effect of Artesunate–Amodiaquine on Mortality Related to Ebola Virus Disease

Etienne Gignoux, M.P.H., Andrew S. Azman, Ph.D., Martin de Smet, M.D., et al. (2016) C2

New England Journal of Medicine 374:1,pp23-32

Giving life, risking death - Maternal mortality in Burkina Faso

Amnesty International Publications (2020) C2

Accessed on 20.10.2020 In its fight against maternal mortality, the government of Burkina Faso is supported by the donor community which contributes to the health budget and also supports specific projects aimed at improving access to health care ... more

Community-based Reports of Co-Morbidity, Co-mortality, and Health-Seeking Behaviors in Four Monrovia Communities During the West African Ebola Epidemic

Sharon Abramowitz, Kristen McLean, Josephine Monger, Kodjo Tehoungue, Sarah McKune, Mosoka Fallah, Patricia Omidian Ebola Anthropology Platform (2015)

Isoniazid preventive therapy for children: impact on mortality and incidence of tuberculosis?

C. D. Mitchell World Health Organization (2013) C_WHO

HIV/TB Research Meeting; March 3, 2013

Mapping the global prevalence, incidence, and mortality of Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax malaria, 2000–22: a spatial and temporal modelling study

Weiss, D.J.; P.A. Dzianach, A. Saddler, et al. (2025) C1

The Lancet Volume 405, Issue 10483p979-990March 22, 2025

Impact of non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) to reduce COVID-19 mortality and healthcare demand
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Neil M Ferguson, Daniel Laydon, Gemma Nedjati-Gilani, Natsuko Imai, Kylie Ainslie, Marc Baguelin, Sangeeta Bhatia, Adhiratha Boonyasiri, Zulma Cucunubá, Gina Cuomo-Dannenburg, Amy Dighe, Ilaria Dorigatti, Han Fu, Katy Gaythorpe, Will Green, Arran Hamlet, Wes Hinsley, Lucy C Okell, Sabine van Elsland, Hayley Thompson, Robert Verity, Erik Volz, Haowei Wang, Yuanrong Wang, Patrick GT Walker, Caroline Walters, Peter Winskill, Charles Whittaker, Christl A Donnelly, Steven Riley, Azra C Ghani. Imperial College COVID-19 Response Team (2020) C1

The global impact of COVID-19 has been profound, and the public health threat it represents is the most serious seen in a respiratory virus since the 1918 H1N1 influenza pandemic. Here we present the results of epidemiological modelling which has informed policymaking in the UK and other countries i ... more

The 2014 Myanmar Population and Housing Census: Thematic Report on Maternal Mortality

The Republic of the Union of Myanmar (2016) C1

Census Report Volume 4-C
The 2014 Myanmar Census provided the opportunity to measure maternal mortality. The questions on deaths in households during the twelve months prior to the Census were included in the questionnaire, as well as questions ... more

Potential impact of midwives in preventing and reducing maternal and neonatal mortality and stillbirths: a Lives Saved Tool modelling study

Nove A., Friberg I., de Bernis L., et al. (2020) CC

This report provides the context, underlying evidence, content and process related to the development of the draft global strategic directions for nursing and midwifery 2021–2025.

Nigeria: reducing the indirect causes of maternal morbidity and mortality: the RICOM3 Project

World Health Organisation (WHO) (2023) C_WHO

Nigeria reported its first case of COVID-19 at the end of February 2020 and subsequently experienced four waves, with peaks in June 2020 and January, August and December 2021. The COVID-19 pandemic severely impacted the economy of Nigeria and caused disruption of health services nationwide. During ... more

Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (BOL) - Demographics, Health & Infant Mortality

UNICEF (2022) C2

Website last accessed on 08.09.2022 Key demographic indicators for Bolivia (Plurinational State of): Under-Five Mortality Rate, Population.

WHO position paper on Oral Rehydration Salts to reduce mortality from cholera

World Health Organization (2015)

Accessed Sept.10,2015

Road Map for Accelerating the reduction of Maternal and Neonatal Morbidity and Mortality in Malawi

Republic of Malawi, Ministry of Health (2012) C2

The Road Map outlines various strategies which will guide policy makers, development partners, training institutions and service providers in supporting Government efforts towards the attainment of MDGs related to maternal and neonatal health.

The 2014 Myanmar Population and Housing Census: Thematic Report on Mortality

The Republic of the Union of Myanmar (2016) C1

Census Report Volume 4-B
In the 2014 Census, early-age mortality was measured from the responses to two simple retrospective questions on childbearing addressed to ever-married women aged 15 and over. These questions referred to how many live c ... more

NCDs at a Glance 2025. NCDs surveillance and monitoring: Noncommunicable disease mortality and risk factor prevalence in the Americas

Pan American Health Organization PAHO (2025) C_WHO

Effective surveillance and monitoring of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) and their risk factors are essential for informing evidence-based public health policies, addressing health inequities, and ensuring progress toward global and regional targets. By tracking trends in NCDs, their modifiable risk ... more

Early estimates of the indirect effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on maternal and child mortality in low-income and middle-income countries: a modelling study

Roberton, T.; et al. (2020) CC

The Lancet Global Health Published:May 12, 2020DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(20)30229-1

Lessons from the Baltic Alcohol Control Policy Project: policies that contribute to decreasing burden of mortality and disease

World Health Organisation (WHO) World Health Organization (WHO) (2023) C_WHO

This short brief describes the main findings and the key lessons learned from the research project "Evaluation of the impact of alcohol control policies on morbidity and mortality in Lithuania and other Baltic states", funded by the United States Na ... more

The population-level impact of public-sector antiretroviral therapy rollout on adult mortality in rural Malawi

Collin F. Payne and Hans-Peter Kohler (2017) CC

DEMOGRAPHIC RESEARCH, VOLUME 36, ARTICLE 37, PAGES 1081-1108; PUBLISHED 5 APRIL 2017; http://www.demographic-research.org/Volumes/Vol36/37/; DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2017.36.37