Background The educational attainment of parents, particularly mothers, has been
associated with lower levels of child mortality, yet there is no consensus on the magnitude of …

Background Up-to-date evidence about levels and trends in disease and injury incidence,
prevalence, and years lived with disability (YLDs) is an essential input into global, regional …

Summary Background Sustainable Development Goal 3.2 has targeted elimination of
preventable child mortality, reduction of neonatal death to less than 12 per 1000 livebirths …

Background Detailed assessments of mortality patterns, particularly age-specific mortality,
represent a crucial input that enables health systems to target interventions to specific …

Background China has experienced a remarkable epidemiological and demographic
transition during the past three decades. Far less is known about this transition at the …

Importance Cancer is among the leading causes of death worldwide. Current estimates of
cancer burden in individual countries and regions are necessary to inform local cancer …

Background Stunting affects one-third of children under 5 y old in develo** countries, and
14% of childhood deaths are attributable to it. A large number of risk factors for stunting have …

BackgroundUp-to-date evidence on levels and trends for age-sex-specific all-cause and
cause-specific mortality is essential for the formation of global, regional, and national health …

Background & Aims Tertiary lymphoid structures (TLSs) provide a local and critical
microenvironment for generating anti-tumor cellular and humoral immune responses. TLSs …

Summary Background In September, 2015, the UN General Assembly established the
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The SDGs specify 17 universal goals, 169 targets …