Postmortem investigations and identification of multiple causes of child deaths: an analysis of findings from the Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance (CHAMPS) networ... by Breiman, RF, Blau, DM, Mutevedzi, P, Akelo, V, Mandomando, I, Ogbuanu, IU, Sow, SO, Madrid, L, El Arifeen, S, Garel, M, Thwala, NB, Onyango, D, Sitoe, A, Bassey, I-A, Keita, AM, Alemu, A, Alam, M, Mahtab, S, Gethi, D, Varo, R, Ojulong, J, Samura, S, Mehta, A, Ibrahim, AM, Rahman, A, Vitorino, P, Baillie, VL, Agaya, J, Tapia, MD, Assefa, N, Chowdhury, AI, Scott, JAG, Gurley, ES, Kotloff, KL, Jambai, A, Bassat, Q, Tippett-Barr, BA, Madhi, SA, Whitney, CG, CHAMPS Consortium

“…<strong>Background<br></strong> The current burden of >5 million deaths yearly is the focus of the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) to end preventable deaths of newborns and children under 5 years old by 2030. …”

Gender differentials and state variations in suicide deaths in India: the Global Burden of Disease Study 1990–2016 by Rakhi Dandona, G Anil Kumar, R S Dhaliwal, Mohsen Naghavi, Theo Vos, D K Shukla, Lakshmi Vijayakumar, G Gururaj, J S Thakur, Atul Ambekar, Rajesh Sagar, Megha Arora, Deeksha Bhardwaj, Joy K Chakma, Eliza Dutta, Melissa Furtado, Scott Glenn, Caitlin Hawley, Sarah C Johnson, Tripti Khanna, Michael Kutz, W Cliff Mountjoy-Venning, Pallavi Muraleedharan, Thara Rangaswamy, Chris M Varghese, Mathew Varghese, K Srinath Reddy, Christopher J L Murray, Soumya Swaminathan, Lalit Dandona

“…Finally, we assessed the probability for India and the states of reaching the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) target of a one-third reduction in SDR from 2015 to 2030, using location-wise trends of the age-standardised SDR from 1990 to 2016. …”
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Women’s costs for accessing comprehensive sexual and reproductive health services: findings from an observational study in Johannesburg, South Africa by Naomi Lince-Deroche, Kaitlyn M. Berry, Cheryl Hendrickson, Tembeka Sineke, Sharon Kgowedi, Masangu Mulongo

“…Abstract Background Evaluating progress towards the Sustainable Development Goal of universal access to sexual and reproductive (SRH) services requires an understanding of the health needs of individuals and what constitutes access to services. …”
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Development of the Global Network for Women’s and Children’s Health Research’s socioeconomic status index for use in the network’s sites in low and lower middle-income countries... by Archana B. Patel, Carla M. Bann, Ana L. Garces, Nancy F. Krebs, Adrien Lokangaka, Antoinette Tshefu, Carl L. Bose, Sarah Saleem, Robert L. Goldenberg, Shivaprasad S. Goudar, Richard J. Derman, Elwyn Chomba, Waldemar A. Carlo, Fabian Esamai, Edward A. Liechty, Marion Koso-Thomas, Elizabeth M. McClure, Patricia L. Hibberd

“…Abstract Background Socioeconomic status (SES) is an important determinant of health globally and an important explanatory variable to assess causality in epidemiological research. The 10th Sustainable Development Goal is to reduce disparities in SES that impact health outcomes globally. …”
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Trends in premature avertable mortality from non-communicable diseases for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a population-based study by Ramon Martinez, Eng, Peter Lloyd-Sherlock, ProfPhD, Patricia Soliz, MD, Shah Ebrahim, DM, Enrique Vega, MSc, Pedro Ordunez, PhD, Martin McKee, DSc

“…Summary: Background: The reduction by a third of premature non-communicable disease (NCD) mortality by 2030 is the ambitious target of Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 3.4. However, the indicator is narrowly defined, including only four major NCDs (cardiovascular diseases, cancer, diabetes, and chronic respiratory diseases) and only for people aged 30–70 years. …”
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Postmortem investigations and identification of multiple causes of child deaths: An analysis of findings from the Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance (CHAMPS) networ... by Robert F Breiman, Dianna M Blau, Portia Mutevedzi, Victor Akelo, Inacio Mandomando, Ikechukwu U Ogbuanu, Samba O Sow, Lola Madrid, Shams El Arifeen, Mischka Garel, Nana Bukiwe Thwala, Dickens Onyango, Antonio Sitoe, Ima-Abasi Bassey, Adama Mamby Keita, Addisu Alemu, Muntasir Alam, Sana Mahtab, Dickson Gethi, Rosauro Varo, Julius Ojulong, Solomon Samura, Ashka Mehta, Alexander M Ibrahim, Afruna Rahman, Pio Vitorino, Vicky L Baillie, Janet Agaya, Milagritos D Tapia, Nega Assefa, Atique Iqbal Chowdhury, J Anthony G Scott, Emily S Gurley, Karen L Kotloff, Amara Jambai, Quique Bassat, Beth A Tippett-Barr, Shabir A Madhi, Cynthia G Whitney, CHAMPS Consortium

