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CITATION: Health and development from preconception to 20 years of age and human capital
Robert E Black et al.
The Lancet 2022 Series|optimising child and adolescent health and development| volume 399, issue 10336, p1730-1740, april 30, 2022
Published:April 27, 2022DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(21)02533-2
Globally, an estimated 8·62 million deaths occurred between 28 weeks of gestation and 20 years of age in 2019 (appendix p 4). Of these deaths, 1·97 million (22·8%) were stillbirths and 2·44 million (28·3%) were neonatal. 2·75 million (31·9%) individuals who died were 1–59-months-old, 506 000 (5·9%) were 5–9-years-old, 368 000 (4·3%) were 10–14-years-old, and 595 000 (6·9%) were 15–19-years-old (appendix pp 5–6). Globally, mortality rates before age 20 years declined substantially from 2000 to 2019...
Regional survival disparities remained large in 2019, with the highest mortality rate in west and central Africa...
The SDGs for children are aspirational but resonate with both nations and families. Achieving them, already challenging, will be set back by the COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting economic crisis.
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Neil Pakenham-Walsh, Global Coordinator HIFA, www.hifa.org neil@hifa.org
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