Abstract
Those interested in child survival frequently cite and follow the under-five mortality rate. While a useful measure, the under-five mortality rate lumps together neonatal and post-neonatal mortality with deaths in the 1-4 year period. Unfortunately, this hampers public health decision making about the most appropriate child survival strategies as children survive beyond their first year of life.
Highlights
Analyses show the main drivers of neonatal deaths are sepsis, birth asphyxia, congenital abnormalities and preterm complications, whereas deaths occurring in the post-neonatal period most frequently arise from infectious conditions such as pneumonia and diarrhoea [2]
This special issue on child injury prevention highlights a range of issues and injury mechanisms which progressively account for a greater proportion of child mortality following infancy
In 2011 the sixty-fourth World Health Assembly adopted a resolution on child injury prevention which welcomed the above report and its recommendations
Summary
This hampers public health decision making about the most appropriate child survival strategies as children survive beyond their first year of life. This special issue on child injury prevention highlights a range of issues and injury mechanisms which progressively account for a greater proportion of child mortality following infancy. The relevance of this for the child survival agenda and global public health more broadly should be clear.
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