“…<h4>Background</h4>The current burden of >5 million deaths yearly is the focus of the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) to end preventable deaths of newborns and children under 5 years old by 2030. …”
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Estimating the impact of birth interval on under-five mortality in east african countries: a propensity score matching analysis by Getayeneh Antehunegn Tesema, Misganaw Gebrie Worku, Tesfa Sewunet Alamneh, Achamyeleh Birhanu Teshale, Yigizie Yeshaw, Adugnaw Zeleke Alem, Hiwotie Getaneh Ayalew, Alemneh Mekuriaw Liyew, Zemenu Tadesse Tessema

“…This will improve child survival and help in attaining Sustainable Development Goal targets in East African countries.…”
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Estimates of global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and mortality of HIV, 1980-2015: the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015 by GBD 2015 HIV Collaborators, Wang, H, Wolock, T, Carter, A, Nguyen, G, Kyu, H, Gakidou, E, Hay, S, Mills, E, Trickey, A, Msemburi, W, Coates, M, Mooney, M, Fraser, M, Sligar, A, Salomon, J, Larson, H, Friedman, J, Abajobir, A, Abate, K, Abbas, K, Razek, M, Abd-Allah, F, Abdulle, A, Abera, S, Abubakar, I, Abu-Raddad, L, Abu-Rmeileh, N, Abyu, G, Adebiyi, A, Adedeji, I, Adelekan, A, Adofo, K, Adou, A, Ajala, O, Akinyemiju, T, Akseer, N, Lami, F, Al-Aly, Z, Alam, K, Alam, N, Alasfoor, D, Aldhahri, S, Aldridge, R, Alegretti, M, Aleman, A, Alemu, Z, Alfonso-Cristancho, R, Ali, R, Alkerwi, A, Alla, F, Mohammad, R, Al-Raddadi, S, Alsharif, U, Alvarez, E, Alvis-Guzman, N, Amare, A, Amberbir, A, Amegah, A, Ammar, W, Amrock, S, Antonio, C, Anwari, P, Ärnlöv, J, Artaman, A, Asayesh, H, Asghar, R, Assadi, R, Atique, S, Atkins, L, Avokpaho, E, Awasthi, A, Quintanilla, B, Bacha, U, Badawi, A, Barac, A, Bärnighausen, T, Basu, A, Bayou, T, Bayou, Y, Bazargan-Hejazi, S, Beardsley, J, Bedi, N, Bennett, D, Bensenor, I, Betsu, B, Beyene, A, Bhatia, E, Bhutta, Z, Biadgilign, S, Bikbov, B, Birlik, S, Bisanzio, D, Brainin, M, Brazinova, A, Breitborde, N, Brown, A, Burch, M, Butt, Z, Campuzano, J, Cárdenas, R, Carrero, J, Castañeda-Orjuela, C, Rivas, J, Catalá-López, F, Chang, H, Chang, J, Chavan, L, Chen, W, Chiang, P, Chibalabala, M, Chisumpa, V, Choi, J, Christopher, D, Ciobanu, L, Cooper, C, Dahiru, T, Damtew, S, Dandona, L, Dandona, R, das Neves, J, de Jager, P, De Leo, D, Degenhardt, L, Dellavalle, R, Deribe, K, Deribew, A, Des Jarlais, D, Dharmaratne, S, Ding, E, Doshi, P, Driscoll, T, Dubey, M, Elshrek, Y, Elyazar, I, Endries, A, Ermakov, S, Eshrati, B, Esteghamati, A, Faghmous, I, Farinha, C, Faro, A, Farvid, M, Farzadfar, F, Fereshtehnejad, S, Fernandes, J, Fischer, F, Fitchett, J, Foigt, N, Fullman, N, Fürst, T, Gankpé, F, Gebre, T, Gebremedhin, A, Gebru, A, Geleijnse, J, Gessner, B, Gething, P, Ghiwot, T, Giroud, M, Gishu, M, Glaser, E, Goenka, S, Goodridge, A, Gopalani, S, Goto, A, Gugnani, H, Guimaraes, M, Gupta, R, Gupta, R, Gupta, V, Haagsma, J, Hafezi-Nejad, N, Hagan, H, Hailu, G, Hamadeh, R, Hamidi, S, Hammami, M, Hankey, G, Hao, Y, Harb, H, Harikrishnan, S