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  Comparative risk assessment collaborating group: selected major risk factors and global and regional burden of disease

  The Lancet, 2002

  Reliable and comparable analysis of risks to health is key for preventing disease and injury. Causal attribution of morbidity and mortality to risk factors has traditionally been in the context of individual risk factors, often in a limited number of settings, restricting comparability.
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  State of the worlds mothers 2008: closing the survival gap for children under five

  Save the Children Fund, 2008

  Worldwide, more than 200 million children aged under five do not get the basic health care they need. This contributes to highly preventable or treatable ailments such as diarrhoea and pneumonia. This ninth annual State of the World’s Mothers report by Save the Children shows countries progress in terms of reaching children with basic health measures.