{"id":1157,"date":"2026-10-01T11:17:14","date_gmt":"2026-10-01T11:17:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thearchealth.org\/?post_type=news&#038;p=1157"},"modified":"2026-10-12T18:32:36","modified_gmt":"2026-10-12T18:32:36","slug":"morbidity-and-mortality-weekly-report","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.thearchealth.org\/index.php\/news\/morbidity-and-mortality-weekly-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report: Causes of Death Among Stillbirths and Children Aged &lt;5 Years in Africa and South Asia \u2014 Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance, Seven Countries, 2016\u20132024."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull page-header-standard\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"611\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-469 size-large\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thearchealth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/shutterstock_1178592265-scaled-1-e1784712940712-1024x611.jpg\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thearchealth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/shutterstock_1178592265-scaled-1-e1784712940712-1024x611.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.thearchealth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/shutterstock_1178592265-scaled-1-e1784712940712-300x179.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thearchealth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/shutterstock_1178592265-scaled-1-e1784712940712-768x458.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thearchealth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/shutterstock_1178592265-scaled-1-e1784712940712-1536x916.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.thearchealth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/shutterstock_1178592265-scaled-1-e1784712940712-2048x1222.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim-70 has-background-dim\" style=\"background-color:#775b54\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">ARC News<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading text-center\">Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"publication-meta\"> \n\n<p class=\"publication-date\"> 10\/09\/2026 <\/p>\n\n<div class=\"publication-share\">\n\n<span class=\"share\">Share: <\/span> <ul> \n\n<li class=\"publication-share-facebook\"> <a href=\"\"> <i class=\"fa fa-facebook\"> <\/i> <\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"publication-share-facebook\"> <a href=\"\"> <i class=\"fa-brands fa fa-x-twitter\"><\/i> <\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"publication-share-instagran\"> <a href=\"\"> <i class=\"fa-brands fa fa-instagram\"><\/i> <\/a><\/li>\n\n<\/ul>\n <\/div>\n  <p class=\"publication-title\">Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report: Causes of Death Among Stillbirths and Children Aged &lt;5 Years in Africa and South Asia \u2014 Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance, Seven Countries, 2016\u20132024. <\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group content-white\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Causes of Death Among Stillbirths and Children Aged &lt;5 Years in Africa and South Asia \u2014 Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance, Seven Countries, 2016\u20132024. Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia have the highest rates of stillbirths and rates of death among children aged &lt;5 years, with many countries in those regions unlikely to meet the 2030 goal of ending preventable deaths among newborns and children aged &lt;5 years. Conventional mortality surveillance (determining cause of death through interviews with family members or caregivers [i.e., verbal autopsy] and vital registration) in areas with high mortality often lacks laboratory confirmation of causes and incompletely identifies maternal contributors and comorbid conditions, providing information that is insufficiently specific to guide prevention efforts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left w-65 margin-auto\"><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group content-white\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-1cee4951-990f-40b7-bc35-0f556c0c65c4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thearchealth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/MMWR_2026_CHAMPS_Causes-of-Death-3.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&nbsp;Click to read the full report<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thearchealth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/MMWR_2026_CHAMPS_Causes-of-Death-3.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-1cee4951-990f-40b7-bc35-0f556c0c65c4\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia have the highest rates of stillbirths and rates of death among children aged <5 years, with many countries in those regions unlikely to meet the 2030 goal of ending preventable deaths among newborns and children aged <5 years. Conventional mortality surveillance (determining cause of death through interviews with family members or caregivers [i.e., verbal autopsy] and vital registration) in areas with high mortality often lacks laboratory confirmation\nof causes and incompletely identifies maternal contributors and comorbid conditions, providing information that is insufficiently specific to guide prevention efforts. 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