, Haro, J, Harun, K, Havmoeller, R, Hedayati, M, Heredia-Pi, I, Hoek, H, Horino, M, Horita, N, Hosgood, H, Hoy, D, Hsairi, M, Hu, G, Huang, H, Huang, J, Iburg, K, Idrisov, B, Innos, K, Iyer, V, Jacobsen, K, Jahanmehr, N, Jakovljevic, M, Javanbakht, M, Jayatilleke, A, Jeemon, P, Jha, V, Jiang, G, Jiang, Y, Jibat, T, Jonas, J, Kabir, Z, Kamal, R, Kan, H, Karch, A, Karema, C, Karletsos, D, Kasaeian, A, Kaul, A, Kawakami, N, Kayibanda, J, Keiyoro, P, Kemp, A, Kengne, A, Kesavachandran, C, Khader, Y, Khalil, I, Khan, A, Khan, E, Khang, Y, Khubchandani, J, Kim, Y, Kinfu, Y, Kivipelto, M, Kokubo, Y, Kosen, S, Koul, P, Koyanagi, A, Defo, B, Bicer, B, Kulkarni, V, Kumar, G, Lal, D, Lam, H, Lam, J, Langan, S, Lansingh, V, Larsson, A, Leigh, J, Leung, R, Li, Y, Lim, S, Lipshultz, S, Liu, S, Lloyd, B, Logroscino, G, Lotufo, P, Lunevicius, R, Razek, H, Mahdavi, M, Majdan, M, Majeed, A, Makhlouf, C, Malekzadeh, R, Mapoma, C, Marcenes, W, Martinez-Raga, J, Marzan, M, Masiye, F, Mason-Jones, A, Mayosi, B, McKee, M, Meaney, P, Mehndiratta, M, Mekonnen, A, Melaku, Y, Memiah, P, Memish, Z, Mendoza, W, Meretoja, A, Meretoja, T, Mhimbira, F, Miller, T, Mikesell, J, Mirarefin, M, Mohammad, K, Mohammed, S, Mokdad, A, Monasta, L, Moradi-Lakeh, M, Mori, R, Mueller, U, Murimira, B, Murthy, G, Naheed, A, Naldi, L, Nangia, V, Nash, D, Nawaz, H, Nejjari, C, Ngalesoni, F, de Dieu Ngirabega, J, Nguyen, Q, Nisar, M, Norheim, O, Norman, R, Nyakarahuka, L, Ogbo, F, Oh, I, Ojelabi, F, Olusanya, B, Olusanya, J, Opio, J, Oren, E, Ota, E, Padukudru, M, Park, H, Park, J, Patil, S, Patten, S, Paul, V, Pearson, K, Peprah, E, Pereira, C, Perico, N, Pesudovs, K, Petzold, M, Phillips, M, Pillay, J, Plass, D, Polinder, S, Pourmalek, F, Prokop, D, Qorbani, M, Rafay, A, Rahimi, K, Rahimi-Movaghar, V, Rahman, M, Rahman, M, Rahman, S, Rai, R, Rajsic, S, Ram, U, Rana, S, Rao, P, Remuzzi, G, Rojas-Rueda, D, Ronfani, L, Roshandel, G, Roy, A, Ruhago, G, Saeedi, M, Sagar, R, Saleh, M, Sanabria, J, Santos, I, Sarmiento-Suarez, R, Sartorius, B, Sawhney, M, Schutte, A, Schwebel, D, Seedat, S, Sepanlou, S, Servan-Mori, E, Shaikh, M, Sharma, R, She, J, Sheikhbahaei, S, Shen, J, Shibuya, K, Shin, H, Sigfusdottir, I, Silpakit, N, Silva, D, Silveira, D, Simard, E, Sindi, S, Singh, J, Singh, O, Singh, P, Skirbekk, V, Sliwa, K, Soneji, S, Sorensen, R, Soriano, J, Soti, D, Sreeramareddy, C, Stathopoulou, V, Steel, N, Sunguya, B, Swaminathan, S, Sykes, B, Tabarés-Seisdedos, R, Talongwa, R, Tavakkoli, M, Taye, B, Tedla, B, Tekle, T, Shifa, G, Temesgen, A, Terkawi, A, Tesfay, F, Tessema, G, Thapa, K, Thomson, A, Thorne-Lyman, A, Tobe-Gai, R, Topor-Madry, R, Towbin, J, Tran, B, Dimbuene, Z, Tsilimparis, N, Tura, A, Ukwaja, K, Uneke, C, Uthman, O, Venketasubramanian, N, Vladimirov, S, Vlassov, V, Vollset, S, Wang, L, Weiderpass, E, Weintraub, R, Werdecker, A, Westerman, R, Wijeratne, T, Wilkinson, J, Wiysonge, C, Wolfe, C, Won, S, Wong, J, Xu, G, Yadav, A, Yakob, B, Yalew, A, Yano, Y, Yaseri, M, Yebyo, H, Yip, P, Yonemoto, N, Yoon, S, Younis, M, Yu, C, Yu, S, Zaidi, Z, Zaki, M, Zeeb, H, Zhang, H, Zhao, Y, Zodpey, S, Zoeckler, L, Zuhlke, L, Lopez, A, Murray, C

