Tackling Under 5 Child Mortality: nutrition as a priority for investment

This session will describe the currently applied methods to determine cause of death among children less than 5 years of age. Present new evidence on the role of nutrition in infectious disease mortality from clinical trials as well as findings from the Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance (CHAMPS), a multi country study of causes of under 5 child mortality. Discuss the implications and positioning needed to prioritize nutrition investments for under 5 mortality reduction.

Presentations:

• 2:45 PM – 4:15 PM EST

  Introduction: Tackling Under 5 Child Mortality: nutrition as a priority for investment
  Scott Dowell – BMGF
• 2:45 PM – 4:15 PM EST

  Overview: How do you determine cause of child death –nutrition in the causal pathway (diagnosis standards for determination of cause of death-DeCoDe)
  Dianna M. Blau, DVM, PhD – CDC/CHAMPS
• 2:45 PM – 4:15 PM EST

  CHAMPS results: malnutrition and child mortality.
  Parminder S. Suchdev, MD, MPH – Emory University
• 2:45 PM – 4:15 PM EST

  Effect of early use of maternal iron and folic acid supplements on neonatal survival: a community-based cluster-randomised trial in rural Bangladesh (Shonjibon study)
  Michael J. Dibley, MPH – University of Sydney
• 2:45 PM – 4:15 PM EST

  The evidence on undernutrition and infectious disease mortality
  Jay Berkley; Moses Ngar – KEMRI/Wellcome Trust Research Programme
• 2:45 PM – 4:15 PM EST

  Panel discussion: Tackling Under 5 Child Mortality: nutrition as a priority for investment
  Scott Dowell – BMGF