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Intro -- Effects Of Health Programs on Child Mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa -- Copyright -- Preface -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- DISEASE- AND INTERVENTION-SPECIFIC FINDINGS -- GENERAL CONCLUSIONS -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Trends in Mortality and Causes of Death in Africa -- TRENDS IN CHILD MORTALTY -- Data Collection and Estimation Techniques -- Current Levels of Mortality and Trends Since 1960 -- CAUSES OF DEATH AMONG AFRICAN CHILDREN -- Verbal Autopsies -- Studies of Causes of Death Among Infants and Children -- Effects of AIDS on Child Mortality -- SUMMARY -- 3 Immunization Programs -- MEASLES -- EPIDEMIOLOGY -- VACCINE EFFICACY -- WHY AFRICA MIGHT BE DIFFERENT -- EVIDENCE OF MORTALITY AND MORBIDITY EFFECTS FROM AFRICA -- Effects of General Measles Immunization Programs -- Effects of Measles Vaccinationin Field Trials and Model Programs -- Vaccine Field Trial in Khombole, Senegal -- Kasongo Project in Zaire -- Pahou Primary Health Care Project, Benin -- Estimates of Effect from Cases of Vaccine Failure -- Effect of Programs on Incidence in Africa -- NONLINEARITIES IN RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN COVERAGE AND EFFECT -- Vaccination and Frequency of Epidemics -- Effect of Vaccination on Age Distribution of Cases -- Changes in the Proportion of Secondary Cases -- Other Factors -- PROGRAM HISTORY, COVERAGE, AND QUALITY -- TREATMENT OF MEASLES (INCLUDING VITAMIN A) -- SUMMARY -- PERTUSSIS (WHOOPING COUGH) -- PERTUSSIS IN DEVELOPED COUNTRIES -- Epidemiology -- Vaccine Efficacy -- PERTUSSIS IN AFRICA -- Epidemiology -- Vaccine Efficacy -- PROGRAM EFFORT -- SUMMARY -- TUBERCULOSIS AND LEPROSY -- EPIDEMIOLOGY OF TUBERCULOSIS -- PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF TUBERCULOSIS -- EFFICACY OF BACILLE CALMETTE-GUÉRIN (BCG) VACCINATION -- BCG Efficacy Against Tuberculosis in Africa -- EPIDEMIOLOGY OF LEPROSY -- PROGRAM COVERAGE -- SUMMARY -- TETANUS -- EPIDEMIOLOGY.

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