This paper provides an overview of child mortality and morbidity in the EMR based on the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) study. The findings from this paper 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.

http://www.healthdata.org/research-article/neonatal-infant-and-under-5-mortality-and-morbidity-burden-eastern-mediterranean

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