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Azithromycin to Reduce Childhood Mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa
Author(s) -
Jeremy D. Keenan,
Robin L. Bailey,
Sheila K. West,
Ahmed M. Arzika,
John Hart,
Jerusha Weaver,
Khumbo Kalua,
Zakayo Mrango,
Kathryn J. Ray,
Catherine Cook,
Elodie Lebas,
Kieran S. O’Brien,
Paul M. Emerson,
Travis C. Porco,
Thomas M. Lietman
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
new england journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 19.889
H-Index - 1030
eISSN - 1533-4406
pISSN - 0028-4793
DOI - 10.1056/nejmoa1715474
Subject(s) - medicine , azithromycin , tanzania , demography , placebo , randomization , child mortality , confidence interval , mortality rate , body mass index , randomized controlled trial , population , pediatrics , environmental health , surgery , socioeconomics , antibiotics , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , alternative medicine , pathology , sociology
We hypothesized that mass distribution of a broad-spectrum antibiotic agent to preschool children would reduce mortality in areas of sub-Saharan Africa that are currently far from meeting the Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations.

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