“…Achievement of the new ambitious goals for HIV enshrined in Sustainable Development Goal 3 and the 90-90-90 UNAIDS targets will be challenging, and will need continued efforts from governments and international agencies in the next 15 years to end AIDS by 2030.Bill &amp; Melinda Gates Foundation, and National Institute of Mental Health and National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health.…”

Aerosol optical depth regime over megacities of the world by K. Papachristopoulou, K. Papachristopoulou, K. Papachristopoulou, K. Papachristopoulou, I.-P. Raptis, A. Gkikas, I. Fountoulakis, A. Masoom, S. Kazadzis

“…</p> <p>The present study highlights the vital and essential contribution of spaceborne products to monitor aerosol burden over megacities of the planet towards fulfilling the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal of “sustainable cities and communities”, dealing with urban air quality.…”
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Severe bacterial neonatal infections in Madagascar, Senegal, and Cambodia: A multicentric community-based cohort study. by Bich-Tram Huynh, Elsa Kermorvant-Duchemin, Rattanak Chheang, Frederique Randrianirina, Abdoulaye Seck, Elisoa Hariniaina Ratsima, Zafitsara Zo Andrianirina, Jean-Baptiste Diouf, Armya Youssouf Abdou, Sophie Goyet, Véronique Ngo, Siyin Lach, Long Pring, Touch Sok, Michael Padget, Fatoumata Diene Sarr, Laurence Borand, Benoit Garin, Jean-Marc Collard, Perlinot Herindrainy, Agathe de Lauzanne, Muriel Vray, Elisabeth Delarocque-Astagneau, Didier Guillemot, BIRDY study group

“…Our findings suggest that microbiological diagnosis of SBI remains a challenge in these settings and support more research on causes of neonatal death and the implementation of early interventions (e.g., follow-up of at-risk newborns during the first days of life) to decrease the burden of neonatal SBI and associated mortality and help achieve Sustainable Development Goal 3.…”
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Multimodal Data Fusion for Estimating Electricity Access and Demand by Lee, Stephen J.

“…There is general consensus that the global community is off-track from realizing the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goal #7 (SDG7) target of “universal access to affordable, reliable and modern energy services” by the year 2030. …”
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Interventions promoting uptake of water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) technologies in low‐ and middle‐income countries: An evidence and gap map of effectiveness studies by Hannah Chirgwin, Sandy Cairncross, Dua Zehra, Hugh Sharma Waddington

“…The hardest hit regions are sub‐Saharan Africa and South Asia. Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 6 calls for the end of open defecation, and universal access to safely managed water and sanitation facilities, and basic hand hygiene, by 2030. …”
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Approaches to promote handwashing and sanitation behaviour change in low‐ and middle‐income countries: a mixed method systematic review by Emmy De Buck, Hans Van Remoortel, Karin Hannes, Thashlin Govender, Selvan Naidoo, Bert Avau, Axel Vande Veegaete, Alfred Musekiwa, Vittoria Lutje, Margaret Cargo, Hans‐Joachim Mosler, Philippe Vandekerckhove, Taryn Young

“…Executive summary/Abstract BACKGROUND Water and sanitation are at the very core of sustainable development, critical to the survival of people and the planet. The Sustainable Development Goal 6 (i.e. ‘ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all’) addresses the issues relating to drinking water, sanitation and hygiene. …”
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