| Type | Journal Article - The Lancet |
| Title | Decline in child health in rural Papua New Guinea |
| Author(s) | |
| Volume | 354 |
| Issue | 9186 |
| Publication (Day/Month/Year) | 1999 |
| Page numbers | 1291-1294 |
| Publisher | Elsevier |
| URL | https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(99)00335-9/fulltext |
| Abstract | The major causes of child mortality in Papua New Guinea are pneumonia, malnutrition,measles meningitis, low birthweight, and neonatal sepsis. Malaria is common in coastalregions. Pneumonia causes about 40% of all deaths among children under age 5. Mostneonatal deaths are caused by bacterial sepsis combined with low birthweight; 23%of babies have low birthweight. 1 |