Published on June 16, 2012 at 8:34 AM
"Preventable childhood deaths caused by illnesses such as pneumonia and diarrhea can be nearly eliminated in 10 years," researchers from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and the National Institutes of Health write in a new commentary featured in the June issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association," a Johns Hopkins press release reports. In the commentary, "researchers outline a strategy and benchmarks for curbing childhood preventable deaths and recommend a new common vision for a global commitment to end all preventable child deaths," the press release notes (6/14).
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