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Medicines recommended to prevent and manage the priority diseases at the community and health facility level. Shamim Qazi Department of Child and Adolescent Health and Development. Global Causes of Child Deaths. Black et al. Lancet, 2010 WHO. The World Health Statistics 2010
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Medicines recommended to prevent and manage the priority diseases at the community and health facility level Shamim Qazi Department of Child and Adolescent Health and Development
Global Causes of Child Deaths Black et al. Lancet, 2010 WHO. The World Health Statistics 2010 Black et al. Lancet, 2008 35% of under five deaths are associated with undernutrition
Background Main burden of infective diseases in children • Pneumonia • Diarrhoea • Malaria • Neonatal infections • HIV • TB
HIV AZT or ZDV: Zidovudine NVP: Nevirapine 3TC: Lamivudine EFV:Efavirenz