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<strong>北京大学</strong>英语新闻网/<strong>Peking</strong> <strong>University</strong> <strong>News</strong><br />

mortality rate. China provides a model with potential for future studies <strong>of</strong> social,<br />

economic, demographic policy, and determinants <strong>of</strong> child survival related to health<br />

systems, and for comparison <strong>of</strong> their importance during a period <strong>of</strong> progress in<br />

reduction <strong>of</strong> its child mortality rate.<br />

WHO has cooperated with experts from UNICEF for many years, estimating child<br />

deaths in low-income and middle-income countries in the light <strong>of</strong> epidemiology, but<br />

they did not include much information from China. The authors learned through this<br />

research program that the high quantity and quality <strong>of</strong> methods used in the studies<br />

from within China were impressive. Now there can be no further justification for<br />

omitting Chinese studies from global estimates <strong>of</strong> any disease burden, especially<br />

with the population size <strong>of</strong> China.<br />

One expert commentary on the article points out: ―the paper uncovered a treasure<br />

trove <strong>of</strong> Chinese language publications from representative community settings in<br />

China, and analyzed the information with standard CHERG (WHO/UNICEF‘s Child<br />

Health Epidemiology Reference Group) methods to generate information about<br />

trends and causes <strong>of</strong> neonatal and child mortality rates. The results are striking and<br />

provide robust information about cause-specific child mortality estimates, trends, and<br />

differentials…. The rapid and consistent decline in all-cause neonatal mortality in<br />

China thus also <strong>of</strong>fers an opportunity for studying the effect <strong>of</strong> interventions for family<br />

planning, maternal health, and nutrition on overall newborn and child mortality rates.‖<br />

Edited By : Xiang Yunke<br />

Translated By : Chen Miaojuan<br />

Source : http://www.ebiotrade.com/<br />

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